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The Garden Club of Forest Hills

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The Garden Club of Forest Hills is dedicated to stimulating the knowledge and love of gardening Who we are... What we do... Why you should consider joining!

We meet the 1st Thursday of the month, March to December, at the HOPE LUTHERAN CHURCH, 353 RIDGE AVE. FOREST HILLS. 9:30am for social time and at 10:00 am promptly, the meeting begins. The club was organized as the East Edgewood Acres Garden Unit in 1923. Its objective now is the same as it was then.

- It was instrumental in buying land and hiring architect Ezra Stiles to design the main borough park in the 1930s.

- It joined the state federation of garden clubs in 1933 and remains an active organization in District VII of the Garden Club Federation of Pennsylvania.

- The club took its present name in 1938.

- Its members planted Victory Gardens during WWII and organized drives to plant trees honoring soldiers along the region's Blue Star Memorial Highways.

- Members turned a neglected corner of the park into a garden for all seasons in 1993. They continue laboring there, making this Hillside Garden a welcoming spot for all who visit. In recent years, they've added a Native Plant and a Butterfly Garden nearby.

- Members have planted thousands of sunny daffodils, as well as day lilies, ornamental grasses and ever-blooming roses along borough roadways. They've also planted flowers at the local library, senior center and swimming pool.

- The club participates in civic activities, including Community Day and the Arbor Day Celebration and members assist with landscape clean-up programs in the borough.

-The club uses money raised through sales of plants and poinsettias and its annual auction to sponsor educational programs. It also donates at least $2,000 each year for scholarships and to organizations with similar missions, including Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, Pittsburgh Botanic Garden, Phipps Conservatory & Botanical Gardens, Penny Pines, and the National Aviary.

- Membership includes several Master Gardeners and accredited flower show judges who happily share their expertise.

- The club flower is the white flower dogwood (Cornus florida alba).

10/31/2026

10/27/2026

🌺October Garden of the Month 🌺

Toma Smith and Dmitriy Chernyshev have been residents of Forest Hills for over 26 years.
They raised three daughters here who all participated in both the Forest Hills Swim Team and Synchronized Swim Team.
Toma’s and Dmitriy met as professional ballet dancers and two of their daughters are now also professional ballet dancers with the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre and Miami City Ballet.
Their youngest daughter attends a boarding high school in New Hampshire as she explores her career options, including the possibility of pursuing dance as well.
Dani, the Great Pyrenees, is the guardian of the garden.

Toma's favorite way to spend her free time is in her garden. With her background in dance, she views gardening like very slow choreography as it changes through the seasons and evolves over the years.
Toma dedicates her garden to her late mother in hopes
that it honors her life and her love of tropical plants.

10/22/2026

Woo Hoo!
The Green Space Planting is finished!!
Looks Great !
Excellent job !

10/21/2026

THE GARDEN CLUB OF FOREST HILLS

MONTHLY GENERAL MEETING

Thursday, November 5, 2026

Social Time….9:30 a.m. - 9:55 a.m.

Business Meeting: Begins promptly at 10:00 a.m.

Program/Speaker

Are You "Pining" to Make a Holiday Wreath?

Hospitality Crew

Joyce Peterson: Team Leader

Kay Wilson and Sandy Nix

Sale Table:

Linda Phelps

Floral Arrangement:

Anna Comstock (Chrysanthemum)

10/06/2026

The Verona Garden Club:
Just wanted to share their upcoming workshop.
All are welcome.
Look like a fun event !

10/05/2026

On Thursday, October 3rd, GCFH had a program "Oh My Gourd, Do We Have A Pumpkin Project For You"
presented by Amy Shugerman Glasser and Shana Buccigrossi. They made floral arrangements using fresh flowers and dried flowers in faux and real pumpkins.
Above pic is how the project started and the next pictures were the finished products. Amy demoed her arrangements with colorful fresh flowers while using herbs and fresh fruit.
She also made a "black pumpkin witch" with grasses, dried flowers and dried fruit. Shana displayed her dried flower arrangements and explained the drying process.
To finish out the program, Amy baked a variety of pumpkin cookies for members to take home and the pumpkin arrangements were all raffled off!

April created the monthly floral arrangement .
Our members are creative !

Members enjoyed the program and found it informative and easy to try for themselves.

10/03/2026

We are so lucky to have talented members in our club. Here are two examples of creativity from Joyce and Iris
* Designs are at Phipps

“Less is more according to Ikebana. “ - Joyce

-Joyce's arrangement has the yellow mums and Iris has the little pumpkins.

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Forest Hills, PA
15221

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