Sussex Gardeners

Rehoboth Beach, Delaware

*Reprinted with permission from Beach Life Magazine*

HISTORY OF THE SUSSEX GARDENERS

1937 Nassau Garden Committee organized with eight members.

1939 Nassau Garden Group Reorganized with twenty-four active members.

1947 Nassau Garden Group renamed Sussex Gardeners.

1947 Sussex Gardeners held their first Standard Flower Show.

1948 All Day Greens Meeting held in basement of Rehoboth Methodist Church to make wreaths.for churches, homes,

and members.

1954 Garden Therapy Project at Stockley Hospital began. The project continued for over the next fifty years.

1958 Sussex Gardeners joined the newly formed Delaware Federation of Garden Clubs.

966 Sussex Gardeners printed the Delaware Wildflower Book.

1987 Sussex Gardeners celebrated their 50th Anniversary.

1994 Sussex Gardeners decorated the dining room at the Governor’s Mansion for the holidays.

1997 Elva Davidson was elected as the first Sussex Gardeners member to be President of DFGC.

2001 “Yummm” cookbook was produced as a special fundraising project.

2009 “Saluting our Police” garden completed at DE State Police Troop 7, Lewes.

2014 Sussex Gardeners created and dedicated a Memorial Garden

2017 Sussex Gardeners celebrated their 80th Anniversary

SUSSEX GARDENERS OBJECTIVES

To bring together, through membership in the organization, the members of the community who have a genuine

interest in gardening and related skills.

To study and advance the fine art of gardening, landscape design, floral design and horticulture.

To aid in the conservation and protection of our natural resources.

To promote the educational aspect of gardening in youth groups.

To further garden therapy programs.

To encourage civic beautification.

To cooperate and assist in the objectives of the Delaware Federation of Garden Clubs (DFGC), the Central Atlantic

Region of State Garden Clubs, Inc. (CAR-SGC) and the National Garden Clubs, Inc. (NGC).

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