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District II 
Covering Kings, Queens, Nassau, and Suffolk Counties 2009 - 2011 District II Director: Marion Romeo District II Botanic Gardens & Arboreta Brooklyn Botanical Garden, 100 Washington Ave., Brooklyn, NY Queens Botanical Garden, 43-50 Main St, Queens Old Westbury Gardens, 71 Old Westbury Road, Old Westbury, NY Planting Fields Arboretum State Historic Park, Planting Fields Road, Oyster Bay, NY Bailey Arboretum, Bayville Road, Lattingtown, NY The Hofstra University Arboretum, 114 Student Center, Hempstead, NY Clark Botanic Garden, 193 IU Willets Road, Albertson, NY C.W. Post Community Arboretum, 720 Northern Blvd., Brookville, NY James P. Humes Japanese Stroll Garden, Oyster Bay Road and Dogwood Lane, Mill Neck, NY Bayard Cutting Arboretum, Montauk Highway, Oakdale, NY Three Village Garden Club Arboretum and Sanctuary, 1 Bates Road, Setauket, NY Longhose Reserve, 133 Hands Creek Road, East Hampton, NY Bridge Gardens Trust, 36 Mitchel Lane, Bridgrhampton, NY Madoo - The Robert Dash Garden, 618 Main Street, Sagaponack, NY Avalon Park & Preserve, 200 Harbor Road, Stony Brook, NY Caffey-Conroy Memorial Garden, 6 Beach 178th St.,Breezy Point, Brooklyn, NY Captain Kathy Mazza Memorial Park, Elm Ave. South Farmingdale, NY
District Calendar of Coming Events
2010 February 22
10:30am | Second District Board Meeting,
Montfort Missionaries, Bay Shore NY | March 1, 10am
March 8 snow date | Presidents Council,
Old Bethpage Village, Bethpage, NY | March 22
10:30am | Second District Board Meeting,
Montfort Missionaries, Bay Shore NY | March 23 – 25
| FGCNYS Annual Meeting,
Gideon Putnam Resort, Saratoga Springs, NY | April 26
10am | Second District Spring Luncheon Meeting,
Crest Hollow Country Club, Woodbury, NY | May 3
10am | Judges’ Council,
Montfort Missionaries Bay Shore, NY | May 14 – 16
| National Garden Clubs, Inc. National Convention,
Atlanta, GA | May 24
10:30am | Second District Board Meeting,
Montfort Missionaries, Bay Shore NY | May 25 – 27
| Horticulture School Course III
Hicks Nurseries Westbury | | June 6 – 12 | National Garden Week | | June 14 | FGCNYS Spring Executive Board Meeting and | | June 14 – 16 | FGCNYS Symposium, Binghamton Holiday Inn Arena | June 23
10am – 12 pm
12:30 pm – 2:30 pm | Second District Design Workshops,
Montfort Missionaries, Bay Shore, NY
| | June TBD | Second District Board Meeting, TBD | | September 13 – 15 | FGCNYS Executive Board Meeting and Fall Conference,
Otesaga Inn, Cooperstown, NY | September 20
10am | Judges’ Council,
Montfort Missionaries Bay Shore, NY | September 27
10:30am | Second District Board Meeting,
Montfort Missionaries, Bay Shore, NY |
District II EMAIL Contact: Marion Romeo 
What a Garden Club can do!
Spring with Olympus Garden Club Olympus Garden Club is a District II, Federated Garden Club of New York State. We are based in Brooklyn, New York and work with youth, seniors, residents, and community gardeners in New York City to educate and beautify neighborhoods. This past spring we worked in Brooklyn neighborhoods on five planting projects. We worked on planting tree beds, beautifying a community garden, planting shade plants in a children’s garden, planting containers with a group of seniors, and working with a children’s garden club at the Brooklyn Public Library. | One of our members, Amelia Estrada, suggested that we plant tree beds on the streets where our members lived because it would be easy for us to take care of them on our own blocks. She also suggested that we placed signs with our name in the beds to advertise that our club did the beautification. So we got plants from the Brooklyn Botanic Garden's Brooklyn GreenBridge community horticulture plant distribution to put in the tree beds. We planted three beds on two block in different neighborhoods and placed the signs. The neighbors on Amelia’s block enjoyed the new beds so much that they gave a donation to Olympus. |  |
| Another member, Johanna Willins, got us involved in the planning for a new community garden getting started. Two years ago in the fall we planted spring bulbs in this newly formed community garden and we were asked to continue the beautification. This spring with more plants from Brooklyn Botanic Garden's Brooklyn GreenBridge community horticulture plant distribution we planted the garden with a wonderful group of youth from the East New York Farms youth program. We put in a garden of native and butterfly plants that would bring and keep beneficial insects in the garden. We planted native trees and shrubs that would add shade around the seating area over time, mulched the area and left with a promise from the gardeners that they would water the garden. |  |
District II board member, Solita Stephens, sent out an email request to the District II board requesting donations of shade plants for the children’s garden. The board members responded by bringing
| a variety of shade plants to the board meeting. These plants got placed in a shaded berm in the children’s garden area of the Hattie Carthan Community Garden that was already planted with vegetables by a group of children from a local public school. Other plants got planted in containers that would be used to beautify a new farmers’ market opening next to the garden in a few days. Another group of enthusiastic young people helped to put these plants in the ground. |  |
| We were recommended to the director of Quincy Senior Residence three years ago by the now past director of Brooklyn Botanic Garden's Brooklyn GreenBridge. They wanted a therapeutic gardening program for their seniors and we started working with them then. This year we helped them with their window box planting, gave them tips on weeding and mulching the perennial garden we worked on the first year and joined them for their second annual family and friends’ celebration. |  |
One of our members, Roberta Raysor, works at the Brooklyn Public Library and because they knew she was a member of a garden club, they asked for our help with the new children’s garden program they wanted to start. We met with them, gave them a general outline to use for the program and met with them as a group a few time to get the program started. We planted shade plants with them at the children’s entrance and hopefully in the fall they will be able to plant some fall vegetables. They learn about plants, how to plant, and do journaling when they finish. In April and May we met with them weekly and for the rest of the season bi-weekly. We have been fortunate to work with a wonderful group of young people this year and the children from the library continued that trend. As I mentioned before, this year as in past years we have been fortunate to work with a diverse group of residents. Because we have members from all over Brooklyn, NY we are able to get involved in a range of projects that keep us involved and in tune with our mission to educate, improve, and beautify our neighborhood.
Solita Stephens
Kings County Chairperson
District II
Federated Garden Clubs of NEW York State
District II: Garden Club Finder: Asharoken Garden Club - Suffolk North Garden Club of Bay Ridge - Kings Bayside Hills Garden Club - Queens Bay Shore Garden Club - Suffolk South Belle Harbor Garden Club - Queens Bellport Garden Club - Suffolk South Breezy Point Garden Club - Queens Cedarhurst-Woodmere Garden Club Study Group - Nassau South Centerport Garden Club - Suffolk North Community Club of Garden City-Hempstead Garden Dept. - Nassau South Dix Hills Garden Club - Suffolk North Douglaston Garden Club - Queens East Northport Garden Club - Suffolk North Womans Club of Forest Hills - Garden Chapter - Queens Fort Neck Garden Club - Nassau South Garden Club of Malba - Queens Garden Club of Shelter Island - Suffolk South Garden Club of Valley Stream - Nassau South Glen Garden Club of Glen Head - Nassau North Great Neck Garden Club - Nassau North Honey Hills Garden Club of Hauppauge - Suffolk North Laura S. Stewart Garden Club - Kings Levittown Garden Club - Nassau South Locust Valley Garden Club - Nassau North Massapequa Park Garden Club - Nassau South Matinecock Garden Club - Nassau North Merrick Garden Club - Nassau South Moriches Bay Garden Club - Suffolk South Mt. Sinai Garden Club - Suffolk North Munsey Park Garden Club - Nassau North Nathan Hale Garden Club - Suffolk North North Shore Hills Garden Club - Nassau North Oceanside Garden Club - Nassau South Olde Towne Garden Club - Suffolk South Olympus Garden Club - Kings Paumanacke Garden Club of Wantagh - Nassau South Plainview-Hicksville Garden Club - Nassau South Port Washington Garden Club - Nassau North Remsenburg Garden Club - Suffolk South Riverhead Garden Club - Suffolk South Sands Point Garden Club - Nassau North Sayville Garden Club - Suffolk South Shore Garden Club of Neponsit & Belle Harbor - Queens Shoreham Garden Club - Suffolk North Smithtown Garden Club - Suffolk North Southold Town Garden Club - Suffolk South Springfield Garden Flower Club - Queens Stewart Manor Garden Club - Nassau South Sumpwams Garden Club - Suffolk South Suwassett Garden Club - Suffolk North Sweet Hollow Garden Club - Suffolk North Syosset Garden Club - Nassau North Three Village Garden Club - Suffolk North Westhampton Garden Club - Suffolk South
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