PRESIDENT- DELLA
When we moved to Garden City in 1956 I started planting flowers in my yard. My husband, Bill encouraged me to “keep planting until I get it out of my system”. Well, more than 50 years later and ever changing flower beds later, I am still gardening. I have always said that through gardening, my four children survived!
When I joined the Garden City Garden Club in 1958, a web site was certainly unheard of and now it seems to make the world go around. Even though the world is changing around us, the love of gardening has not.
Over the past 52 years I have held just about every office within our Garden Club, including President (1993-1997 and 2001-2003) and the Vice Presidency several times. My home has also been featured on our annual Garden Walk on a few occasions. I completed Flower Show School and became an Accredited Judge in 2002 and am currently awaiting Life Judge Status.
We have an exciting year planned with great guest speakers, nature crafts and field trips (Hidden Lake Gardens & a visit to a Fall Gourd Festival just to name a few). Our Garden City Garden Club is also joining neighboring garden clubs; Garden Club of Dearborn, Dearborn Heights and Military Hills to host a flower show. So please mark your calendars on September 10th and 11th 2010 for “CELEBRATING WITH FLOWERS” at the Brady Street Presbyterian Church (free admission).
If you stop along the way to smell a rose or stop to enjoy the beauty of a daisy….we invite you to join us for there’s a place for you in our Garden Club. We meet on the 3rd Tuesday of the month at the Maplewood Center at 6:30pm-9pm.
Della
When I joined the Garden City Garden Club in 1958, a web site was certainly unheard of and now it seems to make the world go around. Even though the world is changing around us, the love of gardening has not.
Over the past 52 years I have held just about every office within our Garden Club, including President (1993-1997 and 2001-2003) and the Vice Presidency several times. My home has also been featured on our annual Garden Walk on a few occasions. I completed Flower Show School and became an Accredited Judge in 2002 and am currently awaiting Life Judge Status.
We have an exciting year planned with great guest speakers, nature crafts and field trips (Hidden Lake Gardens & a visit to a Fall Gourd Festival just to name a few). Our Garden City Garden Club is also joining neighboring garden clubs; Garden Club of Dearborn, Dearborn Heights and Military Hills to host a flower show. So please mark your calendars on September 10th and 11th 2010 for “CELEBRATING WITH FLOWERS” at the Brady Street Presbyterian Church (free admission).
If you stop along the way to smell a rose or stop to enjoy the beauty of a daisy….we invite you to join us for there’s a place for you in our Garden Club. We meet on the 3rd Tuesday of the month at the Maplewood Center at 6:30pm-9pm.
Della
FORMER PRESIDENT-Dottie (2008-2010)
As president of the Garden City Garden Club, my mission is to enlighten and encourage all members and our community , to the delightful experience of gardening. I have enjoyed gardening in my back yard for years, and also volunteer at the Butterfly Garden, at City Park, as a meaningful and something I was "meant" to do! I have enjoyed the fellowship of like minded people who have a passion for gardening and learning all aspects of horticulture and the "Green" Ecological Way (local farm produce--such as our (Farmers Market), for the sustainable future of all citizens on Planet Earth. I am encouraged to promote Michigan Garden Club, Inc., ideals,and National Garden Club's "Why Youth Gardens?" To motivate and inspire ideas for projects that would encourage and teach our youth, and to partner with our community and their schools in gardening projects. This past year, I have given advice and supported our local high school teacher, Yvonne Coogan, in the placement of a Native Flower and Plant Garden at Garden City High School.
Dottie V.
President Garden City Garden Club 2009/2010
Dottie V.
President Garden City Garden Club 2009/2010
