Historical Marker

First Garden Club

Athens · Athens-Clarke County · Erected 1950

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The Story

Twelve Athens women founded the Ladies Garden Club here in 1891, later recognized as the first garden club in America and the seed of a nationwide movement.

About this site

First Garden Club is a historical marker in Athens, Athens-Clarke County, erected in 1950. It is one of 105 historical markers documented in Athens-Clarke County, among 141 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.

The site sits at 33.9552, -83.3763 near Athens. The nearest cataloged historic site is First Home of the Garden Club of Georgia, Inc. (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Herty Field, Georgia Museum of Natural History, and University of Georgia Campus Arboretum.

This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.

📍 33.9552, -83.3763 · Athens, Athens-Clarke County

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