The RCF Beautification Committee is busy preparing gardens & planters on the Racine County Fair Grounds. The group received a garden grant from the Burlington Area Garden Club to help with this project. Enjoy the blooms at the 2024 Racine County Fair!
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2024 Scholarship Award
Julia Runte is the recipient of our 2024 Burlington Area Garden Club Scholarship. Julia is a graduate of Waterford High School, and she plans to attend the University of Wisconsin – River Falls. Julia’s planned program of study is Landscape Architecture/Design, which meets the Garden Club’s scholarship criteria. Congratulations Julia! We wish you much successContinue reading “2024 Scholarship Award”
Barb Lehn, 2024-2025 BAGC President
Barb Lehn, one of the founders of the BAGC, has been elected as the 2024-2025 Garden Club president. In a letter to the club members, she has this to say: Dear Friends, Thank you for your kind words of encouragement and offers to help. It’s been 24 years since I held this office and ledContinue reading “Barb Lehn, 2024-2025 BAGC President”
Every Winter Has Its Spring
Since our gardens are “sleeping” our club will take a winter break. There will be no formal monthly meetings in January and February 2024. We are looking forward to meetings in 2024 on wildflowers, roses and bees just to name a few. Our first meeting will be March 12, 2024 at the Senior Center. Please join us! Everyone isContinue reading “Every Winter Has Its Spring”
Summer Days
The 2023 summer for the Burlington Area Garden Club has had busy days. In May we held our annual plant sale! We receive great community support with the many shoppers who attend. Thank you to all of those who support this sale! May 18th 2024 will be the next plant sale. Save this date! InContinue reading “Summer Days”
A Season of Hope and New Beginnings
We celebrate the beginning of Spring, March 20th, 2023. It is a season of hope and new beginnings. In the next few months, flowers will be sprouting up, and we’ll hear countless birds chirping. We will watch the rainfall renew the earth surrounding us as it refreshes the earth. The Burlington Garden club anticipates aContinue reading “A Season of Hope and New Beginnings”
Orchids
“The Promise of spring’s arrival is enough to get anyone through the bitter winter.” We welcome 2023 as a year full of new opportunities to learn and beautify our community. Meet the 2023 flower of the year – the orchid. The orchid is a timeless flower with its richly hued blooms, long wiry stems andContinue reading “Orchids”
November Update
Looking back at our 2022 year, it was full of gardening activity, a trip to Boerner Botanical Gardens and a very successful plant sale. Our meetings were varied and interesting having a talk about whooping cranes and having a Christmas in July celebration including Santa and Mrs. Claus. With a wintery rest we have noContinue reading “November Update”
Burlington Area Garden Club 2022 Scholarship and Garden Grant Awards
The Burlington Area Garden Club has awarded a Donna Kuzniar Memorial Scholarship to Cassie Loeffler. Cassie is a previous BACG scholarship recipient, and she attends the University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point. The Garden Club has also awarded a 2022 Garden Grant to the Burlington Senior Center in support of their efforts to build anContinue reading “Burlington Area Garden Club 2022 Scholarship and Garden Grant Awards”
A new gardening year begins!
Gardening makes you patient and humble. It insists that you observe seasons and weather, putting you in sync with the natural world. It permits you to get unapologetically dirty. It’s most satisfying to grow from seed-you create and sustain life. Gardening gives you a sense of wonder. To grow plants is to give life. ItContinue reading “A new gardening year begins!”
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