December 2023

NEWSLETTER

Tewksbury

Garden Club

Tewksbury, MA, USA

tewksburygardenclub@gmail.com

HAPPY NEW YEAR! Taking a look back at last month...

Winter Tree Walk

Did you get a chance to take a walk at the Chandler Well Fields in December? The Garden Club creatively decorated a wonderful area, themed with a perfectly chosen Robert Frost poem. "Whose woods these are, I think I know ..."

Literary Blooms Arrangements at the Tewksbury Public Library

taken off the TPL Facebook page ...

ACE Community Landscaping Projects

Holiday decorations on the Town Common and municipal buildings were festively decorated in time for the tree lighting ceremony, and included our new Garden Club signs.

Garden Therapy

Monthly Meetings

On December 14th we took care of business, then had an appearance by the Grinch himself! Tewksbury police officers accompanied this special guest, and gave us a nice shout-out on their Facebook page. We exchanged gifts in a fun swap, enjoyed many home made treats, and wished each other a very happy holiday season!

Highlighting our Board Roles

A look into Board roles and responsibilities ...

The Board for the club consists of a President (and possibly a co-president), a first Vice-President, a second Vice-President, a Treasurer, a Recording Secretary and a Corresponding Secretary. The Board meets monthly, before the club’s monthly meeting. Board Meetings are open to all club members.

The Treasurer is responsible for oversight of club spending. Together with the other Board members, the Treasurer determines the budget for the upcoming year, pays for club expenses from the club checking account, provides monthly expense accounting to members, applies for raffle permission from the town, and submits required annual 501(c)(3) tax filings.

Think you might be interested in taking on the role of Treasurer for the 2024-2025 year? Let us know! Nominations begin in 2024.

Newsletter Submissions

Please submit all information you'd like to see included in future newsletters, or just pictures, to tewksburygardenclubnewsletter@gmail.com before the 25th of each month. Post to Facebook, too!

Next Meeting

Wed, Jan 10th, 7pm at GROW Greenhouses (use Livingston St entrance to Tewksbury State Hospital, just past Strongwater Farm.) Composting is on the agenda.

Below is a list of what to bring:

Name badge
Pennies for Pines
Food Pantry Items (coffee/tea)

See you there!