About Spade and Trowel Club
Spade and Trowel Club was first organized in 1939 by Mrs. Malcolm Farquhar of the Kennett Garden Club, the senior club of Kennett Square at the time, and sponsored by that club for membership in District 1 of the Garden Club Federation of Pennsylvania (GCFP) in 1946. GCFP is a member the Central Atlantic Region of The National Gardens Club, Inc.
The club has been very active in various projects in and around Kennett Square. At present, the club maintains a membership of 32 active members and 8 associate members.
The club participates in projects such as landscaping local flower beds, provides flowers and arrangements for community affairs and organizations, competes at local, regional and in house flower shows and has won many individual and club awards throughout its history.
Spade and Trowel Club undertakes projects and makes donations that reflect the sense of the membership. The objective is to involve as many members as possible in a broad array of garden and related interests. Members have worked with the Kennett Square Beautification Committee since its inception. Members designed and still maintain the herb and kitchen garden located at Barns Brinton House in Chadds Ford. Other projects: Holiday Greens Workshop to benefit Heartland Hospice Services, YMCA Montessori School and Head Start children’s programs, and maintaining the Waywood Garden Bed at the North entrance to Kennett Square.
Members were active in the Kennett Consolidated School Vegetable Show for 11 years and assisted with the Unionville Farm Show, now known as the Unionville Community Fair.
The club has been very active in various projects in and around Kennett Square. At present, the club maintains a membership of 32 active members and 8 associate members.
The club participates in projects such as landscaping local flower beds, provides flowers and arrangements for community affairs and organizations, competes at local, regional and in house flower shows and has won many individual and club awards throughout its history.
Spade and Trowel Club undertakes projects and makes donations that reflect the sense of the membership. The objective is to involve as many members as possible in a broad array of garden and related interests. Members have worked with the Kennett Square Beautification Committee since its inception. Members designed and still maintain the herb and kitchen garden located at Barns Brinton House in Chadds Ford. Other projects: Holiday Greens Workshop to benefit Heartland Hospice Services, YMCA Montessori School and Head Start children’s programs, and maintaining the Waywood Garden Bed at the North entrance to Kennett Square.
Members were active in the Kennett Consolidated School Vegetable Show for 11 years and assisted with the Unionville Farm Show, now known as the Unionville Community Fair.
Pictorial Chronicle of the Spade and Trowel Club
Spade and Trowel Club was first organized in 1939 by Mrs. Malcolm Farquhar of the Kennett Garden Club, and sponsored by that club for membership in District 1 of the Garden Club Federation of Pennsylvania (GCFP) in 1946.
To celebrate the 80th birthday of the club, a chronicle was created to provide a glimpse of the club's rich history.
Spade and Trowel Club was first organized in 1939 by Mrs. Malcolm Farquhar of the Kennett Garden Club, and sponsored by that club for membership in District 1 of the Garden Club Federation of Pennsylvania (GCFP) in 1946.
To celebrate the 80th birthday of the club, a chronicle was created to provide a glimpse of the club's rich history.
2022-23 Officers
President: Beth Vinyard
Vice President: Mara Tyler
Treasurer: Shannon Hevener
Recording Secretary: Nancy Leonard
Corresponding Secretary: Lynn Woods
Parliamentarian: Jackie Blake
President: Beth Vinyard
Vice President: Mara Tyler
Treasurer: Shannon Hevener
Recording Secretary: Nancy Leonard
Corresponding Secretary: Lynn Woods
Parliamentarian: Jackie Blake
Meetings are held on the second Tuesday of each month in private homes or public venues. Coffee and social time begins at 9:00 a.m. followed by a 9:15 a.m. business meeting and program. Meeting hostesses then serve lunch.
President’s Message
Continue Blooming
Let’s stimulate and encourage the love and knowledge of gardening when we:
Let’s follow GCFP’s lead to “Bloom with New Ideas, Membership, Friendship, and Knowledge.”
We can work together and have fun as we continue to bloom.
Beth Vinyard, President
Continue Blooming
Let’s stimulate and encourage the love and knowledge of gardening when we:
- learn from educational programs.
- improve our surroundings through our community projects.
- prioritize education by awarding scholarships.
- stay committed to being caretakers of our natural resources.
- share the benefits of gardening in our community.
Let’s follow GCFP’s lead to “Bloom with New Ideas, Membership, Friendship, and Knowledge.”
We can work together and have fun as we continue to bloom.
Beth Vinyard, President
The Central Atlantic Region of National Garden Clubs, Inc.
The National Garden Clubs, Inc. NGC is divided into eight regions with Pennsylvania being a part of part of the Central Atlantic Region (CAR). Along with Pennsylvania, CAR is comprised of neighboring states: Delaware, Maryland, National Capital Area, New Jersey, New York, and Ohio.
The Garden Club Federation of Pennsylvania
The Garden Club Federation of Pennsylvania (GCFP) is a charitable voluntary organization of women, men and youth who share interests in gardening, civic beautification, floral design, and conservation of natural resource, environmental and legislative issues through local clubs.
GCFP is a member the Central Atlantic Region of The National Gardens Club, Inc.
National Garden Club (NGC)
National Garden Clubs, Inc., (NGC) is a not-for-profit educational organization headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri USA, adjacent to the Missouri Botanical Gardens. GCFP is a state garden club within the National Garden Club.
NGC promotes the love of gardening, floral design, and civic and environmental responsibility and helps coordinate the interests and activities of state and local garden clubs in the U.S. and abroad.
With eight regions, 50 state garden clubs and the National Capital Area, 60 national affiliated organizations within the United States, 330 international affiliated organizations around the globe combined with 5,000 member garden clubs and 175,000 members; NGC is the largest volunteer organization of its type in the world.
The National Garden Clubs, Inc. NGC is divided into eight regions with Pennsylvania being a part of part of the Central Atlantic Region (CAR). Along with Pennsylvania, CAR is comprised of neighboring states: Delaware, Maryland, National Capital Area, New Jersey, New York, and Ohio.
The Garden Club Federation of Pennsylvania
The Garden Club Federation of Pennsylvania (GCFP) is a charitable voluntary organization of women, men and youth who share interests in gardening, civic beautification, floral design, and conservation of natural resource, environmental and legislative issues through local clubs.
GCFP is a member the Central Atlantic Region of The National Gardens Club, Inc.
National Garden Club (NGC)
National Garden Clubs, Inc., (NGC) is a not-for-profit educational organization headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri USA, adjacent to the Missouri Botanical Gardens. GCFP is a state garden club within the National Garden Club.
NGC promotes the love of gardening, floral design, and civic and environmental responsibility and helps coordinate the interests and activities of state and local garden clubs in the U.S. and abroad.
With eight regions, 50 state garden clubs and the National Capital Area, 60 national affiliated organizations within the United States, 330 international affiliated organizations around the globe combined with 5,000 member garden clubs and 175,000 members; NGC is the largest volunteer organization of its type in the world.