Garden Club of Crystal River

The Garden Club of Crystal River was founded May 11, 1971. The Club has served the community for 50 years!

Our meetings are held at St. Timothy Lutheran Church, 1070 N. Suncoast Blvd. (Hwy 19), on the second Monday of the months September thru May at 1:00 p.m.

Past Programs

September—Fall flowers for planting by Bill Biedenstien

October—-Fun with Flowers with Dianne Shreve

February—How to Care for Roses with Annie Aierstock

March—Grumble House Spring planting with Nancy Myers

April—Safe Gardening by Steve Davis

May—Luncheon to celebrate the Club’s 50^th year. New officers will be installed.

The Club supports Local, National and FFGC projects including the following:

1. Awards, Birds and Calendars
2. Conventions: we send 2 delegates to annual state convention.
3. Conservation Awareness,
4.  Environmental Concerns
5. Flower Show, A flower show held every other year and is open to the public.
6. Scholarships, Award 1-2 local high school scholarships annually.
7. Horticulture, Planting tips and presentation of native plants.
8. Floral Design, is achieved through demonstration and Fun with Flowers.
9. Wekiva Youth Camp, Sponsor a student to attend FFGC Nature Study Camp.

10.S.E.E.K. Sponsor student to attend Save the Earths Environment with Knowledge

11.Local  Beautification, Maintain a garden with the Blue Star Marker, and the Crystal River Historic cemetery.

12.Blue Star Memorial Marker, maintain our marker on Hwy 19 across from the mall.

13.Community Service, provide table arrangements for local nursing home.

14.Support local Food Bank.

15. Pennies for Pines, replant acres of trees destroyed by storms.

16.Monthly Lunch group, meeting for lunch during the summer months.

If you are interested in gardening and learning more about gardening in Florida, please fill out our on-line application or call Virginia Sturm 352-249-7278, we would love to meet you at one of our meetings, men included.

This year we saw cancelations of our programs and events, two main projects that we were able to complete were:

Woodsy Owl Poster Contest, the two grade schools in Crystal River students were asked to create a poster celebrating Woodsy’s 50 years. Five winners were submitted to the FFGC at State for further judging.

The second project is the reburies and relocating of our Blue Star Marker. We are working with the City and State to plan a dedication in June. The new location is on Hwy 19 across from the Mall by the entrance to a State Park.

June-Blue Star Memorial Marker Rededication On June 14, 2021, after more than a year of planning