Blossomway Garden Club
Paris, Tennessee
Club Organized – February 1949
Club Members – 29
National Garden Clubs, Inc.
Deep South Region
Tennessee Federation of Garden Clubs, Inc.
District 1
Meetings are held on the third Tuesday of each month at
2:00 PM.
Flower: Rose
Tree: Dogwood
Bird: Cardinal
Colors: Green and white
Original Emblem
The late Diana Diggs Russell, daughter of Charter Member,
Rachel Diggs, designed the original emblem around 1958.
Our cover page depicts the club flower, tree, bird and
colors.
Contents
Creed
Constitution
By-Laws
Library
Projects
Meetings 2026
Committees
Directory of Officers
Membership Roll & Addresses
Creed
To plant a flower, to pluck a weed
To beautify our homes
Coming Together – is Beginning
Keeping Together – is Progress
Working Together – is Success
Share your plants
With friends
See them multiply to the end
Keep them all for your own
And they’ll never be worthy to be shown.
THEME
To Further Our Interest in Flowers,
Trees, Birds and Gardens.
PURPOSE
To encourage every member
to grow and arrange flowers.
Constitution
Article I
The name of the club shall be Blossomway Garden
Club.
Article II
The object of this club shall be to further our
interest in trees, birds, flowers and gardens.
Article III
The officers shall consist of a President, Vice-Pres.,
Second-Vice Pres., Recording Sec., Corresponding
Sec., Treasurer, Chaplain, Parliamentarian,
Historian and Librarian. Officers shall be elected
by ballot at the annual meeting and shall hold office
for two years. The officers and chairmen of
standing committees shall be the governing body.
Article IV
Regular meetings shall be held once a month on the
third Tuesday of the month and shall be called to
order at 2:00 P.M. The program committee at the
proceeding meeting shall announce the place of the
meeting. The annual meeting shall be in March at
which each Committee Chairman should give time reports of the year’s work.
Article V
Ten members shall constitute a quorum to conduct
business. Five members of the Executive Committee shall constitute a quorum.
Article VI
The articles may be amended at any meeting by a
two-thirds majority vote.
By-Laws
Article I
The membership will be unlimited. An active
member may require the executive board to be put
on the inactive list. This request must be renewed
every year.
Any member who becomes unable to take part as
hostess, on the programs or any club work, may be
placed on the inactive list by the Board until they
are able to return to active duty.
Inactive members will not be notified of meetings
but may take part in activities, if they so desire. All
inactive members will be expected to pay the usual
annual dues and will receive the Volunteer Gardner.
An inactive member may become active at any time. Their request must be in writing to the Secretary.
The absence of an active member from four (4)
consecutive meetings of the club without reasonable
cause (illness, work, etc.) shall be dropped from the
rolls.
Article II
Dues shall be $30.00 per year, payable at the annual
meeting. All dues not paid by *April 1 shall be
considered delinquent. The Treasurer shall notify a
member of this standing. If dues are not paid by
*June 1 the member shall be dropped from the rolls.
Article III
The standing committees shall be as follows:
Telephone, Flower Show, Flower Design,
Horticulture Judging, Civic Development,
Membership, and Garden Therapy.
Article IV
The President shall appoint whatever other
Committees are felt necessary.
Article V
Four dollars ($4.00) of the annual dues per member,
is available to the Garden Therapy Chairman, to be
used for cards, hospital gifts, and memorials.
In case of death of a member or a member’s
immediate family, the club shall express sympathy
by a memorial gift not to exceed $20.00. Immediate
family shall consist of the following: father, mother,
husband or children.
In case of hospital illness of any of the members of
the club, the club shall express best wishes with a
gift not to exceed $10.00.
*Dates revised to reflect changes
Library
Blossomway Garden Club Roll Call
and Meeting Books:
April 1949 – March 1956
April 1961 – March 1962
April 1963 – March 1979
April 1982 – March 1987
April 1989 – March 2006) ****
* Library in the home of Harriet Taylor,
****Donated By Rachel Diggs