Welcome to
Monticello Garden Club
Monticello, GA

Azalea District of The Garden Club of Georgia

The Monticello Garden Club was organized in May, 1896 and had its first meeting at the home of Mrs. Milton Benton in the center of the town of Monticello.  This meeting was reported in the May 7, 1896, issue of the Jasper County News.  There were 17 original members.  From the old minutes "the object of the association will be to promote the cultivation of flowers, shrubs, and all plants which will tend to beautify the town - or anything else to improve the town."  Reference:  History of Jasper County, Georgia.  Published 1984 by The Jasper County Historical Foundation, Inc.

Motto 
Monticello's Beauty, Our Civic Duty

Flower
Queen Anne's Lace

Colors
Green and White

Theme
It's Our World to Garden

Members
40

Meetings
Fourth Tuesday

2007 - 2009 Officers

Sharon Pennebaker	President
Angie Bennett	Vice-president and Horticultural Secretary
Nancy Brock	Recording Secretary
Bennie Connelly	Treasurer
Mary Anne Silvis	Corresponding Secretary
Betty Maxwell	Parliamentarian
Diane Parker	Chaplain