District VII

2023 - 2025 District VII Director
Ammy Taylor,
Port Barre
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Secretary: K Tell
Treasurer: S Gall
Parliamentarian: M Racca​

S Gall - LGCF Nominating Committee Delegate
A Taylor - LGCF Nominating Committee Alternate
A Taylor - Director Elect 2023-25

District VII Dues Form
District VII ByLaws

Past District VII Directors

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Federated Garden Clubs in District VII

 Bulb and Blossom Garden Club (Eunice)
       Celeste Gomez, President (Eunice)
​       DEEDS AND DOINGS
​       FACEBOOK

Crowley Garden Club
    Christie Brammer,  President (Crowley)
    FACEBOOK
    DEEDS AND DOINGS
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Diggers and Weeders Garden Club of Lake Charles
    Kathy Tell, President (Lake Charles) 
    DEEDS AND DOINGS
    WEBSITE 

Jennings Garden Club
    Nookie Miller, President (Jennings)
    FACEBOOK

Lake Charles Garden Club
    Diane LaFargue, President (Lake Charles)
​    WEBSITE

Oakdale Garden Club
    Phyllis Crawford, President (Oakdale)

Rayne Garden Club
    Lisa Soileaux, President (Rayne)
     DEEDS AND DOINGS
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Washington Garden Club
    Anne Jones, President (Washington)
​    FACEBOOK

SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA FLOWER SHOW WINNERS
"An Easter Parade" March 24-25, 2023

Federated garden clubs in Southwest Louisiana hosted “An Easter Parade”, a small-standard flower show, in conjunction with the Southwest Louisiana Garden Conference and Expo at Burton Coliseum, March 24-25. The show was judged by the National Garden Club standards.
Members from the Crowley Garden Club, Diggers and Weeders Garden Club of Lake Charles, and Lake Charles Garden Club entered plant material in the show’s Horticulture Division and 12 creative floral designs in the Design Division. The third Division is Botanical Arts—photography.
The winners are:
Division I: Horticulture
Debbie Monroe, Lake Charles Garden Club, won Awards of Merit for her annual Viola and for her perennial Yarrow.
Sissy Gall, Crowley Garden Club, won Awards of Merit for her Calla Lily (Zantedeschia) and for the decorative leaf of the Alba Maculata Calla Lily.
Annette Hoenes, Lake Charles Garden Club, won an Award of Merit for her Climbing Rose.
Gayle Yantis, Lake Charles Garden Club, won an Award of Merit and an Arboreal Award for Horticultural Excellence for her Mock Orange (Philadelphus coronarius).
Susan Caldwell, Diggers and Weeders Garden Club, won an Award of Merit for her  purple Wisteria.
Pam Langley, Diggers and Weeders Garden Club, won an Award of Merit and an Arboreal Award for Horticultural Excellence for her Sassafras tree(Sassafras albidum).
Barbara Morris, Diggers and Weeders Garden Club, won a Growers Choice Award for her African Violet (Saintpaulia ionantha).
Dorisy Hay, Diggers and Weeders Garden Club, won a Growers Choice Award for her Redbird (Pedilanthus tithymaloides).
Margo Racca, Diggers and Weeders Garden Club, earned the Sweepstakes Award for the most blue ribbons in the entire flower show.
 
Division II: Design
Class 1: Creative Line Design, first place went to Kathy Tell, Diggers and Weeders Garden Club.
Class 2: Featured Plant Material Design, first place and the Designers Choice Award, which is the highest award in the design division, went to Georgie Pettijean, Crowley Garden Club.
Class 3: Still Life Design, first place went to Dorisy Hay, Diggers and Weeders Garden Club.
 
Division III: Photography
Gayle Yantis, Lake Charles Garden Club, won first place in Class 1: “Easter Blooms”. She also won the Botanical Arts Photography Award.
Pam Langley, Diggers and Weeders Garden Club, won first place in Class 2 “Spring Skies” and in Class 3 “Easter Critters”.

Designer's Choice Award - Georgie Petitjean, Crowley Garden Club

Horticultural Excellence Award - Gayle Yantis, Lake Charles Garden Club

2022 District VII Fall Meeting
Wednesday October 19
Host Jennings Garden Club

District 7 Club Presidents (L to R) - Dianne Sonnier, Rayne - Nookie Miller, Jennings (Host Club)- Carolyn Kaleel, Oakdale - Ammy Taylor, Washington - Pam Langley, District Director - Sue Caldwell, Diggers & Weeders - Thelma Fontenot, Lake Charles - Edith Keys, Sulphur - Celeste Gomez, Bulb and Blossom - And last but not least - Georgie Petitjean, Crowley

All attendees of the District 7 Fall Meeting hosted by Jennings Garden Club.

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