Special Projects

Since 1981 Parkside has maintained several of the beds, shrubs and railing baskets at the Normandy Park Community Club Cove building, donating over $100 per year for the plant material as well. Each month (except mid- winter months) a group of members gathers at the Cove to weed, plant, prune and fertilize as necessary.

On July 4, 2001, Parkside Garden Club dedicated the Blue Star Marker at the Normandy Park City Hall in honor of our country’s veterans and service men and women.

 Club members raised the funds for the marker, and created the flowerbed that surrounds it. The Club continues to maintain the marker and the surrounding plantings.

For more information on the Blue Star Marker: gardenclub.org/blue-and-gold-star-memorials 

Members allocate donations annually through discussions and votes at meetings.

In 2009 Parkside partnered with the Normandy Park Arts Commission to present “An Evening of Holiday Decorating Tips,” demonstrating and giving away the18 designs created. Parkside provided four designs for the annual Normandy Park Arts Festival held in June,

kicking off National Garden Week, with Normandy Park observance proclaimed by the mayor. Seven designs, along with club information, were placed at local businesses.

Parkside also provided and planted 500 daffodil bulbs at five locations in support of the National “Golden Days” project.

On three occasions, Parkside helped Girl Scouts earn NGC’s “Native Plants” patch

by teaching them about and then planting native plants found in our community.