Standing Stone Garden Club

Standing Stone Garden Club we are a charitable, volunteer organization that aims to promote the love of gardening. Organized in April 1969 and federated the following year.

The Standing Stone Garden Club of Huntingdon, PA is a member of the National Garden Club, Inc., Central Atlantic Region, the Garden Club Federation of PA, District V, and the Pennsylvania Resources Council. The Club meets the third Tuesday of each month, unless otherwise noted, at 7 pm at the St James Evangelical Lutheran Church, 525 Mifflin Street, Huntingdon, PA. Dues are paid annually and inclu

de a subscription to Keystone Gardener. We are a charitable, volunteer organization that aims to promote the love of gardening. We participate in the civic beautification of Huntingdon. We help coordinate interests and activities of crafts, floral design, environmental responsibility, and the conservation of natural resources. We promote horticulture education, landscape design and related fields through scholarships.

Stop by the postal office and see the beautiful urn our ladies put together.
06/22/2026

Stop by the postal office and see the beautiful urn our ladies put together.

06/20/2026

A bee stung you and you were told she just died to do it. That's true — but only for one species out of more than four thousand.

The European honeybee has a barbed stinger that hooks into skin. When she pulls away, the stinger and venom sac tear from her body. She dies within minutes. This only applies to honeybees.

The other four thousand native bee species in North America — bumblebees, mason bees, sweat bees, mining bees, carpenter bees — have smooth stingers. They sting, retract, and survive. They can sting multiple times. But most of them are so docile you'll never be stung.

🌿 Mason bees almost never sting. Sweat bee stings are barely noticeable — less than a mosquito bite. Male carpenter bees can't sting at all — no stinger. Bumblebees can sting multiple times but only bother when the nest itself is directly threatened.

The reason honeybees evolved to die: it's colony defense. One worker's death delivers a venom dose that protects fifty thousand sisters. The individual sacrifices for the hive. Native solitary bees have no colony to sacrifice for — so they kept the smooth stinger and stayed alive.

One species from Europe dies for the colony. The four thousand native ones are fine 🐾

This past Tuesday we had our annual potluck picnic. Which was great fun, everyone brought amazing dishes.
06/20/2026

This past Tuesday we had our annual potluck picnic. Which was great fun, everyone brought amazing dishes.

Debora Wessel's Garden at 705 14th St. was chosen for the garden of the month in May for its beautiful purple irises.
06/09/2026

Debora Wessel's Garden at 705 14th St. was chosen for the garden of the month in May for its beautiful purple irises.

06/08/2026

The robin leading four spotty, begging fledglings around your lawn this week is almost certainly the father.

He is not a single parent by accident.

When the first brood leaves the nest, the female doesn't stay to finish raising them. She's already building a brand-new nest, often within days, to lay the next clutch. So the pair splits the work: he takes the fledglings, she starts over.

For two or three weeks he feeds them, keeps them moving and hidden, and waits out their endless begging while they learn to pull their own worms. A few yards away, she is already sitting on the next eggs.

Two broods running at the same time, in the same yard, by two parents who divided the work down the middle.

She builds the future. He raises the present.

We will be raffling this painting off at the plant and bake sale May 9th, starting at 8:00 a.m.
04/23/2026

We will be raffling this painting off at the plant and bake sale May 9th, starting at 8:00 a.m.

We swore in our new officers last night!
04/22/2026

We swore in our new officers last night!

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525 Mifflin Street
Huntingdon, PA
16652

Telephone

+18145064567

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