Worthington Hills Garden Club |
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NEW PROJECTS [NP] NP1 Community. “Pennies for Petals”. Through our donations of pocket change, at club meetings, this project's directive will be to generate funds for planting projects in the local area. Planting projects for consideration will be submitted to the executive board for review. Established April 1, 2011 CURRENT PROJECTS {CP} CP1. CONSERVATION COMMUNITY “It’s So Easy Going Green”. Club members plan to engage the Worthington Hills community, young and old, in the process of “living green” by providing a series of informative meetings about how to reduce, reuse, and recycle every day. The initial community meeting, which will take place at Worthington Hills Elementary School in the fall of 2009, will provide general background on what to do in the home and in the garden. Subsequent meetings will focus on specific topics of interest. Established in 2009. CP2. COMMUNITY Elementary School Herb Garden. Club members will provide the material and labor necessary to re-establish the herb garden that the Club had planted at Worthington Hills Elementary School in 1988. For three years, school parents had taken over the maintenance of the herb garden but found it was more labor intensive than they had thought. Our members are reclaiming the herb garden from weeds and overgrowth, will plant new herbs, which will provide an herb garden classroom for the school, and will maintain the site. Established in 2009. CP3 .COMMUNITY Marketing Campaign. A committee will define a long-term marketing strategy for the Club, with the goal of attracting new and younger members. Emphasis will be on identifying new program ideas and promotional strategies, including an updated logo, typefaces, brochure, banner, and other communications tools. Established in 2009. CP4. CONSERVATION Seeding The Wilds. Members collect needed native plant seeds as part of the Butterfly Conservation Initiative. A list of needed seeds is published in the Forget-Me- Not. The seeds are donated to The Wilds nature preserve, a 10-acre butterfly habitat located on reclaimed surface-mined land in Cumberland, OH, 88 miles east of Columbus. Established in 2004. CP5. COMMUNITY A. Seeds of Friendship. Members collect and donate vegetable and flower seeds that are not readily available to the people of Rwanda as part of the GCO project with Partners In Conservation (PIC). Providing food sources to the Rwandans discourages them from hunting the endangered mountain gorillas native to Rwanda. Specific seeds needed: bush green beans, green bell peppers, carrots, tomatoes, cabbage, Spanish onions, cosmos, and zinnia. Seeds should be for the current growing season (2011). Deadline for donations is the GCO Spring District Meeting, 2011. Established in 2004. B. The Imbabazi Gardeners. The gardeners are responsible for growing all the food for the Imbabazi Orphanage in Rwanda. We will generate funds from the Aluminum Can Recycling project along with other fund raising for needed gardening tools and equipment. Some items will be purchased in Ohio while others from local blacksmith shops in Rwanda. Items will be hand delivered by PIC representatives. Established in 2007. CP6. COMMUNITY Columbus State Scholarship. We will present one $1,000 scholarship to a Columbus State Community College Landscape Design student in September 2010. Proceeds from the annual Plant Sale are designated for the scholarship fund. The sale is held in March and April and plants are distributed at the pool at Worthington Hills Elementary School. Recipients to date: Established in 2000. CP7. COMMUNITY Alzheimer’s Therapy. WHGC volunteering members meet at the Columbus Alzheimer Care Center at 700 Jasonway Avenue, Columbus, OH 43214, 315 south-exit Henderson road CACC is on the right. Activities include singing, dancing, and remembering” from 10–11 a.m. every Tuesday. WHGC funds an annual holiday party for the center’s staff. Since the Alzheimer committee is not always able to have a piano player available for the sing-a-long, with the help of a local high school student, they prepared a DVD to be used when the piano player was not available. This has been a great success. Home baked cookies are always welcome. Come and see what we are up to Tuesday’s 10-11 a.m. Established in 1992. CP8. CONSERVATION Aluminum Can Recycling. Members recycle aluminum cans with the goal of raising at least $200 each year. Of that amount, this year $50 will be used to adopt a Polar Bear at the Columbus Zoo, and $150 to help fund the gardening tools of the Imbabazi Gardeners project. Established in 1990 |
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| Barbara and Richard Abler's Miniature Railroad Garden |
