Pine Forest Garden Club Page

03/19/2026

REMINDER- if you placed a preorder for ferns or geraniums from one of our members, pick up is TODAY from 10 AM until 2 PM at Baxley First Church, Baxley GA. Thank you for supporting our club and the scholarships we give out! See you soon

03/17/2026

REMINDER- if you ordered ferns or geraniums from a garden club member, pick up is this THURSDAY, March 19, 2026 from 10 am - 2 pm at Baxley First Church, 217 S Main Street. Thank you for supporting us and allowing us to give scholarships to students! See you on Thursday

02/28/2026

Last weekend to place your order! Pine Forest Garden Club is selling 11-inch geraniums (red, pink, white and salmon) and Boston fern hanging baskets from County Farm Plant Company as a scholarship fundraiser.
Tickets may be purchased from PFGC members thru March 3, 2026. Plants are $20 each. Pick up time for plants is March 19th, 10 am - 2 pm at Baxley First Church.

02/19/2026

Link from our speakers- Glen & Gail Hendry! You missed an excellent program… but you can find out everything they spoke about on this website! You may be asking yourself, why a SC society member spoke to our group- well, unfortunately, there isn’t a GA society. It’s a nationally recognized group if you have time to volunteer and a love for bluebirds.

Our mission and overall goal is to provide informative, factual, accurate, and educational information about our amazing Bluebirds and other cavity-dwelling birds. Please take time to peruse the site and utilize this information to enhance your enjoyment of our feathered friends.

02/19/2026

What an informative program! Thank you Glen & Gail Hendry with the South Carolina Bluebird Society. Glen is on the board of directors and lifetime member since 2010. Glen and Gail head up the trail committee in Aiken, SC tending 86 bluebird nesting boxes and 12 screech owl nesting boxes. Make certain to check out the website for a plethora of information about bluebirds!

02/19/2026

Gardening isn’t the only thing the club does for our community.
Pine Forest Garden Club Members brought donations of personal care items for the Appling Hope Center’s outreach. They brought so many bags that they filled half of a pickup bed full of much needed supplies for the community residents needing assistance.

02/19/2026

What a great idea!

02/05/2026

Mark your calendar and join us Thursday, February 19, 2026 at Baxley First Church
217 S. Main St. Baxley, GA at 1:00 p.m. for our program- Attracting Backyard Bluebirds, Presented by Gail and Glen Hendry. The PFGC will be opening this meeting to guests. We only ask that you RSVP by Monday, February 16th! Please RSVP if you plan to attend by leaving your name in the comments below. Space is limited…

Did you know that bluebirds typically produce two or three broods from March to August in our area? It's time to prepare!

Glen Hendry and his wife Gail will tell a fascinating story of bluebird revival. You will learn about their preferred habitats and how to prepare nesting boxes along with keeping predators and pests away.

Glen earned a B.S. in Geology in 1976 from Pennsylvania State University. He met his wife, Gail, in an underground uranium mine in New Mexico where Gail was a miner (drilling, packing dynamite, and blasting the rocks). Gail received her degree as an RN from Augusta College in 1994. Both are retired now (but working harder than ever).
Glen is on the board of directors for the South Carolina Bluebird Society and has been a lifetime member since 2010.
He heads up the Trails Committee. Glen and Gail monitor the Hitchcock Woods trails in Aiken, SC which consists of 86 bluebird nestboxes and 12 screech owl boxes. Glen does the statistical reporting for the South Carolina Bluebird Society (SCBS) including supplying the data to the Cornell Nest Watch program.

Don’t forget to RSVP below in the comments if you plan to attend. Space is limited.

02/05/2026

Plant Sale: $20 each
Pine Forest Garden Club is selling 11-inch geraniums (red, pink, white and salmon) and Boston fern hanging baskets from County Farm Plant Company as a scholarship fundraiser. Tickets may be purchased from PFGC members through March 3, 2026.

Pick up time for plants is 10 am - 2 pm, March 19, 2026 at Baxley First Church.

01/21/2026

Support a great cause and purchase a hanging basket for $20 from members of Pine Forest Garden Club by Tuesday, March 3rd. Boston ferns and red, pink, white, and salmon colored geraniums will be delivered to First Church on March 19th 10:00 - 2:00.

01/20/2026

Clint Evans provided members various tips to transition from Christmas decor into an inspired winterscape for our homes. As gardeners, we understand the rhythm of the seasons. Christmas comes and goes, just as summer fades into fall. Decorating after Christmas isn’t about holding on—it’s about carrying warmth forward in a quieter way. (See photo captions for more tips.)

01/20/2026

DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ASIAN LADY BEETLES AND LADYBUGS

While ladybugs are typically smaller and rounder than Asian beetles, it is still pretty hard to catch a difference between the two bugs.

Here are some differences:

Ladybugs have red shells with a few black spots, while Asian beetles have red-orange colored shells and several black spots.
Asian beetles have bigger white “cheek” marks
Asian beetles release a smelly odor when threatened or smashed
“A sure way to distinguish between an Asian lady beetle and a ladybug is to look at the spot where the head meets the wings. If the bug has a black ‘M’ marking in that spot, that’s a telltale sign you’re dealing with an Asian lady beetle,” said Viveka Neveln with Better Homes and Gardens.

One other big difference is that Asian beetles can actually bite. Although it might just feel like a little pinprick, Asian beetles scrape whatever they land on if they feel threatened. But the good news: it isn’t a harmful bite.

HOW TO PROTECT YOUR GA HOME

Asian lady beetles are mostly a nuisance, but swarms of them can really be a challenge inside your home. They don’t eat wood, but if smashed, they can leave smelly stains around.

So, are there ways to deter them?
“There are no pesticides that can kill once lady beetles are inside your house. You can’t reach where the lady beetles really are, even with bombs or foggers. The best control for lady beetles is exclusion. You have to keep them out of the house before they move in, preferably in late summer,” said Dr. Griffeth.

Here are some tips to keep them away before they come in:

Adjust or install tight-fitting sweeps or thresholds at the bottom of exterior doors.
Install weather-stripping around other parts of the doorframe.
Seal utility openings where air conditioner pipes, phone, cable TV and other wires enter the foundation and siding. Holes can be plugged with caulk, cement, urethane foam, or copper mesh. Steel wool may be used, but it may rust and possibly stain siding if it is exposed to the weather.
Caulk around windows, doors, siding and fascia boards.
Keep window screens in good condition and install insect screening behind attic gable vents.
And if they are already inside, your best course of action is to break out the vacuum and suck them all up–but release them outside before they escape.

Source: Asian lady beetles are swarming & stinking up GA homes. Here’s why, how to keep them out
By Chelsea Madden
NOVEMBER 15, 2025