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.

Officers

President/Valley Garden Center Director: Orvalita Hopkins
Email: orvalita@hotmail.com

1st Vice President: Pat Bowling
Recording Secretary: Delight Cotton
Treasurer: Linda Pierce

Committees

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

Club Projects

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

History (Our Story)

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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