Community Service – Garden Club of Dearborn

Thank you to Garden Club Members who made a difference in 2022

In early spring, we were invited to participate in a plant exchange at the old city hall complex. In spite of some rain, all the plants found new homes.
Mary Bugeia and Carmen Gudan again planted the large containers our Club placed to the Dingle Transit Center a few years ago. In spite of one planter having been damaged by a careless smoker, Mary and Carmen were able to ensure visitors were greeted by fresh flowers.
Julie Schaefer, interim director of the Henry Ford Centennial Library contacted our Club to see if we would again be able to plant and maintain the large planters at the south side entry. Mary Bugeia and Sherry Kammer immediately went shopping at English Gardens and filled the planters with trailing petunias, sweet potato vines and other plants. Library staff and patrons were very complimentary as they entered and exited the building.
Karen Marzonie stepped up to gather a group to clean up and maintain the Pollinator and Enabling Gardens (now referred to as “P.E.G.”). After two years of enforced neglect due to COVID restrictions, the gardens had been overtaken by weeds and invasive plants. However, by the end of the summer great strides had been made, including planting more than 100 native plants in the pollinator area. Dr. Claudia Walters, Director of the EIC, acknowledged the Club’s efforts in her Year in Review.