Holiday gifts for Shields Nursing Home
It has been a longstanding annual project to make arrangements for the residents of a local nursing home. In the past, we made little floral arrangements that fit in yogurt containers, but that required that the residents had room on a tabletop to have a container with water in it!
We have now transitioned to making little holiday corsages for each resident, and our creative and artistic members have so much fun doing it!
Mini Succulent Wreaths
Our creative and hard-working Succulent Study Group made these darling mini wreaths, perfect for gifts or decoration.
Sundar Shadi award gardens 2024
Our annual Sundar Shadi Award is given for front yard gardens that are visible from the street and delight passers-by! The award is in honor of Mr Shadi, whose gardens and Nativity scene on The Arlington were such a gift to the community every year.
The winners get a nifty sign to put in their yard, a small cash gift (to buy more plants!) and a year’s membership in the Garden Club.
This year’s winning gardens can be seen on Albemarle and on Cutting.
Bouquets to Art
Motivated by her admiration for the annual event at the de Young Museum in San Francisco, El Cerrito Garden Club member extraordinaire Barbara Post decided that this was a perfect activity for a Garden Club! Each year, during one of our spring club meetings, members have the opportunity to create floral and natural arrangements that are inspired by a selected piece of artwork. Some arrangements are elaborate and some are very simple! Everyone’s creativity is applauded and appreciated!! Here are some of our designs from past years.
