Garden Club of Monroeville - Projects - Do you need help with your gardening projects? Do you feel alone in your interests?

Welcome to the Garden Club Federation of Pennsylvania's

Garden Club of Monroeville (GCM)(PA)

See us at www.facebook.com/GardenClubofMonroeville

Area Flex-time workers and all who like gardening, you are invited to hear a short program on Creating Your Own Fairy Garden at Monroeville Public Library's Yolanda Room, on Tuesday, July 23, 2019.

Members: "Walk on the Wild Side" at Boyce Park Meadow at 1 PM this Saturday, July 20 to view the hillside of wildflowers and hear Naturalist Tammy Watychowicz' description of them. Take a umbrella, hat and water and wear light clothing to brave the sunny, hot weather.

925 Wood Street
Pitcairn, PA 15140
gardenclubofmonroeville.org20@ymail.com

Projects - Do you need help with your gardening projects? Do you feel alone in your interests?

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

In 2019, the Club will continue to support its conservation and civic goals, e.g.:

Host AN Annual garden sale
Since 2018, we now host an annual garden sale in spring to help area residents with their plant, pot and seed needs. Many of the plants are now grown from seed, transplanted from nurseries or dug from club members' gardens. Plants include unusual flower and vegetable seeds, herbs and tree saplings.
Maintain THREE 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. As of May 2018, the newest is the Pollinator Garden located behind Monroeville Library!
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.
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 three 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), Assistant District Director (2014-2016), District VII Director (2016-2018) and currently as Assistant DD and District Awards Chair. A. Madray now serves as District Treasurer,
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. and contributed exhibits at subsequent Conventions.
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 Divine Mercy Academy, formerly St. Bernadette's School, where Third Graders participated in the Smokey Bear Poster Contest to learn the five rules of fire prevention. The Fifth Graders participated in a Poetry Contest themed "Bees, Butterflies and Me " in 2016, "Let It Grow" (2017), and "Pop Goes the Seed" (2018). Fifth Graders also competed in the Youth Sculpture Contest 2017 (see site's sidebars).
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 applied again in 2017. Penn State Sophomore Philip Steven Mahr of Plum Boro won The Marjorie E. Hamblin Scholarship of $1,000. The District Director accepted his award at the GCFP Convention.