The Friendly Garden Club
 of Traverse City, MI

P.O. Box 1286, Traverse City, MI 49685

Plant Michigan, Plant Native

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    "OUR GIVING GARDEN"  Food grown to be given to our local food bank to help those in need.
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    The Friendly Garden Club member's Kick-Off Celebration for the Sensory Children's Garden.
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    Preparing the flowers to be planted..
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    Our finished Logo Garden planting.
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    Geranium Committee plus extra helpers! 2021
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WHAT'S HAPPENING IN TRAVERSE CITY--2022!
For more information and to purchase Garden Walk Tickets online 
This year's GARDEN WALK features four private gardens and the First Congregational Church's Garden of Remembrance located on beautiful Old Mission Peninsula, plus a special video showing two fabulous "private" gardens.  Refreshments will be served at the First Congregational Church in the Garden Room.  With your support and the help of our wonderful sponsors, we will be able to continue our projects to beautify and make Traverse City a wonderful place to live and visit.  Please join us!
Geranium Pickup was May 12, 2022  at The Botanic Garden at Historic Barns Park on  from 9:30 a.m.--4 p.m.  Thanks to all who purchased our geraniums and made our sale a success!
The Logo Garden will be planted at the Open Space on May 24, 2022, starting at 9:30.   You'll have to check out the design to see what it looks like in full blossom in downtown Traverse City this summer! 
"Our Giving Garden" located in the Community Gardens had its first cleanup day on May 13 with members weeding and applying compost to the soil.   This year we hope to be working with a variety of students throughout the summer instructing them on how to weed, plant and harvest produce with the excess being given to a local food pantry.   
The Children's Sensory Garden located at The Botanic Garden is moving forward!  This May our Sensory Trail will be installed.  If all goes well, our water feature, "Little Explorer's Creek"  with be constructed in the fall with possibly some surprise additions of our hardware features, too!  Keep tuned!!!
                           To see more photos of these activities, see the Photos section.  
    CONGRATULATIONS Friendly Garden Club for winning FIRST PLACE awards at the National Garden Club conference held (June 1, 2021) for our YEARBOOK, CIVIC BEAUTIFICATION, CHILDREN'S SENSORY GARDEN brochure and our WEBSITE!  More awards are listed on our AWARDS page.   
DONATIONS WELCOME!
If you are interested in making a donation to help our club in support of these wonderful community projects, simply click the yellow donate button or you can mail a check to The Friendly Garden Club, P.O. Box 1286, Traverse City, MI 49685.  Your financial help will be very much appreciated.

PLEASE FEEL FREE TO JOIN OUR CLUB

     If you enjoy gardening, flower arranging, being outdoors, working with others, and the joy that giving back to your community brings, you may want to join us by visiting one of The Friendly Garden Club meetings to learn more about our charitable organization.   To attend any of our "OPEN" meetings or become a member, please send an email to our membership chairperson, Sue, who will give you all the information you need to become a member.  We are currently meeting by Zoom due to Covid.

     Our club will be celebrating its 99th year in 2022!  Currently, our club has 52 active volunteers that keep Traverse City beautiful, which is reflected in our annual projects, such as the Garden Walk, geranium sale, and the planting of the Logo Garden at the Open Space.  In addition to these projects, we have added "Our Giving Garden," which works with local children at the Community Gardens on planting and harvesting herbs and vegetables.   Our newest and biggest project is the Children's Sensory Garden, which is described below.  If you would like to help us in these community endeavors, please donate to The Friendly Garden Club of Traverse City. 

THE CHILDREN'S SENSORY GARDEN   
The Friendly Garden Club of Traverse City, Michigan, has taken on the responsibility of building a garden enhancing a sensory experience for children of all ages to explore and experience meaningful connections with nature through the five senses.  Our garden will allow for educational activities that provide for sensory stimulation, development of physical, mental, emotional and social skills, will nurture the wonder in a child's imagination, and provide a safe place of enrichment and enjoyment for children of all ages.  This garden will provide a unique sensory experience for both young and old alike that currently does not exist in our community. With your help we can make this garden a reality.  To learn more.  Click here!
 "OUR GIVING GARDEN!"  Last year "Our Giving Garden," located in the Community Gardens adjacent from The Botanic Garden at Historic Barns Park had a busy season working with children.  Our members instructed them in the planting, weeding, and harvesting of vegetables with our produce given to our local food banks.  This year we hope to be even more active than last year!   More photos on "Photo" section.
IN PERSON MEETINGS
We are meeting in person at The Botanic Garden Visitor Center Classroom from April through November unless otherwise posted.
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SENSORY GARDEN UPDATE  

Check it out!

  1,000 daffodils for your viewing pleasure!

May, 2022 Update:  We hope to have the concrete poured for our Sensory Trail in the next few weeks!!!!!

August, 2021 Update:  The walls and stairs have been capped! Next spring we hope to install our sensory trail.

Site Preparation--Pre-Phase 1
November, 2020

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2020 District V, MGC, Regional, and NGC Awards 
Check out our NEW "Award" page on the NAV BAR to see all the awards The Friendly Garden Club received from the District V, Michigan Garden Clubs, Inc. & the National Garden Clubs, Inc. for 2020.