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Kim and her helpers

Kim and her helpers getting ready to hold a holiday bash for seniors.

Pictured Kim from Hamden’s Elderly Services and her great helpers at the Elderly Services Holiday Bash at the Thorton Wilder Auditorium.

A hardy Thank You to Kim and her helpers for a wonderful time. The entertainment and food were very good, and everyone seemed to enjoy themselves.

The Club would like to thank the Community for helping us celebrate our 100th anniversary.

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The Garden Club ongoing projects includes the gardens and planters in Spring Glen, Poppy’s Garden on the Farmington Canal Trail and the Historical Herb Garden at The Jonathan Dickerman House, watering the plants at the Government Center and the Miller Library.

The Club donated 10 American Elm hybrid trees to the Hamden Center Park as a result of its successful Wreaths for Trees program.

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Other projects of the Club were a Rhododendron Garden at the entry to Lockwood Cottage and the Red Oak tree (Quercus rubra) affectionately known as “Annie Oakley” planted in the Eli Whitney Park.

The Club has been a fixture in the Hamden community since 1925, a chartered member of The Federated Garden Clubs of Connecticut, Inc., and National Garden Clubs, Inc., since 1929. Please stop by our historical display in hall outside the Miller Library in front of Thorton Wilder Auditorium.

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