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Also, how the displays of horticulture, flowers, vegetables, herbs and houseplants increase our enjoyment of the world around us, and how the arranging of seasonal flowers in interesting containers can be as rewarding as it is challenging.
Although the club meets monthly ( except February), not all meetings are held in Washington with displays and a program. Some meetings are field trips to unusual houses and gardens.
This past year, the club took a trip to Beverly Street in Staunton to learn about the architectural styles and gardens of a unique neighborhood.
Other Garden Club activities are classes, such as our “grilled” lunch lesson at Mariott Ranches this past October, when club members donned aprons and worked with the chef.
“Concern for the environment and helping children with their education in several different ways are our main goals,” said Susan Jones, Garden Club President.
The Christmas greens workshop - six days of hard labor making fresh wreaths, garland and swags to decorate the county for the Christmas season - is the main fundraising event, ana it provides scholarships for graduating seniors, for younger students to attend Nature Camp in the summer, and for the Junior Garden Club.
This past year, the first of three days for cutting boxwood, pine, cedar, cypress and other greens was so wet that members who worked were given a special award; in other years, members have been hoisted up in the buckets of tractors to pick the coveted blue berries that grow at the top of the trees.
Everyone is cordially invited to attend this Open House meeting.
Please call Louise Bondelid at 987-8693 with questions or with your intention to attend. Refreshments will be served at 1 p.m. No Latin spoken, no white gloves needed.
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