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Cultivating Friendships Martha Spires is currently the presi- JERRY DEAN MARKET PRESIDENT MEET FAYETTEVILLE'S NEWEST TEAM JERRY'S TEAM Here at VantageSouth, we know the importance of establishing solid relationships. Take it from Jerry Dean, a respected member of the Fayetteville banking community for more than 30 years. He and his team are here for you — whether you're a business owner or professional. Stop by and meet the team soon. And see how we can go to work for you. -NICHOLE MAROSCHAK -FAITH COOK - ANGELA JOHNSON --PRUDENCE SMITH -DIXIE PITTMAN -HOMER CATES dent of the Garden Club Council of Fay- etteville, an umbrella organization that organizes large events and offers speaker ideas to individual clubs. Spires grew up in South Carolina then spent eleven years battling the red clay of Atlanta. She said her garden club, The Lafayette Lady Slip- pers, helped her figure out what she could grow and when she should plant it. "When you are with your club, there is amazing camaraderie," Spires said. With increasingly demanding sched- ules, women oſten look to the television for landscaping ideas. It's understand- able, she said, but not as helpful as having someone next to you to answer questions while you get hands-on with a project. As Jennifer Sullivan, a member of the 4200 Morganton Rd. Fayetteville, NC 910.354.1240 | vantagesouth.com ALWAYS FRESH, ALWAYS DELICIOUS ~ Rudino's Pizza And Grinders ~ Garden Club Council of Fayetteville and the vice-president and executive direc- tor of the Cape Fear Botanical Gardens, pointed out, "What's nice is that the women who acquired the more proper, formal training are eager to teach the younger women. We pair a more expe- rienced person with a younger amateur and they learn from each other." Programs are a staple of garden club society. Whether the presenters are na- tional names or local amateurs-cum-ex- perts, programs are aimed at expanding knowledge and branching out into new areas. Spires recently presented a pro- gram centered on the council, and rel- ished the chance to dig into the council's history. "Knowing where you've been is key to figuring out where you're going," Spires said. To assist her research, Spires flipped 5075 Morganton Road, Fayetteville, NC 28314 · 910-864-2800 At Millstone · Live Music · Sport's Bar · Big Screen TV's · Outside Patio! 60 | July/August • 2012 3350 S. Peak Drive, Hope Mills, NC 28348 · 910-423-5555 (Beside Millstone Theatre) through the volumes of club scrapbooks housed at the Botanical Gardens' new Wyatt Complex. Among them, the 1965 yearbook, called The Pansy Patch, holds pictures of bouquets carefully clipped from glossy magazines and taped onto wide brown paper. It is a far cry from today's craſt store scrapbooks, and the simple layout allows the gardening deeds to speak for themselves. The gardeners, cleaned up and white-gloved, gather in small black and white photographs be- side newspaper clippings and carefully- penned index cards.

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