Our History

 

2023-2024 Officers (l. to r.): Christine Sampson – Treasurer/Programs, Beth Taylor – Vice President, Katie Durham – Co-Secretary Programs Meetings, Sandy Alexander – Co-Secretary Board Meetings, Patty Carluccio – President

The purpose of our club is to stimulate among amateurs the knowledge and love of gardening, the protection of native trees and plants, and encouragement of civic planting.

We were founded on September 25, 1956, and federated in the spring of 2001. We are in the Middlesex District of the Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts, Inc.  more…

Mission Statement

1. To stimulate an interest in the knowledge and love of all phases of gardening.
2. To promote civic beauty in Bedford, maintaining islands, curves and other public gardens in the community.
3. To provide scholarships to eligible students.

Club Goals

The club will be able to achieve its mission if members are willing to serve as officers, attend meetings, participate in civic projects, join committees that implement the club’s goals, educate themselves and others about current horticultural practices and work harmoniously together. Some of our Club’s specific goals include:

  1. Participating fully in the working nature of the Club by taking part in one or more civic projects, such as establishing and maintaining plantings at Bedford’s Old Town Hall, the Bedford Library, the herb and native gardens at the Job Lane Farm Museum, Bedford’s traffic islands and corners, and the daylily bed at the town’s well site.
  2. Volunteering for and supporting the Club’s fundraising activities, including Bedford Day, the traditional Geranium, Perennial and Floral Arrangement Sale and other fundraising events.
  3. Reacting positively to worthwhile gardening-related requests by other civic organizations and contributing time, labor and materials.
  4. Internalizing the horticultural information gained by attending our educational programs and applying it in our own gardens and those we tend for others.
  5. Teaching the young by sharing Arbor Day celebrations with all Bedford first-grade classes and presenting a live tree to the Davis School grounds, where the children can water the tree and watch it grow.
  6. Promoting the Club through the Bedford media, Facebook and the use if our website.
  7. Cooperating with the Garden Club Federation of Massachusetts, Inc., by aligning Club policies and procedures with Federation guidelines, attending Federation events and applying for Federation grants and awards when appropriate.