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About Us

Our club’s mission is to advance gardening interest and knowledge among our members and the community. We pride ourselves in being a working club that encourages its membership to plant, design, conserve, share and to have fun along the way.

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The Garden Club of Mountain Lakes was awarded the Borough of Mountain Lakes’ 2017 Janice D. Hunts Life Time Achievement Award for Volunteerism.

 

The Garden Club of Mountain Lakes is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 1936.  We are a member of The Garden Club of New Jersey and the National Garden Clubs, Inc.

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Membership Info

The Garden Club contributes to the community:

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  • Maintains nine community gardens

  • Provides wreaths for the borough's Memorial Day ceremony

  • Conducts Junior Nature Club, an after-school enrichment program for third grade students

  • Hosts an annual Plant Sale offering perennials dug from members’ gardens, a selection of native plants, and information about environmental topics

  • Participates in decorating Drumthwacket, the New Jersey Governor’s Mansion, each holiday season

  • Displays a Critter Tree each holiday season at the Mountain Lakes library, featuring hand-made ornaments of botanical materials

  • Presents speakers and presentations on fun and useful topics of interest to gardeners and the community

  • Conducts a Garden Therapy program for memory-care residents at a local assisted living facility

Public Event

Photography Show: 'Circle of Life'

Featuring nature photography in three categories: New Beginnings, Prime of Life, Age of Wisdom.

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Congratulations! to the photographers of these winning photos:

 

New Beginnings

  • 1st Place: Jackie Burkett (#8 Emerging Hellebore)

  • 2nd Place: Barbara J. Bertschy (#4 Hostas La Vista)

  • 3rd Place: Kristin Garrison (#10 Early Spring in Petaluma)

  • Honorable Mention: Cindy Lessick (#6 Common Elder Crèche)

 

Prime of Life

  • 1st Place: Jenn Apito (#35 Nectar Stop)

  • 2nd Place: Cindy Lessick (#26 Monarch Butterfly)

  • 3rd Place: Barbara Bertschy (#33 Hera’s Fertility)

  • Honorable Mention: Kristin Garrison (#32 Pop of Pink)

 

Age of Wisdom

  • 1st Place: Michelle Halke (#53 Two-Toned Treetops)

  • 2nd Place: Nancy Nicholls (#55 Tree of Wisdom)

  • 3rd Place: Kristin Garrison (#40 Roots)

  • Honorable Mention: Sandra Schaller (#45 Trust the Journey)

 

Crowd Favorite: 

  • Lou Nunez (#47 Sunset of Life)

 

Youth Exhibitor: 

  • Elle Mora (#31 Bee’s Delight)

 

Best in Show:

  • Jenn Apito (#35 Nectar Stop)

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