LAKE GEORGE – Over 75 members of District IV, New York State Federated Garden Clubs, met for the annual Fall Luncheon at the Ft. William Henry Conference Center in Lake George on Tuesday, October 14.
The event was hosted by the Heritage Garden Club of Saratoga Springs and was attended by members of the 6 clubs in the District: Ballston Spa House and Garden Club, Carillon (Hague) Garden Club, Glenville Garden Club, Lake George Community Garden Club and Schuylerville Garden Club. There are over 230 members in the District, which covers the region from northern Lake George to Glenville.
The Heritage Garden Club of Saratoga Springs has 40 active members. Club projects include maintaining three public gardens, collecting food for the food pantry, offering garden therapy programs to residents of Woodlawn Commons, providing annual scholarship assistance to a BOCES horticultural student, plant sales, camperships to Camp Colby and support of the Water for Sudan initiative. Co-presidents of the Heritage Garden Club are Brenda Morris and Elizabeth Rossi of Saratoga Springs.
“I encourage people to see what their local garden club has to offer – there truly is something for everybody!” said Laurene Tompkins, District IV director. For more information, visit heritagegardenclub.org.
