History of The Gardeners' Guild of Braintree

What it is all about!

To belong to one of the largest and most active groups in town the members must attend four meetings a year and work on at least two committees to maintain membership. This club is about giving and receiving, creating and digging and about furthering relationships. It is about mentoring and sharing fresh ideas, enthusiasm and involvement. There are many experts among the membership who are very generous in sharing their knowledge. It is reassuring to know when one is stuck with a bow, a wreath, or a swag there are talented hands and encouraging smiles, which assist with every project. As one past president says "I can do anything with my hands…just don't ask me to tap dance!"

The membership is comprised of dreamers and doers, creators and imitators, teachers and students, gardeners and gatherers, mothers and daughters, sisters and sisters in law, bakers and eaters all united in doing! Friends from childhood work together in this club, new friends are made, neighbors enjoy spending time together and Girl Scout leaders and teachers enjoy seeing their former charges as talented and contributing women.

Braintree and its citizens are the focus of The Gardeners' Guild of Braintree and continue to benefit in a myriad of ways. All the money that is raised during the year goes back to the community. Books and the plantmobile for the schools and the annual Braintree High School scholarship are major allocations. Each school in Braintree has a flowering tree planted from this club. Pond Meadow Park has always received a major donation. Plantings at Furlong Park, Plain Street Cemetery, Veterans Mall at the Town Hall, the Herb and Wildflower Garden and plantings at the Braintree Police Station are annually designed and maintained by club members. Seasonal plants at Christmas and Easter are given to Hospice for distribution. Innumerable corners and intersections are offered to businesses, local organizations and families who adopt the area and "Make Braintree a Bit More Beautiful". The Gardeners' Guild of Braintree coordinates this program with the Braintree Park Department. The planting of the flowering magnolia - the logo of the club, memorializes deceased members and special friends.

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