COURTLAND—Country Acres Garden Club continues to celebrate its 50th anniversary.

For the milestone year, which was 2010, club members gave back to the community. They will continue doing the same this year.

In October, club members made floral arrangements for Southampton Memorial Hospital patients and East Pavilion nursing home residents.

In November, members made arrangements to go with the western theme at the Village at Woods Edge. Arrangements were donated, and the club reworked the raised garden beds with pansies and cabbage plants for the fall and winter.

This month, former members joined current members and presented a $1,000 donation to Southamtpon Agriculture & Forestry Museum in Courtland. The money will go toward landscaping.

The club will make small bedside arrangements in February for patients in the hospital.

In March, the club will make about 20 arrangements for Southampton Academy to be sold at its Annual Antique Show. In April, the club will donate daffodils to the patients at Courtland Healthcare Center.

During the final meeting in May, members will learn about the Pine Barons of Southampton County and will be joined by the Franklin Garden Club for this lesson in history.

Founded in 1960, the club’s original members wereMrs. Lee Bain, Mrs. S.V. Camp III, Mrs. Trent Fox, Mrs. James Gillette, Mrs. Hunter Jackson, Mrs. V.S. Pittman, Mrs. R.G. Rawls, Mrs. Winfield Crichton, Mrs. W.B. Gillette, Mrs. Paul C. Marks, Mrs. Ben Marks, Mrs. R.F. Marks Jr., Mrs. Lon Marks, Mrs. R.L. Nicholson Jr. and Mrs. W.V. Rawlings.

Current members of the Country Acres Garden Club are Theresa Applewhite, Texie Bryant, Gail Camp, Jeanne Emerson, Beth Fox, Susan Glover, Pat Hartman, Connie Marks, Debbie Marks, Julia Owens, Sally Owens, Anne Pittman, Ina Gee Pittman, Carol Pope, Kim Pope and Peggy Simmons. The three sustaining members are Ann Bain, Joanne Fox and Ann Pope.