Abbeville Mayor signs proclamation for Garden Club Week

At the request of the Abbeville Garden Club, Mayor Roslyn White signed a proclamation designating June 4 - 10, 2023, as National Garden Week in the City of Abbeville. Sponsored by National Garden Clubs, Inc., this is a special week designed to focus public attention on the programs, projects, and activities promoted by garden clubs.
In recognition of National Garden Week, the Abbeville Garden Club will sponsor an informational booth at the Daylily Festival featuring Louisiana Super Plants: plants designated by the LSU Ag Center as being proven performers for our area. AGC and Keep Abbeville Beautiful will also sponsor a children’s activity booth featuring art projects centered on birds and other pollinators.
AGC will host the Daylily Festival educational programs at the Abbeville Cultural Center. Judge Edwards, Master Naturalist and Abbeville Garden Club member, will present “Blue Birds in Vermilion Parish”. Maddox Miller, LSU Ag Agent and Horticulturist for Vermilion, Lafayette, and Acadia Parishes, will present “Tropical plants for the Home”.
The Daylily Festival is presented by Abbeville Main Street and Vermilion Chamber of Commerce. Sponsors include the Abbeville Garden Club and Gulf Coast Bank.
Abbeville Garden Club is a member of National Garden Clubs, Inc., Deep South Garden Clubs, Inc., and Louisiana Garden Club Federation, Inc., District III.