The Vernon Garden Club's activities are many and varied. Amongst its projects: a highly successful Annual Spring
Plant Sale, maintaining & seasonally enhancing the VGC's Herb Garden, the presentation of three spectacular summer
Community Garden Tours (2005, 2007, & 2009) as well as numerous workshops and field trips. Members of the VGC continue
to exhibit at Hartford's Wadsworth Atheneum's "Fine Art and Flowers Show" each May, and participate in the "Connecticut
Flower and Garden Show" held at the Connecticut Convention Center each year in February.
The VGC awards an annual scholarship to a graduating senior at a local high school who
will be pursuing a career in horticulture or a related field. Plans to continue and
increase this annual award have been made. To this end, the VGC created a Ways and Means committee
to raise money solely for the scholarship fund.
A new Northeast Gateway Garden has been planted
at the intersection of Route 30 and Grove Street in partnership with the Garden Barn. The club will provide on-going
maintenance for this garden as well as for the Garden on the Green at the intersection of Routes 30 & 83.
In 2005, members of the Civic Improvement
Committee created a Junior Gardeners' Program for elementary school children which has been very successful. One of the highlights
of the program has been the butterfly garden; planned, planted and maintained by the students.
