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Ft. Pierce Club Shares Garden Week with Habitat

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Contributed by: Dotty Greene on 6/20/2008

This year National Garden Week was honored June 1st-7th throughout the USA . It was a time to share the joys of gardening with our communities.

To celebrate the week, the Garden Club of Ft. Pierce assembled container gardens to deliver to 5 Habitat for Humanity families in the Ft. Pierce area. Club members selected suitable containers, filled them with soil and a little love, making them ready for the colorful flowers. Next came the fun of adding the vibrant plants. As part of a National Garden Club project, our beautiful Coleus, Begonia, and Pentas were generously given to our club (and some 220 clubs through out the nation) by Ann Altman of "PerfectlySimpleGiving". Thanks Ann!

With the help of our local Habitat for Humanity staff members, 5 families were selected to receive these mini gardens. Our planting team was happy to spend time with Habitat's Administrative Assistant Sharon Ann Ladrak, who answered our many questions on how Habitat works. Later, members presented the container gardens to each home, providing an opportunity to learn more about the individual families in our community.

The Garden Club of Ft. Pierce hopes you, dear reader, will enjoy your garden, not just for a week, but all summer long. As our theme for the year suggests...spread garden beauty everywhere!

If you would like more information about the activities of the Garden Club of Ft. Pierce, please call 772-489-9999. For information on clubs in our area: http://districtx.org

Learn more about the national project: http://www.gardenclub.org/SpecialProjects/HabitatforHumanity.aspx
and
http://www.perfectlysimplegiving.com

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