{"id":121,"date":"2014-08-18T23:30:53","date_gmt":"2014-08-18T23:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/walnuthillgardenclub.org\/?page_id=121"},"modified":"2025-10-21T21:11:03","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T01:11:03","slug":"community-projects","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/walnuthillgardenclub.org\/?page_id=121","title":{"rendered":"Community Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ongoing Projects<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Art in Bloom, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston<\/strong> (Floral Design)<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 We sponsor a member to represent our club at this fine showing of the best of the best.<\/p>\n

Garden Therapy for Hanover Seniors<\/strong> (Garden Therapy\/ Community Involvement & Outreach\/ Floral Design) <\/em><\/strong>\u00a0Club members work with Hanover senior citizens on a regular basis to create container plantings or decorative projects with live or dried materials.<\/p>\n

Hanover Day<\/strong> (Community Outreach\/Education)<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 As part of community outreach, the club provides information concerning important ecological\/environmental issues and club projects and activities at the annual June field day.<\/p>\n

Kindergarten Seed Planting<\/strong> (Education)<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 WHGC educates all Hanover elementary school kindergarten students with a seed starting program and an educational presentation.<\/p>\n

Maintenance of the Historic Stetson House Gardens in conjunction with Hanover Garden Club (HGC)<\/strong> (Civic Beautification\/Historic Preservation)<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0 A team of members maintains the period herb and wildflower garden at the historic Stetson House with HGC members.<\/p>\n

New England Spring Flower Show<\/strong> (Floral Design)<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 WHGC actively participates in at least one club category and several members do individual projects.<\/p>\n

Newsletter\/Facebook Page\/ Website<\/strong> (Publications\/Communications)<\/em><\/strong> \u00a0 The Walnut Hill Garden Club Newsletter, Nutsey News, is published eleven months, August through June. The club maintains a Facebook Page https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/walnuthillgardenclub<\/a>\u00a0and a website: www.walnuthillgardenclub.org<\/p>\n

Planting\/Maintaining Town Traffic Islands in conjunction with Hanover Garden Club (HGC)<\/strong> (Civic Beautification)<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 Club teams plant perennials and annuals to maintain attractive, colorful islands throughout the town – a rewarding experience for both the volunteers and the public passing by.<\/p>\n

Landscaping and Maintaining the Planting at the World War I Monument \/ Flag Pole at Sylvester School (Civic Beautification)<\/em><\/strong> WHGC designed and donated the World War I Memorial planting & landscape and maintains it.<\/p>\n

Rain Garden<\/strong> (Conservation) <\/em><\/strong> Maintain the award-winning eco-friendly Rain Garden we designed and planted in conjunction with HGC.<\/p>\n

Recycling<\/strong> (Conservation\/Environmental Protection)<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 At three central town locations, collect printer ink and toner cartridges, cell phones, lap tops, digital phones, hand held games and e-readers for recycling and to prevent improper disposal of heavy metals into dump sites.<\/p>\n

Scholarships to Hanover High School and South Shore Vocational Technical High School Graduating Seniors (Scholarships) <\/em><\/strong>\u00a0The club presents a total of 3 scholarships annually.<\/p>\n

World War II Memorial\/Flag Pole at Hanover Town Hall <\/strong>(Civic Beautification)<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 Maintain the renewed planting at the World War II Memorial in front of the Hanover Town Hall.<\/p>\n

Civil War Memorial at First Congregational Church (UCC) with HGC<\/strong> (Civic Beautification)<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 Plant annuals and maintain the perennials at this highly visible town center site.<\/p>\n

NEW PROJECTS 2014-2015<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Bandstand<\/strong> (Development\/ Civic Beautification)<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 New Town bandstand building project to be completed in the Fall of 2014.\u00a0\u00a0 The Walnut Hill Garden Club will design and install new plantings in cooperation with Town departments.<\/p>\n

Forge Pond Park<\/strong> (Civic Beautification\/ Community Outreach) <\/em><\/strong>Club representatives collaborate with the Hanover Parks and Recreation Department and Committee, focusing on landscape design, appropriate plant materials, and civic projects to enhance this community park.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ongoing Projects Art in Bloom, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (Floral Design)\u00a0\u00a0 We sponsor a member to represent our club at this fine showing of the best of the best. Garden Therapy for Hanover Seniors (Garden Therapy\/ Community Involvement & Outreach\/ Floral Design) \u00a0Club members work with Hanover senior citizens on a regular basis to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-121","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/walnuthillgardenclub.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/walnuthillgardenclub.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/walnuthillgardenclub.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/walnuthillgardenclub.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/walnuthillgardenclub.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=121"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/walnuthillgardenclub.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/121\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":394,"href":"https:\/\/walnuthillgardenclub.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/121\/revisions\/394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/walnuthillgardenclub.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}