Avon Garden Club of Avondale Estates, Georgia

06/08/2026

🌺 Welcome to the Avon Garden Club of Avondale Estates, Georgia!
Founded in 1953, our club brings together people who enjoy gardening, nature, conservation, and community.
Whether you're an experienced gardener or just beginning, you'll find friendly faces, inspiring programs, hands-on workshops, field trips, and opportunities to make a difference in our community.

🌿 Meetings
We generally meet on the first Thursday of each month (September- May) at the Avondale Estates Lake House.

🕰️ Meeting times vary and typically begin at 9:30 or 10:30 a.m. Please see each month's meeting announcement for the current time.

🌞 Visitors are always welcome! Message us for current meeting details.

Proud Member of The Garden Club of Georgia, Inc. and National Garden Clubs, Inc

💜 Where violets bloom, Friendships Flourish.

10/04/2026

Walter Reeves died this morning April 10, 2026. He made the world more beautiful.

Reeves was inducted into the Georgia Radio Hall of Fame in 2018.

18/02/2026

Bee City USA®-Decatur, GA is teaming up with Bee Campus USA®-Agnes Scott College to present a FREE film screening of the new documentary "The Little Things That Run The World." The event will be held on Thursday, February 26th, 7 pm, inside Graves Auditorium at Agnes Scott College's Campbell Hall, Decatur, GA, 30030.

About the film
Over millennia, humanity has mastered agriculture, raised monumental bridges and temples, walked on the Moon, but do we truly run the world? In this captivating documentary, filmmakers Dru Carr and Doug Hawes-Davis refocus their lens on a far more powerful force: insects. By zooming in on the reality of bees, butterflies, beetles, and their kin—tiny, alien-like architects of life—they reveal how these distant cousins on our evolutionary tree sustain ecosystems and, ultimately, our own survival. As they face unprecedented decline, their fate becomes a stark warning: without them, neither we nor the planet can endure.

More info and film trailer:
https://kinema.com/events/THE-LITTLE-THINGS-THAT-RUN-THE-WORLD-sskpi9

When: Feb 26, 7:00 PM
Where: Agnes Scott College, Campbell Hall, Graves Auditorium
FREE

06/02/2026

Meet and Learn! Come out to Atlanta Wild Animal Rescue Effort (AWARE) to meet some cool ambassador animals. AWARE offers tours at 1 p.m. every Saturday and Sunday (weather permitting) at its facility at 4158 Klondike Road in Stonecrest. Attendees can meet turtles, owls, opossums and more.

Tours are free, but donations are always welcome to assist AWARE with its mission to rehabilitate injured and orphaned wildlife and educate the public. Visit https://arabiaalliance.org/ for more information.

The Arabia Mountain NHA offers 40,000 acres for hiking, biking, fishing and geocaching. Learn more about the activities we have available.

05/01/2026

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Happy National Bird Day! 🐦️ When the snow flies and natural food sources are scarce, our feathered friends rely on a little extra help! Winter bird feeding is one of the simplest and most rewarding ways to enjoy wildlife right outside your window. From suet to sunflower seeds, learn which foods birds love most in cold weather—and how to keep them healthy all season long 🐦️ Almanac.com/best-winter-bird-foods

16/12/2025

Bring Your Holiday Recycling to CHaRM!
💻 Old Electronics
🎄 Tree Lights
📦 Cardboard and Styrofoam
🎁 Packaging, Gift Boxes and More!

CHaRM is an official Bring One for the Chipper collection site. Bring us your trees--live and artificial!

LOCATIONS + HOURS
CHaRM Atlanta | Hill Street
Tuesdays, Thursdays 9 am - 2 pm, Saturdays 8 am - 2 pm
CHaRM DeKalb | Columbia Drive
Wednesdays 9 am - 2 pm, Saturdays 8 am - 2 pm
BOTH locations, by appointment only.

CHaRM Atlanta + DeKalb Location AnnouncementsSHREDDING AVAILABLE ONLY DURING UPCOMING SHREDDING EVENTS: January 10, March 14, April 18 and June 13@ CHaRM DeKalb 2025 Closure Dates: Dec 24-25, Dec 31, Jan 1Appointments required.Book an Appointment: BOOKING F.A.Q.s CHaRM Atlanta1110 Hill St SEAtlanta,...

09/12/2025

Avon Garden Club's busy bees at work making beautiful table lights what will be for sale along with other goodies at the Holiday Market, this Sunday 12/14 at the Lake House in Avondale. Begins at noon. Come shop the market then enjoy The Christmas Tour of Homes and the city's beautiful lights.

20/11/2025

Meet Peggy Ratcliffe. She started Centers for Hard to Recycle Materials (CHaRM). We are so fortunate to be able to recycle items that would otherwise be buried in a landfill.

You know those chemicals, pesticides, and paints that are in the garage that you have no idea what to do with? Meet Peggy Whitlow Ratcliffe and learn why she started Live Thrive - Center for Hard to Recycle Materials a decade ago. https://tinyurl.com/mrx6cja8

17/11/2025

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📣 Big news for birders in Georgia and beyond! 🐦 We're excited to announce the upcoming Georgia Birding Trail, a statewide network of 400+ birding sites launching in 2026 to celebrate Birds Georgia's 100th anniversary.

From the mountains to the coast and everywhere in between, the Georgia Birding Trail will highlight the incredible biodiversity across our state and support local communities through nature-based tourism.

Read more about the Georgia Birding Trail in our latest SaportaReport column: https://saportareport.com/birds-georgia-announces-statewide-georgia-birding-trail-to-celebrate-centennial/thought-leadership/people-places-parks/georgia-audubon/

14/11/2025

Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers have returned to Georgia for the winter! ❄️

According to the Cornell Lab of Ornithology, Yellow-belled Sapsuckers are known to use human-produced materials to amplify their territorial drumming, i.e. gutters, street signs, and metal chimney flashing, much to the chagrin of many homeowners.

Thanks to enhanced padding inside their heads, the sapsuckers suffer no ill effects from whacking their bills repeatedly on metal, and many will return to a favorite metal object day after day to pound out their Morse code-like message.

Have you spotted (or heard!) any Yellow-bellied Sapsuckers yet this month?