Charlotte Zinner will, again, be participating in this year’s Baldwin County Fair, as she and other members of the Robertsdale Garden Club bring beautiful arrangements and plant information to share with event goers. After 40 years with the Garden Club, and a lifetime of arranging flowers and helping at florists, churches and weddings, Zinner finds joy in her full-time hobby.

She enters rare flowers like Verbena and Aloe Vera, and the Club always wows guests with their display, according to Fair Coordinator Melinda Hankins.

“She’s the heart of the Fair,” Hankins began. “You couldn’t have fairs without people like Charlotte.”

“When I’d attend fairs, I’d always go to the Garden Club booth first so I could see who won.”

Zinner took a serious interest in horticulture when she quit the workforce to raise her adopted son, she recalled.

“I felt I needed to do something with my time, so I joined the Garden Club, and I have thoroughly enjoyed it,” she said.

She is currently serving her third, two-year term as president, and has acted as secretary and treasurer in past years.

She has also arranged flowers for the local YMCA and Faith Fellowship Church for the past 12 to 13 years, she divulged.

“Anytime I have flowers, they have flowers,” she said with a smile.

Come by the Baldwin County Fair to visit the Robertsdale Garden Club display, along with many other booths. Zinner, along with the other members of the Club, are certainly some of the beauties you won’t want to miss.