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SUMMARY:44th Annual Geranium Festival.
DESCRIPTION:The Geranium Festival was first known as the Henry\n\nCounty Chamber Arts and Crafts Festival. In 1977\, the\n\nfirst Henry County Chamber Arts and Crafts Festival took\n\nplace at Big Spring Park. Likewise\, the 1978 Festival took\n\nplace at Big Spring Park\, with 17 booths. In 1979\, the\n\nHenry County Chamber Arts and Crafts Festival was\n\nmoved to the downtown Square and had\n\napproximately 54-57 booths.\n\n\n\nThe following year\, the Henry County Chamber of\n\nCommerce decided that they did not have enough staff to\n\ncontinue doing the Festival and asked the City of\n\nMcDonough to find a civic organization to take over the\n\nFestival. Mayor Copeland asked two different civic\n\norganizations but neither organization was interested\, as\n\nthe funding available for the Festival was only $630.\n\nMayor Copeland asked the Lion's Club to take the project\n\non and\, while initially hesitant\, they met\, and the Lion's\n\nClub Board supported the challenge. President of the\n\nChamber\, Fred Crumley\, and Mayor Copeland worked\n\ntogether to make the transition. The Chamber transferred\n\nthe $630 to the Lion's Club\, and they began to plan.\n\n\n\nLois and Kirk Carney moved\, along with their business\,\n\nfrom Pennsylvania to McDonough\, Georgia. The name of\n\ntheir business was Oglevee Products and they sold\n\nplants\, primarily red geraniums. They had a 5-acre plan\n\nhouse in McDonough and decided that they would like to\n\ncontribute red geraniums annually to the Henry County\n\nChamber Arts and Crafts Festival. The first year they\n\ndonated 250 red geraniums\, the second year around 400\n\nred geraniums\, the third year about 600 red geraniums\,\n\netc. Until they were donating more than 800 red\n\ngeraniums to the Festival.\n\n\n\nin 1982\, the name was changed from the Henry\n\nCounty Chamber Arts and Crafts Festival to the Red\n\nGeranium Festival in honor of the generosity of Lois and\n\nKirk Carney. Lois and Kirk continued to donate red\n\ngeraniums to the Festival until they sold their business.\n\nWhen the Festival first moved to the Square\, all of the\n\nbooths were contained in the middle of the Square.\n\nGradually\, each year the Festival continued to expand\n\nfrom the center outward and now not only covers the\n\nSquare\, but also the streets that extend from the Square.\n\nThis upcoming year\, 2022\, is our 44th Annual Geranium\n\nFestival.
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\nThe Geranium Festival was first known as the Henry
\nCounty Chamber Arts and Crafts Festival. In 1977\, the
\nfirst Henry County Chamber Arts and Crafts Festival took
\nplace at Big Spring Park. Likewise\, the 1978 Festival took
\nplace at Big Spring Park\, with 17 booths. In 1979\, the
\nHenry County Chamber Arts and Crafts Festival was
\nmoved to the downtown Square and had
\napproximately 54-57 booths.
\n
\nThe following year\, the Henry County Chamber of
\nCommerce decided that they did not have enough staff to
\ncontinue doing the Festival and asked the City of
\nMcDonough to find a civic organization to take over the
\nFestival. Mayor Copeland asked two different civic
\norganizations but neither organization was interested\, as
\nthe funding available for the Festival was only $630.
\nMayor Copeland asked the Lion&rsquo\;s Club to take the project
\non and\, while initially hesitant\, they met\, and the Lion&rsquo\;s
\nClub Board supported the challenge. President of the
\nChamber\, Fred Crumley\, and Mayor Copeland worked
\ntogether to make the transition. The Chamber transferred
\nthe $630 to the Lion&rsquo\;s Club\, and they began to plan.
\n
\nLois and Kirk Carney moved\, along with their business\,
\nfrom Pennsylvania to McDonough\, Georgia. The name of
\ntheir business was Oglevee Products and they sold
\nplants\, primarily red geraniums. They had a 5-acre plan
\nhouse in McDonough and decided that they would like to
\ncontribute red geraniums annually to the Henry County
\nChamber Arts and Crafts Festival. The first year they
\ndonated 250 red geraniums\, the second year around 400
\nred geraniums\, the third year about 600 red geraniums\,
\netc. Until they were donating more than 800 red
\ngeraniums to the Festival.
\n
\nin 1982\, the name was changed from the Henry
\nCounty Chamber Arts and Crafts Festival to the Red
\nGeranium Festival in honor of the generosity of Lois and
\nKirk Carney. Lois and Kirk continued to donate red
\ngeraniums to the Festival until they sold their business.
\nWhen the Festival first moved to the Square\, all of the
\nbooths were contained in the middle of the Square.
\nGradually\, each year the Festival continued to expand
\nfrom the center outward and now not only covers the
\nSquare\, but also the streets that extend from the Square.
\nThis upcoming year\, 2022\, is our 44th Annual Geranium
\nFestival.
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URL:https://www.henrycounty.com/events/details/44th-annual-geranium-festival-21820
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