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The Men’s Garden Club of Youngstown Ohio

Originally organized in June of 1930 as “The Steel City Men’s Garden Club” and, renamed in the 1940’s as “The Men’s Garden Club of Youngstown Ohio” the organization is one of the oldest garden clubs in the country.

The mission of this club shall be to promote a better understanding of gardening through education and to practice horticultural diversity for all segments of the community.

The objects of this club is to provide a platform to educate through flower shows, seminars, youth programs and other available means and to safeguard, beautify and improve our environment.

Meetings are held the first Wednesday of each month at 7:30 p. m. in the D. D. Davis Center at Fellows Riverside Garden. Members receive a monthly newsletter, “The Germinator,” which has timely gardening hints, club news and other local and regional horticultural events. Members also become members of The National Men’s Garden Club of America.

Our interests are as varied as yours. Whether your interest run from azaleas to zinnias, or asparagus to zucchinis you will definitely find some “common ground.”

Each year The Men’s Garden Club of Youngstown sponsors a horticultural show at the Davis Education and Vistors Center of Riverside Garden in Mill Creek Metro Park, which is open to the public. Anyone is welcome to participate including youth and adults. Sections included in the show are:

·          Vegetables, Ornamentals, Fruits, Annuals, Perennials, Biennials

·         Dahlias, Roses, Bulbs, Tubers, etc. Potted Plants, Bonsai

·         Cacti, Succulents, Woody Plants or Trees, Hanging Containers

Membership is open to residents of the Mahoning Valley with an interest in gardening. To join, click on the Application Page - complete a membership application or be our guest at a monthly meeting.