Meeting Information
Location
Christ Episcopal Church, Parish House on New Street
62 Delaware and New Sts., Woodbury, NJ
Parking in the County Building Lot across from Parish House
Dates
Held on the 3rd Tuesday of month from 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
- No meeting in January
- June meeting held in member’s
garden (covered dish)
- Holiday party at December meeting
- Refreshments served
- Prospective Members Welcome as Guests
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Shirley Robinson, President
856.848.8634
email
Vice President, Diane Suiter
Secretary, Joyce Connelly
Treasurer, Coley Lyons
Projects and Events
 Garden
Tour & Tea -
Our 10th Anniversary Garden Tour & Tea titled “Ten
Years of Beauty” will be held on Saturday, June
13th 2009. You may visit the gardens from 10am to 4pm. “In
The Garden Tea” will be served from 11am to 3pm.
No reservations required.
Advance tickets can be purchased for
$13.00 from any member or by calling 856-251-2774 or
856-848-8634. Day of tour tickets
are $15.00 and will be sold at the rectory of Christ Episcopal
Church, on Delaware and New Sts. from 9:30am to 1:00pm.
Garden Club Youth Group
"The Best Buds” our
youth group meets on the third Wednesday of the month at
6:30 pm, at Central Baptist
Church on Centre & Jackson Sts. The group is open to
children 5years of age and up.
The Best Buds learn about Ecology,
nature, the environment, and hands on gardening. In the
past they have enjoyed growing
topiaries, and making birdhouses. They have entered the garden
club’s flower shows and also the Gingerbread House
competition for the clubs annual Christmas House Tour.
For information call Roxanne Long at 856-848-4693.
Annual Flower Show
September 26th, theme to be determined
(2005 Designer’s Choice Award; “Teepee” in
Lewis & Clark Bicentennial: Fruits of Exploration)
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- Christmas House Tour
We do not have a Christmas House Tour this year.
The club’s Christmas House Tour falls on even numbered
years.
We will hold our next house tour on Saturday, December 11,
2010.
- Community Garden Maintenance-Hendrickson
(Evergreen & Cooper)
- Members Exhibit Cut Flowers from their Gardens at May and
September Meetings which are Judged by Nationally Accredited
Judge
- Scholarship
Sponsor to Students from Five (5) Area High Schools - Deptford,
Gateway, Paulsboro, West Deptford and Woodbury
- Planting of Hanging Flower Baskets on Broad Street (pictured)
- Garden Visits (e.g., Hortulus Farm, White Flower Farm)
- Support Landscaping of Homes Maintained by Not-For Profit
Groups
- May Day Flower Baskets
- Geranium Presentation at Memorial Day Parade to
Individuals with Family in Active Military
Service
- June Plant Exchange
Membership Information
- Over 50 members; ages from 20s to
70s; male and female
- Woodbury and neighboring towns
- New members welcome as guests for a meeting
- Membership Dues: $17 payable each November
2009
Programs
{ 7:00 PM at Christ
Episcopal Church, 62 Delaware Street, Woodbury,
unless otherwise noted - Guests are welcome
to
attend one
meeting as a non-member.}
Contact: Shirley
Robinson 856.848.8634 or njcraftylady@verizon.net
- January-No Meeting
- February
17-“The Basics of Beekeeping” with
club member Jessica Ferguson
- March17-“Propogation of Annuals” with
George Lucas, owner of Lucas Greenhouses
in Hardingville
- April 21-“Creating a Hypertufa
Garden Trough.” Demonstrator
Shirley Robinson
- May 19-“Container Gardening” speaker
Heather MacGregor, Gloucester County
Master Gardener
- June 16,
6:30 pm-“Garden Club
Picnic and Plant Exchange” with
the Best Buds, GWGC youth gardeners.
Not open to the public.
- July 21,
7:00 pm-“Making a Flower
Arrangement with Fruits and Vegetables” Demonstrator,
Shirley Sharkey
- August
18, 7:00 pm-“Identifying
and Enjoying Edible Weeds”,
speaker Rose Moore
- September
15, 7:00 pm-“Making
a Winter Bowle” speaker Lorraine
Kiefer, owner Triple Oaks Nursery
- October
20, 7:00 pm-“Enjoying
African Violets”, speaker
Donna Brining, owner Fancy Bloomers
- November
17, 7 pm-“Embellishments
From Your Garden” with instructors
Michael McCann and Sue Bowe
- December
15, 6:30 pm-“Annual
Garden Club Christmas Party” Not open to the public
Back
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The Greater Woodbury Garden Club was founded in March 2000 by Shirley Robinson
with 12 Master Gardeners and friends. The club now has over 60 members who
meet monthly
to enjoy a
variety of lectures and hands-on projects, and to organize its many activities
scheduled throughout the year. Its members come from a variety of backgrounds
and interests, but share the love of plants and gardening.
The Garden Club plants and maintains the hanging flower
baskets on Broad Street in the City of Woodbury, helps the
city maintain Hendrickson Park at Cooper St. and Evergreen
Ave. and supports the Association of Retarded Citizens by
working with residents of group homes in Woodbury. In addition,
the club sponsors the Garden Tour and Tea every June, a Standard
Flower Show and The Holiday House Tour every other December.
Also, trips to garden-related destinations are planned during
the year. Finally, the proceeds from our Garden Tour and
Tea and Holiday House Tour provide the funds for scholarships
to area high school graduates.
In May 2001, the club affiliated
with the Garden Club in NJ (GCNJ), an affiliate of National
Garden Clubs, Inc. The
club received a GCNJ award for its continued efforts in maintaining
the baskets in downtown Woodbury through the purchase of
a golf cart with a water tank, pump, and sprayer. The group
also received an award for the club with the fastest growing
membership. Each year the club’s flower show, judged
by nationally accredited judges, has received numerous state
and national awards.
In 2001 and 2002, the club decorated
a Fairmount Park house for the Philadelphia Yuletide tour
and in 2003 and 2004,
members of the club decorated the New Jersey Governor’s
Mansion for the Holidays. In 2005 and 2007, the club also
decorated the Olde Stone House Village in Washington Township
for Christmas.
Awards
The club has received over 25 State and National awards as
well as winning first place for their interpretation of “Scandinavia” while
decorating Drumthwacket, the New Jersey Governor’s
Mansion for Christmas, and also The Suburban Greening Award,
from the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, for the hanging
baskets on Broad St.
Affiliations and Favorite Links
- Affiliated with National Garden Clubs,
Inc. and The Garden Club of NJ, Inc.
- Certification for Flower Show Judges, Landscape Design
Consultants, Gardening Study, and Environmental Studies
Quarterly “News Leaf” newsletter from the
Garden Club of NJ, Inc. Back to top
Last revision:
3/18/09
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