The Riverhead Garden Club’s Greens Sale will be held December 12 at the Old Steeple Community Church, Main Road, Aquebogue on December 12 from 12:30 to 3 p.m.
Seasonal greens available include wreaths, centerpieces, swags and poinsettias. All proceeds raised from the sale go to support local beautification projects and scholarships.
The Garden Club has a membership of 60 active, sustaining and honorary members who meet monthly at the Jamesport Community Center. The club has a number of on-going local projects which include the following:
- seasonal plantings & maintenance of the atrium of the Skilled Nursing Facility, Peconic Bay Medical Center
- monthly hands-on floral therapy with patients at the Skilled Nursing Facility, Peconic Bay Medical Center
- Junior Education Outreach with Girl Scout troop 1108, working with the members to maintain the Roanoke Ave School Star Garden
- an annual Spring Plant Sale (week after Hospital Sale in May)
- floral therapy at the State Veterans Home at Stony Brook University each year in the fall
- maintenance of the Circle of Friendship Garden at the George Young Community Center
- making holiday decorations for the Hudson-Siklauskus House at Hallockville Farm Museum
- helping at the Railroad Museum with plantings
- volunteering at the Peconic Bay Garden Festival each May
The club awards one or two $500 scholarships a year to students interested in pursuing a career in horticulture. An Awards Committee reviews applicant applications and make recommendations to the membership.
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