| Gardens
of Avon-by-the-Sea |
| Contact
Info: |
| Email:
gardensofavon@yahoo.com |
| Meetings: |
| The
club generally meets on the third
Tuesday of the month at 7 p.m. in
the Avon Firehouse (please see calendar
for schedule and exceptions). |
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| About
Us: |
| Gardens
of Avon-by-the-Sea, affiliated with
the National Garden Clubs and The
Garden Club of New Jersey, offers
area residents educational and networking
opportunities to promote both the
love of gardening and civic and environmental
responsibility. |
| Click
here to view our new membership form. |
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| Dues: |
| Annual
dues are $25.00 |
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| Ongoing
Projects: |
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As
a working garden club; members
share |
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their
time and talent to help beautify
our |
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community,
planting and maintaining the
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colorful
container gardens that grace
Main |
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Street
and the beachfront throughout
the |
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summer
as well as the seasonal |
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arrangements
on Main Street. |
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Our
spring walkathon generates the |
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financial
support for this activity, and |
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Gardens
of Avon-by-the-Sea is very |
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grateful
to the Avon residents and visitors |
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who
respond so generously to our
annual |
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appeal. |
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Members
participate in purchasing, |
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donating,
and distributing gifts and |
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foodstuffs
to local charities at holidays. |
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The
club celebrates National Garden
Week |
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by
presenting plants to the Avon
School. |
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Through
our garden therapy program,
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club
members visit a local assisted
living |
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facility
each month, providing residents
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with
flower arranging materials and
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instruction.
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The
club donates gardening and |
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conservation
materials to the public and
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school
libraries. |
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Guest
speakers and hands-on activities |
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promote
the knowledge and skills of
our |
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members
in the areas of plant selection,
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optimum
plant choices for our area,
and |
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floral
design. |
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The
club supports the Garden Club
of New |
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Jersey’s
Operation Wildflower/Plant |
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Natives
initiative to help restore New
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Jersey’s
diminishing store of native
plants.
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| For
more information about |
| native
plants click
here or here. |
| To
find local sources of native plants
click
here. |
| 2009
Officers: |
| Co-Presidents:
Barbara DePalma, Susan Annitto |
| Treasurer:
Grace Wallace |
| Corresponding
Secretary: Charlotte Kirk |
| Recording
Secretary: Maureen Lake |
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| Upcoming
Events: |
January
No meeting |
February
No meeting |
March
10th
Organizational meeting |
April
21st
Summer Planning
Meeting |
May
19th
Bringing the Garden
Indoors: Creative
arrangements using
flowers and foliage
from our
own spring and summer
gardens |
June
16th
Container Farming:
Vegetables, herbs,
and edible
flowers for pots
and baskets to
fill our summer
salad bowls |
July
11th
Boardwalk Craft
Fair |
July
(TBD)
Summer Social |
August
18th
Fall Planting for
Spring Bloom:
Tips for selecting,
planting, and
cultivating bulbs
and perennials |
September
15th
Harvest Pot Luck
Dinner |
October
20th
Plants for Winter
Interest:
Trees, shrubs, and
herbaceous
plants to brighten
our gardens
with colorful berries,
bark, and
foliage from late
fall through spring |
November 17th
Hand-on project:
Create Thanksgiving
Arrangements
(to be donated to
a local nursing
home) |
December
(TBD)
Holiday Dinner |
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| 2009
Members: |
| Genevieve
Barbur, Mary Bradley, Pat Burns, Maureen
Busch, Frances Byrne, Helen Clohosey, Jacky
Cloud, Eileen Corbran, Laura Davey, Barbara
DeLuca, Lorraine Ernst, Marjorie Ferguson,
Vade Hanlon, Joan Hradil, Marie Kenny, Helen
Kilcooley, Sylvia King, Marilyn Kogan, Janet
Kreuger, Joan Kuver, Dorothy Lurch, Eileen
Mahon, Mari McDevitt, Mary Jo McDonough,
Margaret McGovern, Peg McGovern, Dorothee
McKenna, Kathy O’Neill, Cindy Osborne,
Marilyn Placitella, Susan Shannon, Jeanne
Spiotta, Lee Stokes, Dolly Stolgitis, Joan
Tarantin, Nora Taylor, Grace Wallace, Joan
Zipf |
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