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“Flowers always make people better, happier, and more helpful; they are sunshine, food and medicine to the mind.” Luther Burbank

Message From the President

Welcome back, Rake & Hoe Garden Club members!
I hope you had a relaxing summer filled with blooming gardens and visits with friends and family. As our fall season begins, let's celebrate the beauty of nature and the joy it brings to our lives. Our up-coming monthly
meetings will feature our September Annual Auction, a talk on Raptors by Heather Natalo from the Raptor Trust, our joint meeting with the Westfield Garden Club with a talk by Dave Williams called “The Love of  Gardening”, and our Holiday Craft project., This fall promises exciting activities – from a boat trip on the Hackensack River, a tour of Greenwood Gardens, the fall plant exchange, a Horticulture workshop about plant division, and Artistic Crafts and Flower Design workshops to help us prepare for our April Flower Show. Our Community Projects at the Jardine Academy and for Mobile Meals will start again. And we will be working at our Community Gardens at the Miller-Cory House Museum, the Claire Brownell Garden, the Shadowlawn Pocket Park and maintaining the Mindowaskin Urns. Together, we'll make this Garden Club season the most vibrant and enriching one yet!

Sharon Shiraga
The Rake and Hoe Garden Club of Westfield

Our mission is to educate our members and the public in horticulture, floral design, nature and wildlife.  We host workshops, field trips and plant exchanges in addition to presenting informative monthly meetings.  Our talented members are more than willing to share their expertise with the group.  

Members are dedicated to the community through their work with the Jardine Academy, Mobile Meals, Veterans and by maintaining three public gardens in Westfield.  Rake and Hoe is a member of the Central Atlantic Region of the National Garden Clubs, Inc.

If you have an interest in joining the Club or would like additional information, please contact our membership chair,  Nina Sylvester.

GENERAL MEETINGS

Held Noon at the

Shady Rest Golf Course
820 Jerusalem Road

Scotch Plains
Second Wednesday

of the month

    Officers of the Club

2024-2025


President, Sharon Shiraga

 

Vice President, Nina Sylvester
 

Treasurer, Sue Feldman

Asst. Treasurer, Betsy Chance

Recording Secretary, Margot Partridge

Corresp. Secretary, Mary Lou Nolas

Director, Beth Siano

Join Us!

Embrace the beauty of gardening and nature by joining our Garden Club. Connect with fellow enthusiasts who share your passion, making enduring friendships along the way. Engage in fulfilling community service projects in our area and neighboring towns. Plus, with every meeting, expand your knowledge and skills, always learning something new to enrich your gardening journey. Come be a part of our vibrant community, where growth, both in gardens and friendships, is our constant goal.

For more information, please contact

Nina Sylvester

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Upcoming Meetings

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Dec. 11 – "Members Only".
A time to unwind and set the tone for the Holidays.
A fun project is in store!

 

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Jan. 8 – “We Grew It Here: 100 Years of New Jersey’s Horticultural History”. Lesley Parness. Beyond our well-known tomatoes, 19th century New Jersey plant nurseries led the nation with their innovative breeding, greenhouse, field, and marketing techniques. Some of the best peaches, ultimate orchids, and top turfs were bred and produced in our state. Meet these NJ horticultural superstars and other unlikely characters that played a role in making NJ the ‘Garden State’.

 

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Feb. 12 - “The Language of Flowers”. Layce Gebhard. If flowers could talk, what would they say? Flowers and herbs have been used to convey sentiments throughout history, and gained special prominence during the Victorian Age. This program presents the history and symbolism
of the flowers we love. Layce is an avid gardener, RU Master Gardener, and in retirement, owns a Christmas Tree farm with her husband.

 


A word from Liz Ryan
Here is a link to the article on TAP westfield. It might also run in the leader this week.


https://www.tapinto.net/towns/westfield/sections/home-and-garden/articles/rake-and-hoe-garden-club-members-busy-with-community-projects-flower-design-workshops

Please could you ask members to like and share this article when they see it on TAP.  Post a comment. Post the link to their Facebook page
Share on Twitter

As you know, reposts, shares and likes drive the algorithms that help to widen R and H reach. Let’s do this now in order to widen the following for the Flower Show next year!
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November Joint Meeting with
The Garden Club of Westfield &
The Rake and Hoe Garden Club

Raptors Adaptation - October Meeting
Heather Natalo

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  AUCTION 2024

Alice C. does her "thing".

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JOANN
ANDROCONIS

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ELENA
HRECZNY

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LIZ
RYAN

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CARLOS FERNANDES

INTRODUCE YOURSELF TO OUR NEW MEMBERS

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