Orchard Park Garden Club

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Est. 1976 · We're Orchard Park's federated garden club, bringing beauty to our community and fostering education and conservation. New members always welcome!

Beautifying our town. Inspiring our neighbors. The Orchard Park Garden Club brings nature to the heart of the Village. Our members are the hands behind the village planters, Library gardens, and the seasonal magic at the Jolls House and Train Depot. Beyond the blooms, we’re committed to the community hosting an annual plant sale, providing garden therapy for seniors, and awarding annual scholarships to local students. Join us as we foster a legacy of conservation, education, and floral design in Orchard Park.

10/25/2026

Read the oak masting article in the Orchard Park Living Magazine? Here is an expanded look at mast years and why oaks drop acorns by the thousands one year and hardly any the next.

Learn what a mast year is, how oaks coordinate it and what it means for wildlife.

10/24/2026

Our pumpkin decorating workshop at the Orchard Park Public Library was a hit this week! Thanks to everyone who came out. So many creative designs! 🎃

10/17/2026

Our garden therapy group at Fox Run at Orchard Park had a spooky good time with Halloween crafts and trivia. Thank you to everyone who took part! 🎃

10/10/2026

🏆 We had a big day at the District 8 Fall Luncheon. We were honored with:

🌼 FGCNYS Club Recognition Award
📖 District VIII Yearbook Award, Class 5 (Large Club)
🌍 FGCNYS District 8 World Gardening Club Citation

Thank you to every member whose hard work made this possible.🌱

10/09/2026

At our District 8 Fall Luncheon, Vicky Munson, an NGC judge and accredited floral designer, demonstrated how to create stunning floral arrangements. Clubs from across the district also displayed their own centerpieces made with flowers, fruits, and vegetables. Take a look at the results!

10/04/2026

Congratulations to our Plant of the Month winner! 🌿

This beautiful Hoya was propagated from a large plant belonging to the member’s mother and was recently potted.

Plants shared among family and friends are especially meaningful. A cutting from a treasured plant can live on in another home and comes with a history you can’t find on a store shelf. Sharing cuttings is a wonderful way to preserve favorite houseplants and pass them from one generation to the next.

Do you have a plant that was passed down to you? 🌿

To learn more about the Hoya carnosa, click on the link in comments.

10/03/2026

Halloween lunch at our meeting this week 🎃

The food was delicious and the decorations were fantastic! Candy-themed tablecloth, pumpkins, and sparkly jack-o'-lanterns set the mood.

Centerpiece idea: put a vase inside a larger one and fill the gap with acorns, nuts, mini pinecones, or candy. Add water and flowers to the inner vase, then finish with a burlap and plaid ribbon.

What would you fill yours with?

09/27/2026

A few photos from our recent seed-collecting workshop with Nancy Schettler. We spent an hour opening dried flower heads and pods, finding where the seeds were hiding, and learning when they were ready to collect.

It was a good reminder that by fall, the garden is already producing some of what we may want to grow next year. Saving a little seed lets us start plants on our own schedule, share favorites with friends, and make use of what is already growing in our gardens.

Thank you, Nancy, for sharing your garden, your seeds and your experience with us!

To learn more about collecting and saving seed, read the full story on our website. https://www.opgardenclub.org/seed-saving-next-years-garden/

09/19/2026

Birds, beautiful trails, and great company! 🐦🍂 Yesterday’s Wandering with Wendy had us looking up, looking around, and enjoying all the little surprises along the way. A perfect day to get outside and wander together!

09/12/2026

🌿 September’s Plant of the Month is the Ribbon Fern (Pteris cretica), a graceful fern with long, slender fronds that give it its ribbon-like appearance. It grows best in bright, indirect light, tolerates fairly low light, and is relatively easy to care for compared with many ferns. Read more on our blog to learn how to grow it and how it can be propagated by division or spores:

Meet the Ribbon Fern, September's OPGC Plant of the Month. Learn its light, water, and humidity needs, plus how to propagate Pteris cretica by division or spores.

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Orchard Park, NY

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http://www.opgardenclub.org/

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