Butterfly Sanctuary Certification
We assist Club members, community organizations, and residents in selecting larval and nectar plantings that qualify for FFGC butterfly sanctuary certification. Chairs: Jean Foley, Terri Pinder, Stephanie Flicker.

Design & Horticulture
At each meeting throughout the year, Phyllis Gidley will discuss one of her designs, and Jean Foley will add to our horticulture knowledge.

Rain Barrels
The Club has a new water conservation project. We adapt and install donated rain barrels for Habitat for Humanity homeowners; teach Club members to do this for their own homes; and, cooperate with Florida Yards and Neighborhoods’ Fred Burkey, to share know-how with community members. Chairs are Li Roberts, Conservation and Donna Wigdahl, Habitat. See Li Roberts at 220-8000 or Cyndy Trossbach at 283-1529 if you are interested.

Workshop & Design Classes
This year there will be one workshop, Contrived Flowers, on Monday, February 11, 2008. A series of six accredited classes, Floral Design, will be held on October 24, November 15, and December 13, 2007, and January 24, February 21, and March 13, 2008. Chair: Cyndy Trossbach.

Secret Gardens Tour & Expo
Volunteer now. Our civic budget depends on the success of the March 29 & 30 fundraisers. See our website [www.gardenclubofstuart.org] for info and Tour tickets. Jan Crandall and Melinda Twichell chair the Gardens Tour. Susan Steen chairs Expo, with Fran Shaw again developing the seminar program.

Mothers & Infants Striving for Success
We are donating design and plants for a gardening & meditation space to assist women as they rebuild their lives. Chair, Sharon Brossman.

National Garden Week
June 4 – 9, 2007 - Flower Designs by Club members were placed in six Martin County Libraries and Stuart City Hall, and planters of flowers were delivered to 14 Habitat for Humanity homeowners. A proclamation lauding National Garden Week and The Garden Club of Stuart was presented by Mayor Mary Hutchinson. Mary Lou Marshall chaired this project. Donna Wigdahl chaired the Habitat planters.

Treasure Coast Hospice
Volunteers from The Garden Club of Stuart and the Master Gardeners redesigned, replanted, and expanded the butterfly and rose gardens at the Treasurer Coast Hospice facility on Indian Street. Hospice received an FFGC butterfly sanctuary certification at a well-attended rededication held this past Spring. Our grateful thanks to Jean Foley and her committee. Volunteers are still needed.

Stuart In Bloom
The Garden Club co-sponsors this first local participation in the nationwide competition to showcase our community’s gardens, public spaces, environmental projects and much more. Donna Berger is SIB treasurer.

Academic Awards
Each Spring we award $1,000 scholarships to three county high school seniors who plan to further their education in agriculture, landscape, architecture, environmental science or a related field. Chair: Virginia Maloney.

Arbor Day Planting
A Queen Crepe Tree was planted in Kiwanis Park, in honor of long time member Jane Thurlow. The Junior Gardeners will also be honoring Arbor Day. Please report trees you plant, in public and private areas, to Chair Elizabeth Hall.

Awards
Annually, an outstanding member of the Garden Club is honored as "Woman of the Year", and a person who has been active in the community but who is not necessarily a member of the Club, is eligible to receive the "Community Service Award".

Camp Wekiva Campers and Wekiva Leadership
Our Club and Circles sent 14 young people to camp in 2007, and we will award camper scholarships in 2008. Club members are eligible for leadership training support. Call Li Roberts for Leadership Course information.

Educational Seminars
In 2007 we began offering free educational seminars at our annual Expo, and the talks proved so popular with the public that they will be offered again on March 29th & 30th. Chair: Fran Shaw.

Flower Show Judges
Membership includes nine active judges and two emeritus judges.

Garden Therapy
The Club supports garden therapy for mentally challenged adults at ARC [Advocates for the Rights of the Challenged] in Stuart. Chair: Virginia Maloney.

Habitat for Humanity
For several years, we have provided plants and irrigation for new Habitat homes, and this year, under direction of Chair Donna Wigdahl, we provided planters during National Garden Week and will offer rain barrels for water conservation

Horticulture Exchange & Display
Nurture a cutting from a favorite plant and exchange it at our March meeting. Jean Foley and Terri Pinder, Chairs.

Junior Garden Clubs
We sponsor elementary school garden clubs, at Bessey Creek, Joan Graff, Chair; and Jensen Beach, Jane Mills, Chair.

Libraries
The Club annually donates $500 to local public libraries for gardening and environmental books. Anita Teague, Chair

Possum Long/Memory Lane
Please help our volunteers maintain Memory Lane on the first and third Thursdays of the month, 9:00 – 10:00 a.m. Louise White, Chair.

District X
Several Club members serve on the District X Board. Members enjoy the Tropical Short Course each year, as well as the Fall and Spring District Meetings.

University of Florida Martin County Master Gardeners
Among our members are 21 Master Gardeners, and all Master Gardeners are invited to our programs and trips.

Flower Show Judges
Our number of judges stands at 10 presently. We retain two emeritus judges.

University of Florida Martin County Master Gardeners
Our number of Master Gardeners stands at 20.

Nationally Accredited Flower Show Judges

Master - Betty Bell, Phyllis Gidley, Beverly Jeck-Kleppe, Jane Mills,
Jeanne-Marie Parkes

Life - Bea Cooper, Joan Hartsock

Accredited - Joan Graff, Louise White

Emeritus - Esther Fenton, Carol Breen

University of Florida Martin County Master Gardeners

Georgia Besecker, Sharon Brossman, Rosemary Caspary, Jan Crandall, Patti DiEgidio, Barbara Farley, Jean Foley, Irene Maloy, Karen Miller, Lauren Palmero, DeDee Ratiner, Diane Rexroad, Karen Rodgers, France Shaw, Roberta Smith, Cynthia Trossbach, Melinda Twitchell, Karen Voisinet, Louise White, Joan Wilcox