 All members of the Burlington Garden Club are invited to participate in the Summer Garden Tours. Each tour is a visit to one garden.2024 Summer Garden Tour Schedule
 Flora Bell FGCV Blue Star Marker Coordinator and Liz Hill member of the Burlington Garden Club at the successful Spaghetti Dinner at the American Legion - Post 91 in Colchester, Vt On March 26, 2024, the FGCV held an event for a new Blue Star Memorial Marker for the northwest part of VT.
The goal is to raise money to erect a Veteran Blue Star Memorial Marker in the greater Burlington area. There is not one in this area of the state. Vermont is proud of having five (5) markers throughout Vermont which have been the work of individual Vermont garden clubs over the years.  Linnie Aubin, activities director, resident, and BGC member Karen Villanti. (left to right) The Burlington Garden Club (BGC) members recently participated in their 4th “Annual Bouquets for Birchwood” for residents of Birchwood Terrace Rehab and Healthcare in Burlington. The BGC gardeners used their talents of floral design, to make cheerful vases of fresh flowers. The goal was to make bouquets for each resident and brighten the day rooms and team stations. The club members’ ingenuity of coordinated flower colors and saved jars was the ideal combination to hold the beautiful floral arrangements. The colorful bouquets of flowers and flowering plants were a perfect opportunity to bring joy and happy faces to the residents and staff on the memory, long-term and subacute rehab units.
“Bouquets for Birchwood emerged as a BGC project to bring beauty and smiles to long term care facility residents during the darkest, coldest part of the year”, stated Karen Villanti, BGC project coordinator. The delivery on Groundhog Day – knowing the groundhog would see their shadow and a prediction of six more weeks of winter, the BGC members’ desire for the residents and staff at Birchwood was to experience “instant Spring!” This fall, The Federated Garden Clubs of Vermont held its "Fall in its Glory" Photo Series Contest. Margie Larson won for the Best Theme and Rose Godard's Photo was included in the highlighted photos.
 Susan Miner, New England Garden Clubs Director, Barbara Gaida, President of Burlington Garden Club, Doris Van Mullen, President Federated Garden Clubs, Linda Lane President Burlington Garden Club At the meeting, the Burlington Garden Club received the Jeanne Marie Parkes Award for Out of Hibernation, a triptych poster created for the 2023 Vermont Flower Show.
 All members of the Burlington Garden Club are invited to participate in the Summer Garden Tours. Each tour is a visit to one garden.
 Barbara Gaida, Susan Hartman and Linda Lane Our Yard Sale on September 16, 2023 was so successful, we are planning to hold it again. Please start setting your treasures aside.
 Susan Daily, Andy Kenney, Dana Mann, Jan DeSarno, Anne Foster, and Doris Van Mullen  Summer Picnic are a wonderful fun event with members gathering at Vermont Garden Park reuniting with club friends. A delightful treat was the Lake Champlain Chocolate ice cream truck arriving for purchase of ice cream.
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