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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Donations Welcome!
Would you like to join our great group of garden club members?
Membership Info
The Garden Club contributes to the community:
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Maintains nine community gardens
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Provides wreaths for the borough's Memorial Day ceremony
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Conducts Junior Nature Club, an after-school enrichment program for third grade students
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Hosts an annual Plant Sale offering perennials dug from members’ gardens, a selection of native plants, and information about environmental topics
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Participates in decorating Drumthwacket, the New Jersey Governor’s Mansion, each holiday season
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Displays a Critter Tree each holiday season at the Mountain Lakes library, featuring hand-made ornaments of botanical materials
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Presents speakers and presentations on fun and useful topics of interest to gardeners and the community
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Conducts a Garden Therapy program for memory-care residents at a local assisted living facility
Public Events
Prospective Garden Club members are invited to our Welcome Soiree, to learn about our club's activities and mission in the community, and to meet some of our members.
Please RSVP if you'd like to attend. Or let us know if you can't make this event, but you'd like to stay in touch.
​A demonstration and display of tabletop and floral designs presented by The Garden Club of Mountain Lakes. Please join us for a program sure to delight and inspire, as our designers share creative ideas to make any holiday table 'pop'!
