The Chatham Garden Club of Chatham, Massachusetts
On Tuesday, April 17, 1968, 29 women met to form the Garden Club of Chatham. From the start the Club helped to make the town bloom. Membership was at first limited to 50 people, and now our Club has 200 active and honorary members and 50 sustaining members.

In 2000, the Chatham Chamber of Commerce awarded its first Citizen of the Year award to our Club. Over the years, we labeled trees in Chase Park, gave away tree seedlings on Arbor Day, helped fund the Chatham Friends of Trees, and embarked on an ambitious project, the Kousa Dogwood Tree Beautification Program, aimed at lining Route 28 from Harwich to Shore Road with dogwood trees. The Club gave over 100 trees to the town and when the plantings were finished, the trees spread their snowy branches throughout the town and continue the show each June, adding to the beauty of this place.

Over the years, our members have worked hard and had lots of fun doing flower shows, tours of homes and gardens, the Christmastime Festival of Trees, the Garden Club Market at the Creative Arts Center's Annual August Festival, and a cookbook called Tea By the Sea. The golden welcome of dozens of daffodils we've planted throughout town are evidence of the work and fun our members have enjoyed over the years.

2008 - 2009 Programs

The Chatham Garden Club meets on the third Tuesday of the month at the Chatham Community Center, 702 Main Street at 12:30 p.m. for Friendship and Refreshments, and 1:00 to 2:30 for the Business Meeting and Program. We meet during the months of October, November, January, February, March, April, May and June. This year the February meeting will be the second week of the month because of school vacation. The December meeting is announced during the year.

JUNE 16, 2009
A Chatham Garden Club Garden Tour FOR MEMBERS ONLY!
Winding up another club year will be an "On Your Own" garden tour of three of our member's gardens. Between the hours of 11:30 AM and 2:00 PM, start with Ellie Christie's garden where you will not only see her gardens, but also be served appetizers. Continue on to Betsy Evans' gardens for sandwiches and then walk next door to Mary Ellen Sussman's gardens where you will also be served dessert.

Hostess: Lillian Walsh and Linda Smith
Committee: Marie Becker, Sharon Cruickshank, Dianne Semsel, Norma Wagner
Food Only: Judy Buchanan, Pat Cass, Erica DeZitter, Beth Holden, Rita McGill, Evelyn Sneeden

 

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