Community Programs
Open to the Public Meetings & Events
The Garden Club open meetings are typically presentations from local and guest speakers about all things garden care, botanical and relevant to our rich coastal Pacific Northwest environment.
Garden Club Member Meetings
Monthly Garden Club Member meetings are on the 2nd Wednesday of the month from 10-12 to discuss Garden Club business, social time and lunch. Each meeting includes tips on horticulture and flower arranging (design) and a presentation from a local speaker. We get to know each other during our lunch as well as field trips that introduce us to all things botanical.
Directly following the lunch at noon, will be a 1 hour program presented by a guest speaker and open to the public. Presentations cover a wide range of garden, botanical and ecological information.
Garden Club Building and Grounds Usage
We maintain our clubhouse and Pavilion as a place available
for community and individual functions for a
minimal usage fee and cleaning deposit.
For more information, please call (360) 385-5122 to leave a message, or email us at nordlandgardenclubevents@gmail.com and one of our Trustee’s will respond.
Community Wellness Project
The Nordland Garden Club makes an annual donation to The Community Wellness Project, which provides garden education at Chimacum, Quilcene, and Port Townsend primary and elementary schools.
CWP supports garden education at all three of these districts, but currently manages the gardens and provides all programming at Chimacum Elementary and Chimacum Creek Primary.
Educators work with children in planting, tending, harvesting, tasting, and learning together in the garden, including sharing extra food with Food Services in the school cafeterias.
Backpack Program
The Nordland Garden Club donates funds to the Backpack Program, which provides weekend and summer lunches for children who are food insecure.
Dove House Advocacy Services
Each year, the Nordland Garden Club collects financial donations from its members to provide holiday gift packages for one or more families served by Dove House Advocacy Services. Families provide their “wish lists” and gifts are purchased and delivered to Dove House to be given to the families.
Tri-Area Food Bank
The Nordland Garden Club regularly collects non-perishable food and household goods that are needed by and taken to the Tri-Area Food Bank to serve local residents. Members are encouraged to share fresh produce from their own gardens, and a large apple tree on club grounds provides apples.
Kurtzo Pavilion
The Kurtzo Pavilion was built on Nordland Garden Club property in 2005, with funds from a bequest of Joe Kurtzo, island resident and artist. The pavilion and surrounding native garden are maintained by the Nordland Garden Club. It is available for community use at no cost but must be reserved through the building usage reservation process—> For more information, please call(360) 385-5122 to leave a message, or email us at nordlandgardenclubevents@gmail.com and one of our Trustee’s will respond.
Scholarships
About Scholarships
Are you a graduating high school senior or continuing student with plans to enroll in an academic degree-granting program in a college/university or vocational/technical institute?
You might be eligible! We have up to two Scholarships $1,000 each.
Each year the Nordland Garden Club offers up to two scholarships for post-high school study in an academic or vocational program. Candidates must live within the Chimacum School district boundaries, or be a child or grandchild of a current Garden Club member.
Preference will be given to applicants with an interest in the Horticulture Sciences and Environmental Arts, Environmental Journalism, Ecology, Botany, Environmental Science, Environmental Studies/ Environmental Humanities/Arts related to the natural world.
Pick up an application at The Chimacum High School office, or by phoning or emailing the Nordland Garden club and arrange to pick one up Nordland Garden Club: 360-385-5122 nordlandgardenclub360@gmail.com
Nordland Garden Club is located on 320 Garden Club Rd, Marrowstone Island
ELIGIBILITY: Candidate must be a graduating high school senior or continuing student with plans to enroll in an academic degree-granting program in a college/university or vocational/technical institute (accredited by a nationally or regionally recognized accrediting agency, as defined by the U.S. Department of Education with respect to United States academic institutions), for the current academic year.
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Front. of the Nordland Garden Club house