The Spade & Trowel Garden Club, Inc.
Seaford, Delaware 19973
Celebrating our 65th Membership Year
"Enriching our lives by sharing our love for
the art of gardening with our community"
ANNOUNCEMENTS:
The club is holding its annual fundraisers. You can help us by ordering pecans or greens for the holidays. The forms are below.
NOVEMBER 2022
Board Meeting: Friday, Nov. 4, 10:15 a.m. Woodruff Room, Seaford Public Library, 600 North Market St. Ext., Seaford.
General Meeting: Tuesday, Nov. 8, Woodruff Room, Seaford Public Library. Flower Show entries due 1 p.m.
Social Time 1:00 p.m. Meeting begins at 1:30 p.m. Hostesses: Susan McCoy, Carol Johnson and Wanda Davis.
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2022-2023 Club Officers
President, Mary Noel
Vice-President, Carol Owens
Recording Secretary, Sandy Blackwell
Treasurer, Barbara Fletcher
Immediate Past President, Sharon Christopher
(Left to Right) Carol Owens, Betty Jean Johnson, Mary Noel, Barbara Fletcher, Sandy Blackwell
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At the May 2022 meeting of the Spade & Trowel Garden Club, President Mary Noel, left, presented Sharon Christopher a lifetime membership in the Central Atlantic Region of State Garden Clubs (CAR-SGC).
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Members of the Seaford Boys and Girls Club learned to created floral arrangements using mostly flowers from the gardens, which they cared for in the beds behind the building.
Spade and Trowel Garden Club Advisors: Carol Kinsley and Carol Owens
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PLANT AMERICA
Get your gardening catalogs and participate in Nancy Hargroves, president of the National Garden Clubs, Inc., signature project. PLANT AMERICA!
Club members visited the Botanic Gardens at Pepper Creek in Dagsboro, DE, to celebrate National Garden Week.
CAR-SGC Conference will be held at Seven Springs Mountain Resort. November 2-3
Contact Mary Noel if interested in attending.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
**National Garden Club's Newsletter: Click Here: January/February
**CAR Review: Nov. 2021
**DFGC February 2022 Newsletter
Club Objectives
The objectives of "The Spade & Trowel Garden Club, Inc." are to bring together members of the community who have a genuine interest in gardening and related activities and to afford members an opportunity to share their knowledge and experiences in growing plants and flowers, decorating with plants and flowers and to promote civic beautification.
The Spade & Trowel Garden Club, Inc., located in Seaford, DE, was organized in 1955 and became a member club in 1958. This year's theme is "Plant America" - Plant America, Local Food to Share, Add Flowers for Happiness, New Members for Growth and Trees for the Environment. The club is part of the Delaware Federation of Garden Clubs, Central Atlantic Region and the National Garden Clubs, Inc.
Meetings and Location
Meeting Place/Time
The Woodruff Room / Seaford Public Library
600 North Market Street Extension, Seaford, DE, (302) 629-2524
(Unless otherwise noted on monthly schedule)
Second Tuesday of each month (September - June)
12:30-1 p.m. - Horticulture/Flower Show set up
1:00 p.m. - Social • 1:30 p.m. - Program & Meeting
The board meets the first Friday of each month in the "Woodruff Room" of the Seaford Public Library (if available). Any member may attend the board meetings and all officers and chairmen are encouraged to attend.
Interested in joining us? View the Membership Application form and/or contact Carol Johnson, 301-639-2942, (H) 302-875-4034 and/or Mary Noel, 570-239-7948, (H) 302-337-1054 and/or the webmaster, Jim Zeigler, jzeiglerjr1951@comcast.net
**The Seaford Spade and Trowel Garden Club is an active member of the Seaford Chamber of Commerce. and is a 501(C)(3) non-profit organization.