Welcome to the Raleigh Garden Club!
The Raleigh Garden Club, Inc. is a non-profit philanthropic and educational organization founded in 1925. Located in Raleigh, North Carolina, we welcome guests and new members to our group. Our stated objectives are to:
- Study the art of gardening in all its aspects
- Encourage environmental improvement
- Assist in educating youth through programs and scholarships
Gardeners are welcome to join. Attend a meeting to discover the benefits of membership: monthly educational programs, special plant sale preview, classes in horticulture, floral design, and environmental concerns, and many volunteer opportunities for learning about gardening around Raleigh. Members are welcome from the greater Raleigh environs including Cary, Apex, Morrisville and Zebulon.
This year's Fair Garden team won first place in their category of the NC State Fair Gardens Competiton. Congratulations!
The theme was: Made in the Shade: Use plants to set the mood and enhance a difficult spot in the garden.
The Raleigh Garden Club was inducted into the Raleigh Hall of Fame in 2008.
History of the Raleigh Garden Club
Pass Along Your Garden's Best
Pass-along plants are an delightful part of our Raleigh Garden Club gardening heritage. A pass-along is a plant that can be easily propagated and given away. Pass-along plants are one of the great delights of the Raleigh Garden Club membership -- or any garden club for that matter.
As I walk through my garden, I enjoy Louise's peacock moss (Selaginella uncinata) and Anne's mother's aspidistra that we had to use pickaxes and lots of laughs to divide. Bruce's pink crinum lily provides a strong architectural accent all season, and amazing flowers in the summer. Every pass-along is something special because part of receiving that plant is the connection that comes with it. This is one way friendships grow in my garden. Every time I look at one of these pass-alongs, I remember the person who gave it and the time I got it.
Steve Bender and Felder Rushing have written an entertaining book about this aspect of our Southern gardening history: Passalong Plants. They list the South's top pass-alongs as: 1) Daffodil 2) Spider Lily 3) Canna 4) Daylily 5) Crinum 6) Iris 7) Camellia 8) Gardenia 9)Poppy 10) Ginger Lily. In the Raleigh Garden Club I'd have to add: Poet's Laurel, Daphne, and Hellebores as being right up there at the top too.
In the Raleigh Garden Club, pass-alongs happen informally all the time. But we also do a Spring Plant Sale that is a pass-along bonanza! Members pot up successful plants from their gardens to sell, and the money raised is donated back to the community in the form of gifts to places like hospitals, internships to the JC Raulston Arboretum, Habitat for Humanity, the Audubon Society, and many more. Many a new gardener to the area has gotten their first big start at our Plant Sale, and they come back every year for more. Quite a few become friends and join the Club over time.
Calendar of Meetings and Events
Monthly Program and Lunch Meeting
Next Meeting
Wed, Feb. 1, 2012
- Time: 10:30 am
- Program: Trees Across Raleigh
Trees Across Raleigh is a non-profit dedicated to planting trees throughout the city to beautify, foster greater community pride, and promote economic development. The organization formed in response to the devastation caused by Hurricane Fran. Since then over 4000 volunteers have planted over 8000 trees in public spaces. Ms. Rice will describe the organization, tree-planting techniques, and ways that volunteers can be involved. - Speaker: Cindy Rice, Founding Member and Past President, and a licensed landscape architect.
- Location: NC State University Club
4200 Hillsborough St, Raleigh, North Carolina - Guests welcome. Meetings include a catered lunch so reservations are required and must be made by Wednesday, January 25th.
- email now to make a reservation.
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