Lookout Mountain Beautiful Garden Club

Saturday, May 3, 2025 from 8am to 2pm

Spring Plant Sale

Lookout Mountain City Hall @ 1214 Lula Lake Road

Plants galore - Natives, Perennials, Herbs, Bulbs, Edibles and More Divine Bakes, Art, Home and Garden, Tablescapes Thank You for helping to raise funds for Club and Community Beautification Projects

Welcome

The Lookout Mountain Beautiful Garden Club is a diverse group of women who care about their community and enjoy working together to make things happen! We are a mix of active and dynamic members who are parents and grandparents, empty nesters and singles. We are artists and designers, master gardeners and novice gardeners, conservationists, community and school volunteers, entrepreneurs, professionals, world travelers, and more.

Members Share:

  • A love to learn gardening and all that it encompasses

  • An interest in conservation, the protection of our natural resources, native plants and wildlife

  • A desire to contribute to and beautify the Lookout Mountain Community

  • Pride in our club and its 113+ year history in the Lookout Mountain Community

Club Activities:

  • Monthly meetings featuring guest speakers, lunch, and fellowship

  • Preservation of Fairy Trail Park, Memorial Park & Plant America Terrace

  • Charitable involvement with Moccasin Bend Therapy Garden

  • Raising funds for worthy Community Garden Projects

  • Educating elementary school children about nature and gardening

  • Workshops on conservation, horticulture and designs

  • Visiting Gardens

  • Attend Classes/Camps in affiliation with National Garden Clubs, etc.

Theme
Care for Creation

Project
Nurturing the World Around Us

OFFICERS

President- Ann Brown

Co-First Vice Presidents- Kyoung-Hee Jeong & Valarie Adams

Co-Second Vice Presidents- Melanie Riddle & Penny Simmons

Third Vice President- Vanessa Cullars

Recording Secretary- Evelyn Sizemore

Corresponding Secretary- Sara Richelson

Treasurer- Dowling King

Chaplin- Candace Wells

Parliamentarian- Glenda Warren

Auditor- Evelyn Sizemore

COMMITTEE CHAIRS

Awards
Ann Brown

Finance
Dowling King

Membership Committee
Dowling King

Hospitality
Lizzie Caldwell

Publicity/Social Media
Sue Chamberlain

Website Committee
Penny Simmons
Sue Chamberlain

Special Events
Ann Brown

Sunshine Committee
Toni Wardell

Telephone/Email
Michelle Warren
Crissy Warren

Yearbook Committee
Valerie Adams
Kyoung-Hee Jeong

Bees, Birds & Wildflowers
Ann Brown

Conservation & Ecology
Ann Brown

Flower Committee
Anne-Elizabeth Youmans

Horticulture, Trees & Shrubs
Sharon Gadd

AWARDS

Lookout Mountain Beautiful Garden Club Awards 2023

LMBGC received 30 Awards from the National Garden Clubs Inc, Tennessee Federation of Garden Clubs, TFGC District III and the Deep South Garden Club, Inc.

National Garden Clubs Inc. awarded LMBGC
”Certificate fo Merit” and $100 for EC-4 Water - RainSmart Yards
”Certificate of Commendation” EC-3 Wildlife Survival - Plant America Pollinator Terraces
Three ”Certificate of Appreciation” YW-9 Environmental Education Project with Youth:
The Pollinator Festival, The Native Plant Sale and Children’s Pollinator Education Project
NGC - Jessie M. Conner Scholarship recipient: Sam Laws

LMBGC was named a “Club of Excellence”
by TFGC District III and the Tennessee Federation of Garden Clubs and
received a “Certificate of Appreciation” for our support of Ivan Racheff House and Gardens.

Twelve first-place awards in the following areas:
Yearbook
Gold Star Families Memorial Marker
Environmental Education
Club Programs
Publications
Conservation, 6A
Conservation, 6B
Juanita Allinder Pollinator Award, 35 A1; Juanita Allinder Pollinator Award, 35B1
Conservation Field Project
Horticulture
Public Relations
Six second-place awards in the following areas:
Audio Program, Sue Chamberlain
Yearbook
Public Relations
Environmental Education
Horticulture
Two third-place awards in the following areas:
Promotion of Garden /Youth
Public Relations

Congratulations to all for your hard work throughout the year! A very special “Thank You” to the Awards Committee: Anne-Elizabeth Youmans, Dowling King, Ann Brown and Candace Wells.  Your time and dedication to the award/grant application process and showcasing our members’ efforts is greatly appreciated.