The Sandy Springs Conservancy presented a tree to the Sandy Springs Garden Club on Feb. 6 in honor of the club being named the Conservancy’s Greenspace Champion in the fall of 2024.
According to a news release, the disease-resistant Princeton Elm will grow to be at least 50 feet tall. The city of Sandy Springs and Rudy’s Tree Service secured the tree and planted it at Lost Corner Preserve.
Every year the Sandy Springs Conservancy selects and honors a Greenspace Champion announced at its Thought Leaders Dinner in the fall, the release said. The Sandy Springs Garden Club was selected for many years of service in making Sandy Springs a prettier and greener place. The club’s recent efforts include the installation of a brick walkway and a boulder seating reading circle for children at the Sandy Springs Library Reading Garden.
The club, established in 1940, was instrumental in moving the Williams Payne house in 1985 from the Perimeter area to the grounds of Sandy Springs’ historic spring. The club decorates the outside of the house each year during the holidays. Club members care for the historic gardens behind the house.
In 2015 the club spearheaded the Daffodil Mile project next to Abernathy Greenway Park where 20,000 daffodils were planted in honor of cancer patients, bringing beauty to busy Abernathy Road year after year. The club tended the gardens at the Mann House Assisted Living Facility throughout the year and planted a Shakespeare Garden next to the library.
