St. George Village

Living It Up in the Great Outdoors

At St. George Village, the fun is right in your own back yard! They encourage their residents to pursue a lifestyle of active engagement, and their outdoor amenities are second to none. Take a look at some of what they have to offer in the great outdoors:

Improving the Short Game
Marge Pizzolatto, who moved to St. George Village six years ago, says she found that the putting green is a great place to socialize and make new friends while practicing her short game.

Its a popular place, she said. And meeting on the green is a good way to welcome some of our newer residents. Weve started having a putting party on Sunday evenings, which is fun.

Lawn Bowling
Good friends Tom McDermott and Dick Peischl put their heads together and came up with an idea they thought would appeal to fellow residents who wanted to have some fun outdoors: bocce ball.

We were talking about starting some new activities, and bocce ball seemed like a fun idea. At first, we played on the lawn, setting up a regular Thursday evening game. When people started turning out for the weekly games, we realized we needed a court! So, we went to the local adult recreation center to see their courts and brought our information back to the executive director here. He agreed it was a good idea, and soon, we had a real court, said Mr. McDermott. It really caught on! Now we even have competitions between St. George Village and other local communities.

Going to the Dogs
Pets are an integral part of the St. George Village community. While some residents have indoor pets like cats and birds, many others have dogs that require outdoor time. Mary Beth and Jim Devers are especially pleased with the newest addition to the St. George Village grounds a new dog park.

We walk our dog, Willy, on the trails that wind their way through the property, but you have to always have your dog on a leash, said Mrs. Devers. The dog park is wonderful because it gives dogs a place to go free off-leash. We take Willy there almost every afternoon, so he can run and chase toys.

Green Thumbs Up
One of the most popular spots at St. George Village is the sunny, serene patch of land overlooking the lake that boasts a variety of beautiful vegetable and flower raised-bed gardens maintained by residents. One of our resident gardening experts, Hilda Daiber, recently called her green-thumbed friends efforts seasonal magic, describing them in detail:

Nancy Allvines pink Asian Lilies, fifty or more; Dick Pokornowskis bag of seeds, spread, with flowers now too numerous to count, looking like a traditional English garden; Dottie Heusleins sunflowers, ten feet tall and visible from all the southwest-facing apartments; Ginny Kauschs pickle vines (she has already picked four cucumbers over twelve inches long); Laureen Johnsons vines, which have already yielded a bag full of beans; Ken Rahejas gladiolus are yellow giants; and Fr. Tony Currans cherry tomato plants, which have yielded a bag full even though he had planted late.

Outdoor activities like these are but one of the many facets of life at St. George Village that make it a special place with a true sense of community and fellowship. See how a retirement lifestyle of active engagement with outdoor fun can be yours. Call Stacy Anthony at 678-987-0402 for more information. Find more details about the community, lifestyle, and residents online at StGeorgeVillage.org, and on Facebook and Pinterest.