Wellington Garden Club celebrates National Garden Week

Every year in the first week of June, the Wellington Garden Club joins garden clubs across the country in celebrating National Garden Week, a project of National Garden Clubs Inc.

Club members began the week by making floral arrangements that were distributed to Wellington’s municipal offices, fire stations and libraries. The club also received a proclamation from Wellington Village Council and Mayor Michael Napoleone declaring the week of June 2-8 as National Gardening Week.

On Thursday, June 6, Environmental Officer CJ McCarthy presented a public program on “Gardening for Pollinators” at the Wellington branch of the library. All participants received a native pollinator plant seedling for their garden. The next day, volunteers helped maintain the wildflower meadow, which was created in partnership with the Village of Wellington and with support from the Florida Wildflower Foundation in Greenbriar Park.

“This week’s events are wonderful opportunities for our club to enrich our community and celebrate National Garden Week,” said Carol Ralph, President of the Wellington Garden Club. “We are so grateful for the support our club receives from the Village of Wellington. We are pleased to show our appreciation in this way.”

The Wellington Garden Club is a nonprofit organization serving Wellington and the surrounding communities since 1982. Their motto is “Gardening makes a big difference.” The club is a member of the Florida Federation of Garden Clubs, District X, the Deep South Region, and the National Garden Clubs Inc. For more information, visit www.wellingtongardenclub.org.