Woodley Gardens Garden Club Rockville, Maryland A Member of the National Capital Area Garden Clubs District IV    Welcomes You because Gardening Improves Our World   A bit about us:                                        Our GOALS To encourage members to be active and interested participants in our club and our community. To learn more about planning and caring for our gardens. To conserve, protect, and enhance our natural resources. To encourage organic gardening practices, avoiding products known to be toxic to human, animal, or plant life. To attract desirable wildlife to our gardens by planting appropriate plant materials. To maintain a community garden at Rock Terrace School. To undertake projects annually for children or youth related to gardening. To offer garden-related activities to residents at Rockville Nursing Home. To participate in the holiday decorating of Strathmore Hall. To contribute holiday gifts to a Rockville women’s shelter. To contribute time and money to the National Capital Area Garden Clubs and donations to various gardening, educational, and/or conservation groups as may be decided from time to time. These goals help us to meet our objectives:           1) the study and practice of gardening and its related arts            2) the development of home grounds, and           3) civic beautification and conservation.   How do we accomplish these goals? PROJECTS Civic Projects Maintaining the garden at Rock Terrace School to demonstrate low-maintenance gardening   Participating in garden planting and cleanup, and the holiday decorating of Strathmore Hall                  Offering garden-related activities to residents of Rockville Nursing Home           Undertaking garden projects and assisting with the environmental program with students at Rock Terrace School   Environmental Projects Working with the City of Rockville to remove invasive alien weeds in Welsh Park    Special Projects    Volunteering at Arbor House       Contributing holiday gifts to a Rockville women’s shelter    Contributing to worthy gardening, educational, and conservation efforts   Participating in BOXTOPS for Education in support of the National Arboretum’s Growing Green Dreams School   Ways and Means Selling pecans and holiday wreaths Holding a spring plant sale with perennials from members’ gardens Other as requested Centerpiece for the Rockville House Tour 2006    We keep in touch with our members via newsletters September 2007 May 2007 April 2007 March 2007 February 2007 January 2007 December 2006 November 2006 October 2006 Take a look – we include many things. For more information about this and other garden clubs in District IV, contact district4director@ncagardenclubs.org