Westerville Garden Club

                FOUNDED 1947

         Member of Garden Club of Ohio, Columbus District;

           Greater Columbus Council of Garden Clubs;

           Central Atlantic Region-National Garden Club;

Mission

The purpose of this club shall be to develop the knowledge and love of home gardening, to promote the conservation of natural resources, to support the laws, rules and regulations that promote environmental and ecological standards, and to stimulate community and civic beautification.

Theme

This year's theme is IN OUR OWN BACKYARD.

     Many of you have special skills that has allowed you to create your backyard plantings that expresses your personality and unique ideas. 

    Our programs this year are chosen and set up to  give you new ideas for your very own backyard.  We are lucky here in central Ohio to have many  gardening experts available to educate our members.  There will also be workshops  and many tours available to our members. 

                                      Come and enjoy !!

Meetings

Our meetings are from September through June on the 2nd Tuesday of the month at the Westerville Public Library. Time is 6:45 pm to 8:45 pm. 

     Meet aned Greet-6:45

    Program-7:00-7:45

     Business meeting-8:00

     Dues

Dues are $15.00 per year to be paid at the June meeting. 

PLANT SALE-64th ANNUAL-at the Hanby Shopping Center-address, 320 S.  State Street.

 OUR ONE PLANT SALE A YEAR IS the weekend before Mother's Day.     It features plants for butterfly gardening, potted plants, hypertufa leaves, annuals, perennials, herb planters, member plants, mother's day baskets, and some vegetables plus  gardening books and a raffle from outstanding merchants.  

COME ONE, COME ALL. 

WesterFlora

  We have a community Landscape Tour each year honoring outstanding landscapes of 10 or more homes in the Westerville school district.  These are everyday people who have worked hard and spent many hours beautifying their homes.

 2012 will be the 21st year for this event.  Every year this tour is deemed to be one of the most well attended in central Ohio.  Next summer  Printable PDF files will be accessed by clicking on this website-www.westerflora.com.  A printable brochure, printable directions and a printable tour flyer would be available by early July.

Officers

President            Jo Wysong          614-899-2986

Vice President Michelle  White 614-216-5320

Secretary           Sally Turner       614-891-7074

Treasurer             Joe Endry         614-901-3123

And---a member of the Executive Board :

Past President    Mary Papin 614-890-7472

Please contact us anytime with your thoughts and ideas! We look forward to hearing from you.

Website Editor        Dianne Moore   614-882-1687

Projects

Let Freedom Ring Project-The Presidential Oak Grove

  In 2006-2007 our club created this oak grove honoring the 8 United States Presidents from Ohio.  Each tree has a sign naming the president being honored, the years he was president, his number, plus the type of oak tree planted.  The grove has a lighted American flag and Ohio flag, benches and plantings.  We encourage the elementary schools in Westerville to visit this site which is located behind the Westerville Library.

Hanby House Heritage Garden

  In 2005 our club planted perennials, annuals, and vegetables in this fenced-in garden at the historic Hanby House. The garden was to be a replica of what a garden would be in 1850 to 1900.  Hanby House was an Underground Railroad site and has over 2400 visitors yearly. 

Each year our club replaces, replants and adds plants to the garden.  Many hours are spent watering, weeding and maintaining this outstanding garden. We start the clean-up and dig-up in April, the planting in May and the weeding and watering every week throughout the summer.  Come October, we do a clean up and add manure. 

This past year, a member of the Ohio Historical Society indicated that it was one of the best and well-maintained historical gardens he had seen all year. Our garden club should be proud. 

The Hanby House was included in the 2011 WesterFlora  Tour.  About 500 people viewed this beautiful garden.  They were supplied with 5 pages of  diagrams showing all plantings in the 5 areas of the garden:  Medicinal, Culinary, Vegetable, Dye/Fragrance and Perimeter Plantings.  Four recipes showing the use of  fresh herbs were handed out:  Cream of Leek and Potato Soup, Fennel Orange Salad, T-Bone Steak with Garlic Parsley Sauce , and Green Beans with Fresh Dill.