Butte Garden Study Group
The Butte Garden Study Group meets on the last Wednesday of each month
at the College of Technology, and guests are warmly encouraged to
attend. More information appears below.
The Butte Garden Study Group has been in existence for five years and is a member of the Montana Federation
of Garden Clubs.
Steering Committee: Cindy Ford,
Sharon Chebul (406) 494-4490, Gayle Brooks (406) 782-5114, Vicki Erickson, Jan Churchill and Norman
DeNeal (406) 723-6656.
Click the date to read our quarterly membership newsletter
August 2004
December 2004
February 2005
January 2006
Meeting topics are voted on by group members and scheduled one year in advance. Please call one of the members listed above for more information.
The Butte Garden Study Group is one of the larger clubs affliated with the Montana Federation of Garden Clubs. Although we formed in 2001, Butte has a proud tradition of gardening and social service. In fact, the late Evelyn Mooney from Butte served as president of the National Garden Clubs, Inc. from 1957-59.
UPCOMING MEETINGS:
Wednesday, November 19, 2008 at 7:00pm [note date change]
at the College of Technology
History of the 140 year old "Old Lexington Gardens"
And a short program on "Poinsettias"
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Christmas Party will be Wednesday, December 17th at 6:30pm
at the McQueen Club, Hecla and Continental Drive
This is a hors d'oeuvres event
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January's programs will be on "Pruning" and "Orchids"
We usually meet at 7:00pm on the last Wednesday of each month at the Montana Tech College of Technology (1.9 miles south of Wal-Mart on west side of Harrison Avenue - just past the Whitehall/Harding Way exit on Harrison.) Each meeting has at least two educational presentations. Dues are $20, about the cost of a good gardening magazine, and the knowledge you gain from membership is worth ten times the fee. The group's programs are selected by a vote of the membership. We also publish a quarterly newsletter "All the Dirt" for our members. Directly below are some pictures of our meetings and our newsletter.
SEEDS FOR SALE -- Beautiful Flowers for Your Garden! The Butte Garden Study Group has a large selection of flower seeds proven to grow vigorously in Montana.
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The restoration of the Butterfly Garden at Columbia Gardens was begun in 2001 and is one of our major community projects [above]. The Columbia Gardens was a 31 acre Victorian park on the east side of town nestled up against the Continental Divide at the headwaters of the Columbia River. The site of the restored Columbia Gardens Butterfly is in the heart of the Historic District in Butte, at the historic corner of Granite and Arizona Streets. Both annual and perennial foliage plants in silver-green, yellow and maroon colors were used. The butterfly form is the Montana State butterfly, the Mourning Cloak. Click here to read more about this project and view pictures of some of the plants used in 2004 to create the butterfly. Last year we received a donation of over 450 pansy plants, adding to the complexity of the pattern. We've received over $6400 from grant money and other fundraisers for this project and other educational endeavors.
The Butte Garden Study Group membership is dedicated to:
We've been busy this past year sponsoring a public garden tour, a private garden tour of members' gardens, publication of a "Garden of the Week" in the local newspaper, offering 34 educational programs for our members, raising funds and grants, and enjoying our annual picnic and plant exchange, and the Christmas party.
For further information on membership or our community service projects, please call Gayle Brooks at 782-5114 or Norm DeNeal at 723-6656. We'd love to have you join our group!
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