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The Blue Ridge Garden Club was founded in 1914 by Mrs. F. Appleton Wilson and
a group of summer residents who were interested in gardening, not just their
gardens, but in the beautification of the surrounding community. A civic
minded group, they did much to make the mountain area more pleasant for
everyone.
Today the club has grown, welcoming those women of the area who have a true love of
gardening, and are interested in learning or sharing what they know about
gardening. Meetings are held in homes and other appropriate places.
The meetings are informative with knowledgeable speakers, arrangement workshops
and horticulture exchange of information. They are held once a month,
April through October.
We also have a desire to help keep Blue Ridge
Summit beautiful, and want to pass the word about conserving our environment.
Projects 2008
An invitation to everyone to get involved
in some exciting happenings for our Garden Club this summer. . Please pass
on the news via the grapevine to any member you think may be interested. We
can do great things if we put our heads together!!
We have been invited to a meeting at the
BRS Fire Hall where community members will discuss landscaping around/near
the fire hall. It will be the Mandy Bowder's Memorial Garden. Several
groups in the community will be participating and there may be something we
can do to help.
Ice Cream Social. Fay will need flowers
on that day for arrangements.
Heritage Days committee is having an
historical display at Lakeside Hall on the June 28th as part of Mountain Top
Heritage Days. We have been invited to participate We need members
there on the day, it should be fun and interesting..... lots of
participants.
Heritage Days; we will be selling our
almanac and displaying other gardening stuff somewhere in BRS on the 21st
and 22nd of June. Need members there for a few hours each day.
Victor Cullen has again invited us to a
meeting to discuss ideas regarding flowers and plants for the facility. If
anyone is interested in getting involved with a part of this outreach
program please let me know.
Plant baskets at the Blue Ridge Summit Library
and sell floral arrangements to benefit the library at the Ice Cream Social.
Landscape the Memorial
Garden at the Blue Ridge Summit Library
Participate in the annual holiday decorating at Renfrew Environmental Center
Provide floral arrangements for
various community events.
For information write to: Blue Ridge Garden Club, PO Box
499, BRS, PA 17214
Thanks for your interest and
enthusiasm.
Happy Gardening!
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