Haddonfield Garden Club
Established 1906
The Haddonfield Garden Club was founded in 1906, and became a charter member of the New Jersey Garden Club in 1927.
For more than one hundred years HGC has been involved in community projects, and in the education of its members relating to gardening, design, horticulture and the environment. The total number of members is 83. There are 56 active members and 27 inactive members.
Most of our meetings are open to the general public. Announcements of meetings are posted in local newspapers, and also on this website. (Please see calendar page.)
Interested in becoming a member?
Our talents and interest vary from flower arranging to horticulture to decorating. There is something for everyone. Come join us. (For more information, please contact us.)
OUR THEMES FOR 2011-2012
CLUB THEME:
Positively impacting our world one flower and plant at a time by beautifying our community, sharing new creative design ideas and educating all on the merits of gardening.
PROGRAM THEME
An Eye on Design: From local gardens to world famous destinations, opening our eyes to new locales, ideas and expressions of floral and horticultural designs..
OUR MISSION STATEMENT
(From our Bylaws)
"The object of the Haddonfield Garden Club is to encourage an interest in all aspects of gardening, horticulture and artistic use of plant material; to promote the study of nature and the environment; and to participate in related community projects."
CLUB OFFICERS 2011 - 2013
President.........................Margie Leone
Vice President..................Laura Ivan
Treasurer........................Mary Reilly
Recording Secretary..........Jo Pecorelli
Corresponding Secretary....Mary Stewart
PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE
We should all be humbled by the power of the simple flower. It can be used to express so many emotions from love and appreciation in the hands of a small bouquet picked by a child to conveying great honor and respect when used in a memorial marker. As Garden Club members, we spend our time trying to beautify our world by planting urns, designing baskets and, in general, placing flowers and plants anywhere we can—the library, Tatem urn, Haddonfield Home to name a few. All the time we use many of the same flowers in creative ways to represent something bigger than ourselves. In that process we create hope….make someone smile…perhaps educate and definitely show that we care about our community and those around us. I have always been inspired by the words of Lady Bird Johnson, ―Where Flowers Bloom, There is Hope.‖ We live these words every day in all the little and not so little projects we do.
This year’s program features several opportunities to expand our design expertise which can only help us positively impact our world—our theme for this year! I am delighted to have a program on Sogetsu, a form of Ikebana which has long been a requested program topic. The holidays will include a hands-on floral workshop bound to be inspirational. Field trips to Chanticleer and the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens will highlight our year and definitely expand our world. Featured program topics on tulips, boxwoods and Farm to Table initiatives will educate and entertain those who partake. Our final meeting of the year will be a tour of select members’ gardens which is always a delight. And we can’t forget our entry in the 2012 International Philadelphia Flower Show. This year we are in the new mailbox category which promises to be a fun and creative project.
As we start our new year, I encourage everyone to use the club as a way to share your talents, express your creativity, make some new friends, expose yourself to new ideas and become involved. We will all be the better for it!
Margie Leone
Installed 8/6/08
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Third place ribbon in the "Mailbox" category at the 2012 Philadelphia International Flower Show
Betty Powell Memorial Garden, designed and
maintained by the Haddonfield Garden Club
