NONPROFIT Grapevine Garden Club Local club celebrates 90-year anniversary O n a deck at the Botanical Gardens at Heritage Park, surrounded by owers, trees
BY SAMANTHA VAN DYKE
has changed a bit over the last 90 years, King and Braak said. The earliest club members were not just “little ladies having tea,” but both men and women with the common goal of beautifying the community. “It was in uential members of the community,” King said. “A minister, a postman, a librarian, a banker… all with that common goal.” As times shifted, the garden club entered an era where oral design became more of a focus, with the annual ower show taking center stage, King said. “It was a social event for the community, with refreshments and probably around 250 guests,” King said. Around 1985, King said the club returned to its original purpose: landscape beauti cation and improvements to the community. Club members help by landscaping medians throughout Grapevine, among other projects. Since 1985, the Grapevine Garden Club has given out $145,500 in schol- arships to 75 Grapevine-Colleyville ISD graduates. Money for the scholarships comes from club dues—$30 per year for one member and $35 for families—and the annual Grapevine Garden Club Plant Sale, which was held April 23. The plant sale takes place each spring, and members sell plants from their own gardens. It is the club’s largest fundraiser. “We’re not afraid to get our hands dirty,” Braak said. “So we can help our community as much as we can.”
and greenery, past Grapevine Garden Club presidents Joetta King and Pam Braak talk about the club that they said has come a long way from when it rst formed 90 years ago. “We’re one of the fastest-growing garden clubs in Texas,” said King, who joined the club in 1985 and now serves as the club’s historian. When the club formed in 1932, it had 25 members. Today, it has 255, according to King and Braak. The nonpro t Grapevine Garden Club helps North Texas residents connect with other nature lovers, attend relevant educational lectures and work to beautify the community. “We’re not all residents of Grape- vine,” said Braak, the club’s vice president of communications. “We include anyone in the area that has an interest in gardening, conservation, birds [and more].” King said anyone who loves nature, regardless of age, is encouraged to join the club. “We have some children that are members with their parents and grandparents,” King said. “Our oldest member is 90 years old—she’s as old as the club.” King said the club has grown quickly because of its education programs. Expert speakers at the club’s monthly meetings teach about a variety of topics, such as light pollu- tion’s e ects on birds or monarch butter y migration patterns. The structure of the club meetings
From left, Joetta King and Pam Braak are former Grapevine Garden Club presidents. (Photos by Samantha Van Dyke/Community Impact Newspaper)
ANNUAL PLANT SALE Held April 23 at the Grapevine Botanical Garden
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1 Swedish ivy: $4 • Thrives outdoors in the shade • Requires light watering • Blooms white or pale purple owers 2 Silver inch plant: $5 • Best hung indoors or outdoors in shade • Does not require a lot of water • Members suggest using the plant to brighten up a dark corner 3 False shamrock: $7 • Can thrive in full sun to partial shade • Requires well-drained soil • Blooms in fall and spring 4 Spider plant: $4 • Thrives best as a hanging plant indoors or outdoors in the shade • Should not be overwatered • Produces “babies” that can be propagated and replanted
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Grapevine Garden Club Meeting location: Grapevine Convention Center, 1209 S. Main St., Grapevine www.grapevinegardenclub.org Meeting times: fourth Tuesday of every month at 9:30 a.m.
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