Methuen Garden Club
Civic Projects

Methuen Memorial Music Hall

     In the spring of 2008, we will be doing a planting at the Historic Methuen Memorial Music Hall. The Hall will be featured on the Friends of the Nevins Memorial Library's 3rd Annual Home & Garden Tour. The tour date is June 21, 2008, 10 AM - 4 PM Rain or Shine. Tickets will be available at the Nevins Memorial Library.

First Church Congregational

     In 2007, we refurbished the Gardens at the Historic First Church Congregational which was featured on the Friends' 2nd Annual Home & Garden Tour. We also donated/planted a Weeping Cherry Tree as a sincere 'Thank You' to the First Church for use of a meeting location during our first 5 years of existence!

Searles Gardens Restoration

The MGC was invited  to design and maintain the perennial gardens surrounding Methuen’s historic Searles Building.  Ongoing maintenance of these gardens is done weekly throughout the growing season by two member teams, culminating with a fall cleanup gathering to put the gardens to bed. 

Dewhirst Funeral Home Landscaping

The MGC designed several  gardens surrounding the Dewhirst Funeral Home on Broadway in Methuen.  The materials were funded by Dewhirst’s and acquired in several shopping trips to area nurseries. Dewhirst will continue to be an additional planting project for 2006

YMCA

     The Methuen Garden Club members, Teresa Mosher and Linda Yuele volunteered and planted some flower beds for The YMCA in Methuen with 79 of the YMCA children. Walmart and our garden club donated the plants and tools for the children to plant.  A landscaper donated the mulch.  Benches that were made for donations were incorporated in the designs.  We put one under each of the 3 trees on the side and one on the entrance flower beds.  One of the entrance flower beds Linda dedicated and donated a tree to one of her neighbors (an avid gardener who passed away).  We also made a flower bed where  the sign is located.  Additional annuals and perennials will be added in 2006.

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