Marietta Daisies Garden Club

"Roadside Beautification"

September 15th Meeting

9:30am Meet & Greet

9:45am Meeting Promptly Begins

Marietta Educational Garden Center

550 Kennesaw Ave., Marietta, Ga.

Speaker:

Felicity Davis -Landscape Architect Manager

GDOT Roadside Beautification (Garden Club of GA initiative)

This was originally the pet project of the First Lady, Lady Bird Johnson, who believed

that beauty would make the U.S. a better place to live.

The Highway Beautification Act (HBA), passed in 1965. 

In Georgia, the Wildflower Program began in 1974 when Mrs. Virginia Hand Callaway,

then chair of the Birds and Wildflowers Committee of the Garden Club of Georgia, Inc.,

spearheaded a movement to plant and protect wildflowers on our roadsides.

GCG in partnership with Georgia DOT began a program to provide funds and support to

protect and enhance the roadside wildflowers and promote the seeding of annuals and

perennials.  In recent years, the planting of spring bulbs brings early blooms to major

expressways.

Bio

Felicity Davis is a Georgia Registered Landscape Architect and LEED AP with more

than 20 years of in-depth experience in both the private and public sectors. She has

designed and successfully managed the implementation of residential, commercial, and

institutional landscape design, site design, and master planning projects in Metro

Atlanta and throughout Georgia.

Felicity has a particular interest in sustainable design, green infrastructure, and native

plant communities. She joined the Georgia Department of Transportation as Landscape

Architect II in 2014, and currently serves as the manager for the GDOT’s State

Maintenance Office Landscape Architecture and Outdoor Advertising Units. These

units oversee vegetation management and enhancements for Georgia’s rights of way,

and GDOT’s Outdoor Advertising permitting programs. The LAU is responsible for

guiding all vegetation related work on the right of way, and also runs the GDOT

wildflower program.

In her free time, Felicity works in and enjoys her garden, hikes and camps with her

husband, and plays with their dogs.