Tag: Terra Nova Garden Club
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Terra Nova Garden Club presents scholarship to teen interested in horticulture
By REBECCA HERSH Correspondent Digging beneath the Route 1 and Route 27 congested suburban landscape of Edison, one discovers an Edison that might make some green with envy – an Edison that reflects New Jersey’s nickname “The Garden State.” For seven decades, Edison residents have nurtured a garden project called the Terra Nova Garden…
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Terra Nova Garden Club presents wheelchairs to veterans
PHOTO COURTESY OF DOT JAMIESON Members of the Terra Nova Garden Club of Edison presented new wheelchairs to residents of the New Jersey State Veterans Memorial Home in Menlo Park on July 17. This year’s recipients are Ernest Beese, Helen McCormick and Elton Hill (not pictured). Pictured with the residents are Betty Urbanik, left to…
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St. Helen’s School students win poster contest
PHOTO COURTESY OF DOT JAMIESON St. Helen’s School second grader Aanya Kushwaha, left, and fifth grader Morgan Caraballo-Ocampo are the winners of the Smokey Bear and Woodsey Owl Poster Contest. The U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Service and the National Garden Clubs of New Jersey offer the contest to encourage the understanding of wildlife preservation…
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Terra Nova Garden Club to hold plant sale May 18
The Terra Nova Garden Club of Edison will hold its annual plant sale from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on May 18 at 50 Livingston Ave., Edison. Rain date is May 19. There will be a host of annuals, perennials and herbs to choose from, along with garden accessories. There will also be local…
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Terra Nova Garden Club to offer lecture on deer resistant gardens
The Terra Nova Garden Club of Edison will offer a lecture on deer resistant gardens at 6:30 p.m. on Feb. 27 at the North Edison Library, Grove Ave. New members always welcome.
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Purchase wreaths to mark veterans’ graves
For the 10th consecutive year, the Terra Nova Garden Club of Edison will present the Wreaths Across America program, wherein Christmas wreaths are placed on every veteran’s grave, at noon on Dec. 16 at St. James Church Piscatawaytown Burial Ground, 2136 Woodbridge Ave., Edison. A wreath will be placed on the grave of each veteran buried there,…
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Garden Club sets bus trip to Culinary Institute of America
The Terra Nova Garden Club of Edison will hold a bus trip to the Culinary Institute of America (CIA) and the Vanderbilt Mansion, Hyde Park, New York, on June 25. Cost is $115 per person, which covers all entrance fees, transportation, gratuities and a three course lunch at the CIA. Bus leaves from Inman and Grove…
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Terra Nova Garden Club donates wheelchair to Veteran
Three members of The Terra Nova Garden Club of Edison met the recipient of their club’s donation of a specially designed high-back wheelchair on July 23. Robert Wherle, a resident of the New Jersey Veterans Memorial Home at Menlo Park, is a veteran and survivor of numerous battles that took place during World War II.…
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Edison participates in Wreaths Across America
By KATHY CHANG Staff Writer EDISON — The freedoms Americans experience today did not come without a price, said U.S. Navy veteran Edward Marczak. “We honor [military men and woman] and their families for the sacrifices they make for us each and every day to keep our country free and safe from terrorism,” he said. “When…