Donations to local non-profits include:
Donations to local non-profits include:
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Avon Dollars for Scholars
Avon Dollars for Scholars
Exhibits at the Avon Free Public Library: Members provide floral arrangements, a display of natural materials or plants each week.
Gardens at Sycamore Hills
Garden Club of Avon delivers several pounds of fresh vegetables each week during the summer to Gifts of Love, this summer (2024) we donated over 125 pounds of vegetables. Vegetables are grown in raised beds at the park behind Avon Senior Center. We are also maintaining a Pollinator garden at the pergola.
Pollinator Garden at Sycamore Hills
Monarch on Joe Pye weed
Swallowtail
Fritillary on cone flower
Holiday Greens Workshop
For the holiday season, wreaths and swags made with fresh greens for the Avon Town Hall complex, the Avon Free Library, Veterans’ Memorial Honor Roll, Living Museum, Pine Grove Schoolhouse, Avon Post Office, Avon Welcome Sign, Avon Landfill entrance. We also make swags for Social Services to distribute as needed.
Planting and maintaining Annual Gardens at the Town Hall Complex: In May, annuals are planted at the entrance and in the window boxes of the Town Hall Complex. The flower beds and boxes are maintained during the summer months and clean-up takes place in the fall.
Memorial Books donated to Avon Free Public Library
Library patrons often check out GCA Memorial Books. Please ask the reference librarian for help in locating any of the following books:
2013 - For Margaret Klau - Container Gardening, Ian Hodgson
2014 - For Donald Robinson (Polly's husband) - Essential Perennials
2014 - For Norma Klinger - Gardens in Detail: 100 Contemporary Designs, Emma Reuss
2014 - For Ernest Hutchinson (Peggy's husband) - Private Vegas James Patterson
2014 - For Natalie Burbach - Bonsai
2015 - For Lois Clack - Heavenly Hydrangeas
2015 - For Samual (Ship) Atwater (Midge's husband) - Stress Free Sailing: Single and Short Handed Techniques, Duncan Wells
2016 - For Jonathan (Mike) Gilotti (Angela's son) - Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance, Angela Duckworth
2017 - For E. Thayer Drake (Judy's husband) - American Revolution
2017 - For Jean Scheffler- Botanical Style
2017 - For Betty Davis - The Plant Lover's Guide to Magnolias
2017 - For Audrey Hugel - The Bud Collins History of Tennis
2017 - For Joseph Lester (Lee's husband) - National Geographic Complete National Parks of the US
2018 - For Polly Robinson - Birds, Bees and Butterflies
2018 - For Dorothy (Peggy) Hutchinson - Foraged Flower Arrangements
2018 - For Lillian (Lil) Biernat - Teatime Parties Around the World
2019 - For Frank Goodyear, Sr. (Dorothy Ann's husband) - The Circus Train Conspiracy
2019 - For Jim Titus (Jan's husband) - Mayflower Lives
2020 - For Gerry Graham (Dottie’s Husband) – The Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors
2020 - For Enrico Spalvieri (Marion’s Husband) - Vegetable Gardening for Beginners
2020 - For Larry Apuzzo (Kathy’s Husband) – Saving Freedom
2021 - For Bob Smith (Barbara’s Husband) – Crazy Horse
2022 – For Carol Bernarduci – The Giving Tree
2022 – For Ellen Johnson – Wonder Dogs
2022 – For Maureen Zachariasen – The Irish Garden
2022 – For Carolyn England - The Irish Fairy Tales and Folklore
2022 - For Caroline LaMonica - The High Notes, Danielle Steel
2022 - For Franklin Burnham (Carol’s Husband) - Lonely Planet Epic Road Trips of the Americas
2023 - For Maria Consuegra - Design for Jewellery Makers, Louise Seijen Ten Hoorn
2023 – For Dotty Garfinkel – Moon Garden: A Guide to Creating an Evening Oasis, Jarema Osofsky
2024 – For Eleanor Schiliro – Bedford Garden Club Originals: New York's Eloise Luquer and Delia Marble, Judy Culbreth
2024 – For Leo Boswell (Jennie’s Husband) – Bloom and Grow: 365 Devotions for Gardeners at Heart, Laurie V Soileau
2024 - For Nancy Grande - The Compete Book of Cats
2024 – For Mary Owen – The Singers Talk
2024 – For Twyla Daniels – Fragrant Flower Gardening
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