Learn about the Shrewsbury Garden Club:
With ��owers blooming everywhere, Shrewsbury is alive with color and
fragrance. A big part of the beauty is brought to you by the Shrewsbury
Garden Club (SGC).
Last month, you learned about the Allen House Herb Garden, the
Shrewsbury Borough Hall planters, the Community Garden and the Eagle
Garden – just four of the many gardens maintained by this passionate organization.
This month will introduce you to four more of the gardens and
activities of the SGC.
The mission of the Shrewsbury Garden Club is to stimulate interest in
the knowledge of ��owers, gardening and horticulture, to aid in the conservation
of native plants and birds, to encourage civic planting and to raise funds
to ��nance such projects.
The club’s goal this year is to create more pollinator-friendly gardens in
the community, teaching the community about the importance of honeybees,
butter��ies and wild pollinators that desperately need a place free of pesticide
contaminators. The SGC is offering programs and workshops on how to develop
pollinator-friendly habitats and planting varieties of ��owers that bloom at different
times, so birds and bees have a source of food all year long.
Here are the second four in the series:
9/11 Memorial Gazebo
Located near Shrewsbury
Borough Hall, the 9/11
Memorial Gazebo was dedicated
in 2004. The gazebo
is surrounded by memorial
benches and pavers. Maintained
by club members, it
is the site of many town festivities.
Each Sept. 11, SGC
members place an arrangement
near the memorial
statue. In the winter, together
with Shrewsbury Borough
School committee, they decorate
for the holiday season
with greenery and lights.
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Developed in summer 2019, this new garden design is a testament to
the SGC’s commitment to attracting birds, bees, butter��ies and other pollinators.
Named the Gazebo Garden for Monarch Butter��ies, it features milkweed
plants around the 9/11 Memorial Gazebo discussed above to attract monarch
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butter��ies. You will also notice a
Monarch Waystation with signage
explaining the bene��t of planting
speci��c plants for pollinators.
There are also numerous colorful,
attractive perennials chosen to
offer appropriate habitat for pollinators.
They brighten the gazebo
sitting area and create a welcome
pathway garden for all who pass
from the Borough Municipal
Complex to the Community Garden.
This garden is registered and
certi��ed by the Monarch Watch.
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This garden, located at the entrance to Manson Park, was once a greenhouse
for the Wardell Estate. In 2008, the walled garden was designed and
planted with David Austin roses, clematis and other fragrant ��owers. The
snowdrops and crab apple tree were planted to give four-season interest.
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Conceived in winter 2014, this Heritage Rose Garden was inspired by
eminent horticulturist Stephen Scanniello, curator of the New York Botanical
Garden’s famed Peggy Rockefeller Rose Garden and president of the worldwide
Heritage Rose Society. Sponsored by the Church Elders, Church Historian
Robert Kelly recruited a volunteer corps of “Edith’s Angels” from local
Shrewsbury Garden Club members who developed the garden and dedicated
it to Christ Church with a lovely rose bouquet in October 2015. Volunteers
continue to nurture the memorial’s classic collection. As recorded in the U.S.
National Garden Club’s Historical Preservation of Memorial Church Gardens,
on behalf of the Shrewsbury Garden Club, Heritage Garden received the coveted
May Duff Walters Achievement Award for Preservation in 2017.
You are encouraged to take a moment and enjoy the beautiful sights
and smells. You are also most welcome to join the Shrewsbury Garden Club
and to attend their events.
On Friday, May 8 and Saturday, May 9, the SGC holds their biggest fundraiser
of the year, the annual Gardener’s Market at Shrewsbury High School.
It’s a perfect place to shop for Mother’s Day gifts and for beautiful additions
to your home and garden. The sale includes perennials from the members’
gardens, specialty baskets and many
colorful and hardy surprises. Sale
hours are Friday, May 8 from 4 to 6
pm and Saturday, May 9 from 8:30
am to 1 pm.
On Tuesday, May 19, Master
Gardener Bob Magovern returns, this
time to the Monmouth County Library
Eastern Branch, to present “All about
Hydrangeas.”
You can learn more by visiting
ShrewsburyGC.com, following the
group on Facebook and Instagram
@shrewsburygc, or emailing shrewsburygardenclub@
gmail.com.
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BY LORI DRAZ
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