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Civic Engagements
Community Programs:
Essex Pedestrian Mall | Brookhouse Home Garden | Emmerton Gardens
Shaughnessy Rehabilitation Hospital | City Hall Window Boxes
Traffic Island/Window Box Competition | Bows Cornstalks during Haunted Happenings | Flower Arrangements | Washington Street Urns | Supporting Our Troops | ScholarshipEssex Pedestrian Mall
Our Garden Club contributes to the beautification program in downtown Salem with planting along the Essex Pedestrian Mall. Now in our third year of planting and continued maintenance, the Mall looked especially beautiful this year. Through these efforts we improve the quality of life, not only for the citizens of Salem, but for the many tourists that come to visit our lovely city.
Brookhouse Home Gardens
Our Garden Club plants and maintains the gardens at the Brookhouse Home, 180 Derby St. which is home to some of our senior citizens. The gardens beauty gives the residents a place that is peaceful and tranquil within a bustling city.
Emmerton Gardens
The gardens at the Emmerton House, 12 Hawthorne Blvd. are planted and maintained by the members of our garden club to promote the love of gardening, floral design, and civic responsibility.
Shaughnessy Rehabilitation Hospital
In the hope of fostering faster recovery time by relieving some stress, we plant and maintain this rooftop garden for viewing by the patients at the Shaughnessy Rehabilitation Hospital, Dove Ave. We hope to promote faster recuperation with nature by relaxing the patients, and their families, while viewing the beautiful garden as an alternative therapy in their recovery.
City Hall Window Boxes
Over the years, the Salem Garden Club has designed, planted, and maintained the spectacular window boxes that grace the entrance to Salem’s historic City Hall. These magnificent boxes that are changed seasonally are always welcomed with great anticipation and awe.
Traffic Island/Window Box CompetitionDuring each summer, the city of Salem and the Salem Garden Club sponsor a contest for businesses and residents in an effort to help beautify and improve the quality of life in our City. It culminates with an awards ceremony in August during Salem Heritage Days in one of Salem’s large gardens that are tended by the club members. The contest, which is judged by a panel of club members, is becoming more popular each year with more than 35 entries in each category.
2008 First Place Winners
Bows Cornstalks during Haunted Happenings
Each year, just before Haunted Happenings begins in October, the SGC produces 130 bright orange long tailed bows that decorate the cornstalks throughout the City of Salem. For the City as well as the Club, it is the beginning of an exciting and very busy festive season(s) that continues through Christmas.
Flower Arrangements
Everyone enjoys and takes great comfort in lovely floral arrangements. To that end, the Salem Garden Club provides a variety of arrangements on a regular basis to the Hospice at Salem Hospital as well as the Salem Library. “Flowers make people better, happier, and more helpful; they are sunshine, food, and medicine for the soul”….Luther Burbank
Washington Street Urns
Last Spring, the Salem Garden Club purchased and planted seven large urns for placement at the newly designed traffic divider located at the Washington/Bridge St. entrance to the City and directly across from the new court house location. Additionally, Salem’s DPW installed a timed watering system under each urn. Each season the urns are replanted to celebrate the season and the results have been sensational. The residents truly enjoy the plantings while the Club earned an outstanding Achievement Award from the City.
Supporting Our Troops
In April, the Salem Garden Club collected donations from various club members for our fighting men and women in Iraq. Meeting at the First Church in Salem, the members packed and shipped 17 boxes of toiletries and snacks. The original goal was seven boxes.
Scholarship
In June of each year, the Salem Garden Club awards a $1000 scholarship to a student who is majoring in Horticulture, Landscape Design, Forestry, Environmental Concerns, Land Management, Botany, Biology or other allied subjects. To obtain an application and eligibility requirements, or further information, please contact the Salem Garden Club.
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We are pleased to announce that the 2007 winner of the
Salem Garden Club Scholarship is
Jacob H. MaynardJacob is a graduate of Essex Agricultural and Technical School. He will attend the University of Massachusetts to study Arbor Culture and Community Forest Management
Congratulations, Jacob!!
