The Port Washington Garden Club celebrated its 100th anniversary this year.
With the summer coming to a close, garden club members said they hope the community has been enjoying the plantings across Port Washington.
Members display creative floral arrangements or house plants weekly in the library lobby. The garden club also plants and maintains the train station window boxes and the gardens at the Town Dock entrance.
“Each area brings curb appeal with carefully selected annuals and perennial plants that provide contrasting color and texture that will thrive, growing beautifully and endure through the fall,” garden club member Pat DeBari said in a written statement.
Throughout the spring and summer, the club members have been planting, fertilizing, mulching, weeding, deadheading and pruning to encourage the growth of the flowers planted around Port.
The garden club hosted a 100-year celebration luncheon with neighboring clubs, friends and family. In addition to lunch, guest designer Sean Beckert, compliments of S.F. Falconer Florist, arraigned an array of floral designs using trends from previous decades. Gift baskets and a variety of floral arrangements were raffled off.
“The club celebrates the past proudly, beautifying the Port Washington community for a century through its long-standing traditional civic duties and looks forward to its commitments in the future,” said Debari.
For more information, visit www.portwashingtongardenclub.com.
