PFGC kicks off their new year
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There was a lot of excitement at the first meeting of the Pine Forest Garden Club held on Thursday, Sept. 18 marking the beginning of club’s 2025-2026 year. Club President Susie Reed welcomed back all the members, along with recognizing the seven new members who were present.
Judy Johnson displays a bee condo
Club member Judy Johnson presented an interesting program on how to build a “Bee Condo.” It is a homemade place for bees to live in. It was suggested that this could be made by children or the Aggies Club (the PFGC Junior Garden Club).
She also shared some amazing facts about honey bees. The following are just a few:
Honey bees have been around for millions of years; it is the only insect that produces food eaten by man; the average worker bee produces about half a teaspoon full of honey in her lifetime; only worker bees sting, and only if they feel threatened, and die once they sting. Honeybees are important pollinators and lie at the heart of our survival. They pollinate 1 in 3 bites of food we eat and 80% of the world’s flowering plants. These precious pollinators are essential to the health and prosperity of countless ecosystems.
Many of the upcoming year’s projects were discussed. Some of these include the Garden of the Month, working with the Aggies and the ACEC’s Ag classes; planting and maintaining containers outside the Pavilion Nursing Home and cafeteria, and encouraging citizens to plant pollinator/native plants in the community, just to name a few. Another exciting new club project is to work with the GATE teacher at Altamaha Elementary School to organize a Junior Garden Club at their school.
Pine Forest Garden Club will be “beautifying, conserving, and educating” our community all year.
