Kent Garden Club-Projects

BLUE STAR MEMORIAL MARKER -A collaborative group of KGC and Holland Garden Club members maintains a memorial marker to honor our men and women service members.  The memorial at the Zeeland I-96 Rest Stop includes plantings that are maintained three times a year.

Newly planted with Karl Forester grasses

CASCADE TOWNSHIP MEMORIAL PARK – KGC will work with Cascade Township Parks and Museum along with other community volunteers to redesign, plant and maintain the gardens.

CHILDREN’S ADVOCACY CENTER – Plant and maintain pots, planters and a healing garden for therapy as well as to celebrate graduations.

GARDEN PARTNERS – Members experiencing life events preventing them from tending their gardens will receive assistance for a short term basis from other club members.

GARDENING ON THE GRAND – A Committee volunteers at the Grand Rapids Public Museum grounds to plant and maintain the landscape as a civic beautification project.

H.O.P.E (HELPING OTHER PEOPLE EAT) GARDENS – Support this youth gardening program by planting seeds, transplanting seedlings, preparing and maintaining gardens, harvesting and composting.

HOSTESSES – A committee asks members to provide snacks and a decorative arrangement at business meetings on a rotating basis every two years.

MEMBERSHIP –A committee welcomes new members and maintains records of all members and their membership status.

MICHIGAN VETERAN HOMES AT GRAND RAPIDS MEMORIAL GARDEN – Members plant annuals and maintain the Gold and Blue Star Memorial Gardens at the entrance to the home.  It provides remembrance and respite for residents and visitors.

OUR HOPE ASSOCIATION – Transform the existing gardens by planting vegetables and flowers with the clients of this women’s recovery program.  Education on gardening will be provided with the residents maintaining the gardens.  Special focus is on the therapeutic aspect of gardening.

WILCOX PARK DAFFODIL PROJECT – Plant new beds of daffodils in Mrs. Florence Foote’s memory, President of Kent Garden Club 1917-1919, who was known for her work hybridizing pink daffodils.