Ideas To Revitalize Garden Club

By

KansasCindy

I do not belong to a garden club but something I have always looked for and is difficult to find summarized is a fruit, vegetable, herb "calendar class" that would give me specific (within a week or so) planting and harvesting dates for a wide variety of foods that could grow in our hardiness zone. Yes, I've been able to piece together these bits of information to become successful in home growing foods, but nothing was ever easy to figure out and as far as I know, no local garden club offers such help.

As well, I've searched high and low for flower bed garden plants and mapped garden plots in my hardiness zone that will bloom from early spring to late fall successively. Again, I can piece together this information from various research, but can't find a single source for an ever blooming patch that works specifically for my hardiness zone.

Just a thought, but maybe simplifying this often baffling dilemma with a printed calendar, planting guide and monthly meetings for consultation for new members in a local garden club might help grow the club membership. Honestly, the few landscapes I do see grow so successfully (in my area) are either horticulture professionals or individuals and businesses able to pay for horticultural services. Can't speak for everyone, of course, but never found a local garden club to offer such practical advice to the do it yourself home owner.

I think it's great to plant a community square according to the direction of a local garden club, but I'd be more apt to participate if the garden club would give me the specific information to do the same in my own back yard. Just sayin' 'cuz you asked! :-)

By

PainterLee

I work in a nursing home and I would strongly suggest you contact some in your area. Nursing homes desperately need the services your club can provide. Your club could be in charge of planters that you change each season. You could do small plants for patients rooms and be in charge of re-potting them as needed. You could do an herb garden, a vegetable garden, a succulent garden, bird houses and bird feeders. All these things would bring joy to a nursing home and require time and attention that your garden club could provide.

By

Peytyn

I started a garden club in my little town. We exchange plants and seeds. I have many types of bubble machines. We bring potluck foods and blow bubbles, exchange seedlings, plants and unusual pots. We hold them at a different persons yard each month. We check out their gardens. We did tie die this last summer. We also make plantings for hospitals... One year we revamped the Senior center yard. planting veggies with flowers and angel statues in between. We have had botanists from state parks and kids studying horticulture give talks. I also think showing little kids how to plant might be a good thing, starting a garden at the school, for kids who have to go to summer school.

By

Omanana

In my community, the local garden clubs take care of the flower beds at our library, as well as inside planters at our public schools. Perhaps your group could do something like that in your community.

I have belonged to a garden club for 2 years now. It's kinda a dying group and I have been elected to become president in September. I would love any and all ideas on things to do to make this club more fun, like crafts, trips, speakers. anything! Help!