Garden Club - 100 Years - Haddonfield, NJ
N 39° 53.843 W 075° 02.010
18S E 497136 N 4416368
What better way for a garden club to celebrate its centennial than a tree planted in their honor. This sawtooth oak graces the side of the road in beautiful, downtown, historic Haddonfield. Believed to be the oldest garden club in N.J.
Waymark Code: WM94DF
Location: New Jersey, United States
Date Posted: 06/27/2010
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The garden club celebrated its 100 year anniversary in 2006. The tree stands in front of 101-103 E. Kings Highway, between the curb and sidewalk. A stone marker with a plaque attached to it announces the commemoration. The garden club is hugely active in fund raising and beautification of the historic district. Trees, gardens, benches and markers can be found all over the place and are attributable to this group.
From their website (source listed below)
The Haddonfield Garden Club was founded in 1906, and became a charter member of the New Jersey Garden Club in 1927. For more than one hundred years we have been involved in community projects, and in the education of our members relating to gardening, horticulture and the environment. We have a membership of seventy-eight, consisting of fifty-two active members and twenty-three inactive members.
The marker reads:
In Commemoration of
THE GARDEN CLUB
1906 - 2006
100 Years of Service
Sawtooth Oak - Q. acustissima