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Welcome to the Garden Club Federation of Pennsylvania's

Garden Club of Monroeville (GCM)

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Flex time workers who like gardening:

On the fourth Tuesday of every month beginning February 28, 2017, the Garden Club of Monroeville (GCM) will meet 4:30-6:30 PM. All area residents are invited to join us in the lower program conference room at the Monroeville Public Library. Next meeting is Tuesday, May 23.

District VII Board of Directors (Club Presidents, Executive Committee and Standing Committee Chairmen) will meet Tues, August 15 and Tues, October 19. Meetings will be 10 AM-Noon at the GC of McKeesport Club House in Renziehausen Park.

The District VII Annual Meeting has been scheduled for Tuesday, September 26, 2017 at Palmieri's Banquet Hall on Frankstown Road (off Route 286), Plum, PA. Complete the Registration Form to attend as a guest of the Garden Club of Monroeville.

GCM and Monroeville Library will co-sponsor a re-scheduled, free “Soil Testing for Heavy (Toxic) Metals” presentation on Tuesday, October 10 , 2017 at 7 PM in the Library's Gallery Space.

925 Wood Street
Pitcairn, PA 15140
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Projects - Do you need help with your gardening projects?

Joining GCM enables individuals to exchange ideas in a continuous learning environment with others who share similar interests in gardening and community beautification projects.

In 2017, the Club will continue to support its conservation and civic goals, e.g.:

Sponsor GCM meet/greet Adult evening programs AT monroeville PUBLIC LiBRARY
To raise public awareness and encourage membership, the GCM sponsors public speakers who discuss gardening related topics for no charge at the Monroeville Library Gallery Space ( 7-8:30 PM). See the 2017 Meeting Calendar on this website.
Maintain two monroeville gardens
The Club has maintained two gardens for over fifty years. One is located at University Park’s intersection of College Park Drive and Beatty Road while the other is located at Illini Drive and Elliot Road.
INVEST TIME AND TALENTS FOR LOCAL, DISTRICT VII AND STATE LEVEL MEMBERS OF THE GARDEN CLUB FEDERATION OF PENNSYLVANIA
GCM annually supports District VII's via two memberships on its Board of Directors. Since 2015, S. Brody has served as the District's Scholarship Chairman as well as President of the GCM. M. Backus served as Recording Secretary (2011-2014) and Assistant District Director (2014-2016) and currently as District VII Director (2016-2018).)
The GCM supports the annual Spring Membership Tea and Fall Annual Meeting through raffle and other donations as well as Trash to Treasure entries. Members also participate in GCFP educational studies in gardening and flower show school.
Members participated in planning the special and educational exhibits for the 2014 GCFP Convention held in Monroeville in April 2014.
support charities and non-profit organizations
2009-2012 – “Building New Hope” in Nicaragua*
2013 – American Red Cross
2014 – Monroeville Historical Society
2015 – GCFP Scholarship Fund (Shirley Brody Life Pin gift)
2016 – Monroeville Public Library Elevator Fund
2016 – Helene Detwiler Scholarship Fund (Dotty York)
*The Club financially supported “Building New Hope,” a 501(c)(3) organization based in Pittsburgh, PA, and Granada, Nicaragua by purchasing their products and advertising their wares. “Building New Hope” actively assists communities — primarily in El Salvador and Nicaragua — by selling fairly traded organic coffee and operating alternative schools and literacy programs for underserved and at-risk youth. In 2008, the charity was recognized by the U.S. Center for Citizen Diplomacy for outstanding achievement in development of resources and citizen diplomacy. View the organization's work on Youtube.
Participate in YOUTH/STUDENT gardening EDUCATION OUTREACH
GCM sponsored two contests in 2016 at St. Bernadette's School and hopes to do similar work in 2017 . Third graders participated in the Smokey Bear Poster Contest to learn the five rules of fire prevention while the fifth graders participated in a Poetry Contest themed "Bees, Butterflies and Me."
Monroeville Kinder Care requested GCM to work with their children, aged 2-12 years old, for two weeks in June 2013.
sponsor applicants for 13 annual gcfp scholarships
GCM's applicant from Woodland Hills won the GCFP's "Mary Alice Wheeler Scholarship" of $1000 in 2014.
GCM sponsored a Plum Boro senior in 2015 who won the GCFP DOREEN DEW-KAUFMAN SCHOLARSHIP AWARD of $1,000. Although the 2015 winner re-applied in 2016, he did not win a scholarship, but has applied again in 2017.