Seedling Garden Club plants trees for Ga. Arbor Day

Members of Seedling Garden Club gathered at Meadow Lake Parkway on Monday, February 22, 2021 to plant trees in observance of Georgia Arbor Day. Plans to plant trees on the actual  Ga. Arbor Day on Friday, February 19, 2021 had to be changed due to the weather. Meadow Lake Parkway was chosen to continue the row of trees already planted in this location. It is the dream of Seedling Garden Club and Mayor Schwabe to have trees planted from Hwy #l South to Lambs Bridge Road. Meadow Lake Parkway leads into entrance of East Georgia College. The oak trees were planted this year in honor of Swainsboro Mayor Charles Schwabe and in honor of Jean Schwabe, retired from East Georgia College.
Club president, Lucille Braswell, thanked everyone for attending this special dedication. Directing her comments to the honorees she stated, "Mayor the Seedling Garden Club would like to thank you for your dedication and support of our club over the years. Not only did you support our local club you also showed your support of projects of The Garden Club of Georgia, Inc. by signing many proclamations on their behalf."
President Braswell commented to Jean Schwabe," the Seedling Garden Club wants to thank you for all your support and guidance when it was time for flower shows held in the Sudie Fulford Learning center located on the campus of East Georgia College. You also worked hand in hand with us when the club was called on by Oleander District and the State to host state workshops and meetings. Over the many years of your help no matter what we asked of you, with your beautiful smile and gentle voice you were willing to meet our needs. We could not have such a success without your help. " Everyone agreed these two were very deserving of this honor. As Braswell stated, "we wanted this to be in "honor of" not in "memory of." At the end of the dedication, Kay Peacock shared with the group a poem titled "Advice From a Tree." The poem was written by Ilan Shamir, an avid gardener and tree lover.
Members present were; Lucille Braswell, Linda Dekle, Cheryl Goodman, Nancy Lisenby, Ann Peebles, Kay Peacock and Sandra Thompson. Also in attendance was Tim Goodman, Mike Lisenby and Bobby Peacock. 

Special thanks to Eddie Lewis Signs, Frank Canady of Yard Master and Bobby Peacock for hauling trees to the site. A very big thank you to Shane and crew of Clearwater Solutions for sharing the machinery and digging the holes to plant trees. We "little old ladies" could not have done this without them. 
The first Georgia Arbor Day was proclaimed by the Georgia General Assembly in December 1890. In 1941 the General Assembly set the third Friday in February as the day of Georgia's Arbor Day. This is an important date for garden clubs all over the state to plant trees. Garden Clubs believe that every tree planted on Arbor Day helps clean the air and water, beautify neighborhoods, provide home for wildlife, conserve energy and prevent soil erosion among many other benefits. Seedling Garden Club is proud to be part of this important date.