Et cetera : National Garden Week: Local clubs lead annual celebration

Fran Stueck and Becky Moen joined Mayor Watson as he proclaimed Garden Week.

The week of June 7-13, 2015 has been proclaimed National Garden week by National Garden Clubs, Inc. This is a special week in which garden clubs are in the spotlight with activities focusing on public attention of the role which garden club members play in all phases of gardening.

The Cottage Garden Society has placed containers of flowers by the store fronts downtown for their annual fundraiser. They continually maintain the butterfly bed in the Tilford Elementary Outdoor Classroom and the gardens at the Ray House.

The Vinton Garden Club is busy taking care of the planters they planted in the parks, fairgrounds, Scherbring flower garden, Blue Star Marker and perennial bed in the Tilford Elementary Outdoor Classroom..

The Vinton Garden Club and Cottage Garden Society will be placing flowers from their gardens at various business establishments this week

The clubs would like to invite anyone interested in gardening to join their club. Please contact Fran Stueck 472-3032 or Ann Jorgensen 472-3903 for more information.

The Cottage Garden Society and Vinton Garden Club would like to extend special recognition to the residents of Vinton and surrounding areas for beautifying their properties with landscaping and flowers.

See the text of the proclamation HERE.