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 112+ 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- Glenda Warren
Corresponding Secretary- Jo Grant
Treasurer- Stephanie Chandler
Chaplin- Candace Wells
Co-Parliamentarians- Dowling King & Anne-Elizabeth Youmans
Auditor- Evelyn Sizemore
COMMITTEE CHAIRS
Awards
Ann Brown
Finance
Stephanie Chandler
Membership Committee
Vanessa Cullars
Hospitality
Lyndia Crotteau
Lilli Meier
Publicity/Social Media
Sue Chamberlain
Website Committee
Penny Simmons
Sue Chamberlain
Special Events
Ann Brown
Sunshine Committee
Chrisi Hopper
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
Penny Simmons
Horticulture, Trees & Shrubs
Lynn Hartman
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
