Washington Garden Club
Located at: Valley Garden Center, 1809 N. 15th Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona 85007
Thank you for visiting us here at the Washington Garden Club Site. Please have a look around and let us know what you think!
Happy Gardening!
Our Club Goals:
- To stimulate a love for gardening in family, friends, and neighbors.
- To encourage a home and community beautification.
- To improve awareness of horticulture as both a hobby and a profession.
- To encourage the art of floral arranging and design.
- To provide active support and encouragement for the conservation of natural resources.
- To better understand the limitations of our arid environment and learn to cope with special challenges.
Dedication
The Washington Garden Club will use the bequest of the Iva Corpstein Estate in fulfilling each of the above goals, in memory and love for the enhancement of education in the fields of gardening, arranging, and philanthropic activities.
President/Valley Garden Center Director: Orvalita Hopkins
Email: orvalita@hotmail.com
1st Vice President: Pat Bowling
Recording Secretary: Delight Cotton
Treasurer: Linda Pierce
Budget Committee
Linda Pierce
Orvalita Hopkins
Ralph Pierce
Horticulture
Marge Bayless
Tina Box
Design
Mary Jo Wall
Sylvia Patrick
Elsie Andrade
Kay Martiny
Yearbook
Linda Pierce
Ralph Pierce
Plant Labs
Wally Vegors
Orvalita Hopkins
Glenna Teel
Valley Garden Center Director
Wally Vegors
Marge Bayless
Veteran Home Centerpieces
Orvalita Hopkins-Chair
All Members
Veteran Home Pumpkins
Linda Pierce
Ralph Pierce
Historical Records
Candes Rada
Tina Box
Web Page
Tina Box
Native Plants (National)
Marge Bayless
Orvalita Hopkins
Melinda Amavisca
Sunshine Girl
Candes Rada
Photography
All Members
Continuing Projects
CP-1 Arizona Veterans Home
Continue support to the Arizona Veterans Home celebrating the fall season with donations of pumpkins. Hold jack-o-lantern contest and create holiday centerpieces for dining room tables.
100% membership participation
Chairman: Marge Bayless, Linda and Ralph Pierce
CP-2 Heifer & UNICEF
Provide support by collecting cash donations.
100% membership participation
Chairman: Ruth Byrne
CP-3 Butterfly Garden
Provide support to the Kartchner Caverns State Park Butterfly & Hummingbird Gardens.
100% member participation.
Chairman: Linda Pierce
CP-4 Arizona State Fair, Floriculture Bldg
Members entering various areas of floriculture.
75% member participation.
Chairman: Elsie Andrade
CP-5 Penny’s for Pines
Provide support by collecting cash donations. Tree planting (AFGC Tree Project).
75% member participation.
Chairman: Orvalita Hopkins
CP-6 Habitat for Humanity
The club will provide monetary donations for the Habit for Humanity.
100% member participation.
Chairman: Orvalita Hopkins
CP-7 Food Bank
Caring for the unfortunate during the holidays.
100% member participation.
Chairman: Candes Rada
CP-8 Going Green
Every member will participate in something for the environment going green during each meeting.
100% member participation.
Chairman: Orvalita Hopkins
CP-9 Environmental Learning Field Trips
Regarding desert plants, wildlife, and native culture of Southwest.
100% membership participation
Chairman: Wally Vegors
CP-10 Tree of Life Poster and Certificate
Awarded to homeowners with outstanding landscape and garden design.
Promotional project to help increase membership.
Chairman: Candace Rada
New Projects
NP-1 The North West Partners
This is a group of 12 to 18 challenged adults. We will be helping them with crafts related to Gardening and flower arranging.
Chairman: Orvalita Hopkins
Past Presidents
| 1929-1930 | Mrs. S.R. Marlette | 1958-1960 | Mrs. J.G. Perry |
| 1930-1931 | Mrs. Dan C. Carper | 1960-1962 | Mrs. J.M. Nelson |
| 1931-1932 | Mrs. H.B. Embach | 1962-1963 | Mrs. D.M. Biaett |
| 1932-1933 | Mrs. W.H. Knox | 1963-1963 | Mrs. Sam Minter |
| 1934-1935 | Mrs. J.F. Warnock | 1963-1964 | Mrs. Peter Corpstein |
| 1935-1936 | Mrs. Ben L. Rudderow | 1964-1966 | Mrs. W. Andrew Jean |
| 1936-1937 | Mrs. C.M. Dean | 1967-1968 | Mrs. C.F.M. Johnson |
| 1937-1938 | Mrs. J.M. Nixon | 1968-1969 | Mrs. Dan A. Lippman |
| 1938-1940 | Mrs. E.G. Fitzgerald | 1969-1971 | Mrs. Larry Sherrick |
| 1940-1941 | Mrs. F.W. Campbell | 1971-1973 | Mrs. Bart an Wolde |
| 1941-1942 | Mrs. L.L. Sanes | 1973-1978 | Ms. Miona Mackey |
| 1942-1943 | Mrs. P.A. Brown | 1978-1984 | Mrs. Edward Newhall |
| 1943-1944 | Mrs. M.C. Rand | 1984-1986 | Mrs. Jerry Groves |
| 1944-1945 | Mrs. Ben L. Rudderow | 1986-1987 | Mrs. Jane Ewaniuk |
| 1945-1946 | Mrs. H.J. Albersmeier | 1987-1989 | Mrs. Richard Valenti |
| 1946-1947 | Mrs. Clark Street | 1989-1991 | Mrs. Gene Henry |
| 1947-1948 | Mrs. E.C. Stutz | 1991-1993 | Mr. George Byrne |
| 1948-1949 | Mrs. E.P. Warren | 1993-1995 | Ms. Lucinda Harrison |
| 1949-1950 | Mrs. David Russel | 1995-1999 | Mrs. Betty Groves |
| 1950-1951 | Mrs. Newman White | 1999-2004 | Mrs. Orvalita Hopkins |
| 1951-1952 | Mrs. J.S. Hopwood | 2004-2005 | Mr. Wally Vegors |
| 1952-1954 | Mrs. George T.Geeiler | 2005-2007 | Mrs. Marge Bayless |
| 1954-1955 | Mrs. A.J. English | 2007-2009 | Mrs. Orvalita Hopkins |
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