Blue Star Memorial Marker Planting
October 26, 2020

This is the recent planting around the Blue Star Memorial Marker in Houma, LA.  Mary Jane Peters wrote the grant, and it was awarded to the Terrebonne Garden Club. Featured in the group picture are: Jan Duplantis, Karen LeBourgeois, Mary Jane Peters, Shanna Devens, Ann Kinkle, Linda Brashier and Wanda Dishman.  

On Monday, October 26, 2020, Terrebonne Garden Club members planted Muhlenbergia capillaris around the Blue Star Memorial Marker. The National Garden Club Plant America Community Project Grant is a project restoration of the landscaping around the Blue Star Memorial Marker along highway 182 and is viewed by everyone driving into the city of Houma, Louisiana, and is a source of pride for our city. The funds were used to purchase native plants, soil, and mulch. Mary Jane Peters wrote the grant, and it was awarded to the Club.

District III Fall Meeting
​​October 22, 2020 - The Forest Restaurant

Members of Terrebonne Garden Club with Linda Finley and Roxanna Champagne
Front row: Wanda Dishman, President of club, Linda Finley, Roxanna Champagne, 
Back row:  Shanna Devens, Secretary, Mary Jane Peters, Susan Waalk,
Mona Wiemann, Debra Ellender, Jan Duplantis, Ann Kinkle, Patricia Lawrence

September 11, 2020 Meeting

Terrebonne Garden Club held its first meeting of the year on September 11, 2020. The original meeting place was not available due to COVID-19.  The club improvised and held its meeting at Grand Bayou Noir, a registered property available for outdoor parties and activities.  The open tent provided a perfect backdrop accenting the surrounding gardens. 

​The highlight of the view was an 85 year old oak tree.  Seen below, the tree’s girth measures 25 feet.  There are eight more majestic oaks that the club will register.  To carry on the outdoor theme of the meeting, members were asked to identify the arrangements found on each table. The club has been very creative finding ways to interact with its members.  Thirty of our 88 members attended the meeting .

Member Debbie Ellender loaned us her tented back yard for the first meeting of the 20-21 year.

Paulette Henry holds up sample of horticulture and identifies each of the blooms.  The oak tree is seen behind her. 

Planted in the 1934’s,  it has a girth of 24 feet.  There are nine other trees on the property and the owners want to register all of them.