Southern Lily Garden Club

09/07/2026

08/30/2026

🌿🌸 The Southern Lily Garden Club is Growing, and We Want YOU to Join Us! 🌸🌿

Do you love flowers, gardening, community, and making new friends? 🌺💚 Whether you have a green thumb or simply appreciate the beauty of a garden, there’s a place for you in the Southern Lily Garden Club!

We meet once a month from September through May at the beautiful Historic Crescent House in Valdosta, GA. 🌿

✨ Enjoy fellowship and friendships
🌱 Learn and share gardening knowledge
🌸 Participate in fun projects and activities
💚 Give back to and beautify our community

Come grow with a wonderful group of women who share a love for gardening and community!

New members are welcome! 🌷

🌿 Dig in. Bloom together. Grow with us! 🌿

08/17/2026

🌸🦋 The Full Corridor Garden! 🦋🌸

Spring through fall, there’s always something blooming! 🌼🌿 From beautiful Redbuds and Butterfly W**d to vibrant Bee Balm, Black-Eyed Susans, Asters, and Goldenrod, each season brings new color and life to every garden.

06/30/2026

🏡 Mark Your Calendars for the Crescent Estate Sale! 🏡

Treasure hunters, antique lovers, and bargain shoppers! You won't want to miss this annual event!

Join us July 16–18 for the 2026 Estate Sale at The Crescent, where you'll find a variety of unique items, furniture, home décor, collectibles, and more. Best of all, 100% of the proceeds benefit The Crescent!

🗓 Sale Dates & Times:
• Thursday, July 16: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
• Friday, July 17: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
• Saturday, July 18: 8:00 AM – 2:00 PM

Come shop for a great cause, discover hidden treasures, and support the preservation of one of our community's historic landmarks.

For more information, contact Linda Stikkel at 229-834-7179.

✨ We hope to see you there! Feel free to share this post and invite your friends and family. 🛍️💙

06/30/2026

🌸 Create a Cottage Garden That Gets More Beautiful Every Year! 🌸

Dreaming of a garden that's full of charm, color, and pollinator-friendly blooms? A layered cottage garden is the perfect way to create a timeless landscape that only gets better with age!

🌿 Start from the back with height:

🌸 Climbing Roses

💜 Delphiniums

🌺 Hollyhocks

🌼 Fill the middle with lush blooms:

🌷 Peonies

💙 Hydrangeas

💜 Finish the front with texture and fragrance:

🌿 Salvia

💜 Lavender

🍂 Coral Bells

🌸 Creeping Thyme

The secret to a beautiful cottage garden is planting in layers, mixing bloom times, and allowing plants to naturally fill in over the seasons. You'll enjoy months of colorful flowers while attracting butterflies, bees, and other beneficial pollinators.

✨ A garden doesn't have to be perfect—it just has to be planted with patience. Each year it will become fuller, more colorful, and even more magical.

What's your favorite cottage garden flower? 🌹🌿 Let us know in the comments! 💕

06/10/2026

Club members received a tour of Madison Citrus Nursery in Ray City, GA, which is rumored to hold the title for the most certified citrus varieties under one roof in the world, cultivating over 515 distinct varieties

06/10/2026

🌿 Five houseplants that root fast in water:

- Pothos — cut just below a node (the small brown bump on the stem where roots emerge). Set in water with the node submerged. Roots appear within a week or two. The easiest plant to propagate — if you've never tried water-rooting, start here

- Coleus — pinch off a top stem, strip the lower leaves, and set in water. Roots develop quickly and the cutting often continues growing new leaves while still in the glass. The colors stay true to the parent plant

- Spider plant — snip one of the hanging babies from the mother plant and set the base in water. Once the roots are a couple of inches long, transplant to soil. One mother plant produces enough babies to fill a shelf

- Tradescantia — snap a piece of stem at any point, submerge the lowest node. Fine roots appear within days. One of the fastest rooters on this list — and the trailing habit means every trim gives you a new cutting to root

- Monstera — cut below an aerial root or a visible node. Use a heavy glass or jar — monstera cuttings are large and tip lightweight containers. Roots develop more slowly than the others but the payoff is a full-sized plant from a single leaf and stem

🌱 What makes the difference between rooting and rotting:

- The node must be underwater — that's where the roots grow from. A cutting without a node submerged won't root no matter how long you wait
- Change the water every few days. Cloudy water means bacteria, which kills new roots
- Bright indirect light — not direct sun, which heats the water and cooks the cutting
- Transplant to soil once roots are a few inches long. Water roots are fragile and adapt better when they're still short

One cutting. One glass. One node underwater. That's the whole method 🌱

06/02/2026

🌿☀️ Perennial Planting Made Easy! ☀️🌿

Not sure what to plant in your garden? The secret isn't guessing—it's choosing plants based on the amount of sunlight your garden receives!

🌞 Full Sun (6+ hours) – Coneflowers, Lavender, Peonies, Black-Eyed Susans, and Sedum thrive in bright sunshine.
🌤️ Partial Sun (3–6 hours) – Astilbe, Bleeding Hearts, Coral Bells, Foxglove, and Hydrangeas enjoy a mix of sun and shade.
🌥️ Partial Shade – Hostas, Ferns, Columbine, Lungwort, and Primrose flourish with bright indirect light.
☁️ Full Shade – Hellebores, Trillium, Jack-in-the-Pulpit, Lily of the Valley, and Solomon’s Seal are perfect for those darker garden spaces.

Before your next trip to the garden center, take a few minutes to observe how much sunlight your planting area gets each day. Matching plants to their preferred light conditions means healthier plants, more blooms, and less frustration!

🌸 What are your favorite perennials to grow in your garden? Share them in the comments! 🌿👇

05/29/2026

The Southern Lily Garden Club members met today at the historic courthouse for our last meeting until September! Our club president, Laurelee, shared fresh-from-the-farm cabbage, squash, okra, and tomatoes with club members.

We are so thankful for the fellowship, friendships, and community we continue to grow together. Wishing everyone a wonderful summer, and we look forward to gathering again in September!