May 2025

May Garden of the Month: Yvette Gagnet

This is Acres of Green's Garden of the Month for May.   Won by Yvette Gagnet.

Garden of the Year: Coleen Perilloux Landry

 Betty Spurlock, 2024-25 Garden of the Month Chairman, and newly installed President of Acres of Green Garden Club presents the 2024-25 Garden of the Year Award to Coleen Perilloux Landry.  Second place winner is Yvette Gagnet and third place goes to Sharlene Olejnik.

​Acres of Green Garden Club is the steward of three legal Bird Sanctuaries that they inherited from Bissonet Garden Club.   Coleen Landry of Bissonet Garden Club sponsored all legislation to have the areas declared a Sanctuary.   They are Linear Park along Lale Pontchatrain from St. Charles Parish Line to the Orleans Parish Line; Bissonet Plaza Subdivision and Lafreniere Park.  Bissonet Garden Club was disbanded in 1980.

In Memoriam...


​Kay Allen

​It is with sadness that we announce the passing of our longtime member,and  past president, Kay Allen. She was a LGCF member of "Circle of Roses".    Kay participated in every program of garden club and gave generously of her time, her money and her love.  She was a graduate of Ole Miss, a member of Delta Gamma and the most rabid Hottie Toddy you'll ever meet.  She will be missed.

JPCGC Inc. Installation at Chateau Estates, May 20

Installation Luncheon - Zea's Rotisserie

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Acres of Green Garden Club at its Installation Luncheon.

December 2024

​Christmas & Philanthropic Luncheon

 Pictured are, seated from left, Millie Quick, Madeline Polizzi and Eleanore Hebert.   Standing are Betty Spurlock, Mary Bornholdt, Cookie Olivier, Liz Bertucci, Coleen Landry, Yvette Gagnet, Sharlene Olejnik, President Mary Crumb and guest Betty Monteleone.
Acres of Green Garden Club held its Christmas luncheon at Chateau Country Club.  For the 50th year the Club bought and wrapped gifts for the Metropolitan Shelter for Women and Children.   The gifts will be under the Tree at the Shelter for Christmas morning when Santa comes.   

In November members drew names and presented their member with a gift and a poem about that member.   This tradition is 65 years old in the Club.  Betty Spurlock sang her poem to Yvette Gagnet, always the highlight of the poems. One year she sang "Mary Crumb, Mary Crumb" to the tune of Jingle Bells.  The next year she sang "Coleen, Coleen" to the tune of Dolly Parton's song "Jolene".

November 2024

Pictured from left, clockwise, are Yvette Gagnet, Liz Bertucci, Coleen Landry, Betty Scurlock, Eleanor Hebert and Sharlene Olejnik.
​Acres of Green Garden Club held its November meeting in threatening thunderstorms and tornadoes at 2 Tony's Restaurant in New Orleans.  Plans for their Christmas Philanthropic program with the Metropolitan Women and Children's Shelter were discussed and Kris Kringle names were drawn.  Garden of the Month winners for November are Mary Bornholdt, first place; Coleen Landry, second place; Sharlene Olejnik, third place and Yvette Gagnet, honorable mention.

October 2024

Coleen Perilloux Landry of Acres of Green Garden Club was the guest speaker of Country Club Home Gardeners at their October meeting.  Her Power Point presentation was of her many years photographing in the swamps of St. Charles Parish where she has followed a pair of Bald Eagles since 2008 as they nested, raised their eaglets, migrated to Canada in May of each year and returned to their nest in October.  She also spoke, with photos, of an egret rookery in the swamp where hundreds of birds return each year to nest.   Environmentally educating, she showed her photos of the Limpkin and their wonderful work of eradicating the Apple Snail, a threat to all waterways.  A native of Florida, the Limpkins are now following the food chain to Louisiana  where the Snails have become prevalent.  The Limpkin is the only known predator of the Snail. 

August 2024

Garden of the Month - Coleen Perilloux Landry

The Garden of the Month for August was awarded to Coleen Landry. with color being provided by several varieties of Caladiums, Bromeliads and the  Sweet Potato Vine.  These are plants that tolerate heat and drought.

May 2024

Garden of the Year

Betty Spurlock, on  left,  Garden of the Month Chairman, presents a jasmine plant to Coleen Perilloux Landry, in honor of winning "Garden of the Year".  The award is given by the Club for the most points awarded in 12 months for gardening achievement.
Acres of Green held its May meeting at the lovely Ormond Manor  on the Great River Road in Destrehan.

​New Orleans Museum of Art - Art in Bloom
​March 14-17, 2024

Member Coleen Landry won second place for her arrangement in Art in Bloom 2024.