Our Activities...
Some members work individually and others in small teams, dedicated to specific sites. We also work as a club on select days to visit every site. The June planting of the flowers is a half-day event for all members that follows an earlier half-day of site preparation. The October planting of winter flowers is a single half-day.
We meet six times a year in homes to review our work, plan, conduct business, and to provide limited training. We visit public gardens on occassion.
We have one fund-raiser each year, pre-selling flower baskets for Mothers Day pickup. Most of the 150 baskets go to repeat customers. Those who are comfortable make the contacts.
We celebrate together at our annual picnic and the Christmas dinner.
We also honor the winners of the City's annual Evergreen Awards.
Our Finances...
The club is a non-profit organization registered in the State of Washington UBI # 603-193-951. It is one of 121 member clubs of the Washington State Federation of Garden Clubs, a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization.
The club receives community funding from the city that covers over half of the annual cost of flowers and related supplies. The club makes up the balance from the proceeds of its annual sale of Mothers Day flower baskets. Basket sales cover the other club expenses.
Our History...
The club was founded in 1992 when Henry Andes and Gary Van Winkle came to a meeting of the Recreation & Parks Advisory Commission of which Robert Lytle was chairman. They requested permission to take care of the 220th and I-5 site and improve the appearance of the landscape. Permission was granted and Robert Lytle was included as a member. George Rowe was the only other club member at the time.
Soon after, the club built its first site at the Ballinger Playfield entrance to the city. They welcomed new members: John and Marie Shallenberger, Lois Caslin, Anna Marie Klinke, Joyce Barry, Bill Rounds, and Janet Arthur.
The club applied for a grant of $5,000 from the City of Mountlake Terrace to build a total of four sites and a pea patch. The city would only grant $2,000 and deemed the pea patch to be too costly. The goal of the club at this time was to beautify the city without cost to the city. The MLTGC added the Brier Fire Station site and two new members: Bonnie Mercer and Joy Admundson. The site on 236th was then built and Bobbie Newlin was welcomed as a new member. In 1993, the club built the site on 244th and added new member Roger Bergh.
Henry Andes was the first president in 1992. Robert Lytle was elected the second president followed by Joyce Barry and then Bobby Newman. The club joined the Washington State Federation of Garden Clubs, a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization. It is one of 14 clubs in the Evergreen District and 121 clubs in the state.
In 1995, Dave Mercer joined the club. As president he brought the club into a closer relationship with the city. With grants from the city and his talents as a contractor, he and club members volunteered many hours to build out the concrete block sites around the new concrete welcome signs the city was building. In 2004, the club rebuilt the I-5 Park & Ride site. In 2005, they completed work at 244th St. & 48th Ave W. Then in 2006, they completed both the site at Fire Fighters' Park on 228th and the site on Lakeview Drive at the Lake Ballinger playfields.
To reduce the annual cost of the flowers, shrubs and perennials were added in 2008.
In 2010 the City asked the club to take on the gardening duties at the new garden at the intersection of 65th and 236th. This had been transformed from an asphalt triangle surrounded by streets into a beautiful perennial garden when the city installed a new water line down the street. However, the new plantings require significant attention to flourish.
We meet six times a year in homes to review our work, plan, conduct business, and to provide limited training. We visit public gardens on occassion.
We have one fund-raiser each year, pre-selling flower baskets for Mothers Day pickup. Most of the 150 baskets go to repeat customers. Those who are comfortable make the contacts.
We celebrate together at our annual picnic and the Christmas dinner.
We also honor the winners of the City's annual Evergreen Awards.
Our Finances...
The club is a non-profit organization registered in the State of Washington UBI # 603-193-951. It is one of 121 member clubs of the Washington State Federation of Garden Clubs, a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization.
The club receives community funding from the city that covers over half of the annual cost of flowers and related supplies. The club makes up the balance from the proceeds of its annual sale of Mothers Day flower baskets. Basket sales cover the other club expenses.
Our History...
The club was founded in 1992 when Henry Andes and Gary Van Winkle came to a meeting of the Recreation & Parks Advisory Commission of which Robert Lytle was chairman. They requested permission to take care of the 220th and I-5 site and improve the appearance of the landscape. Permission was granted and Robert Lytle was included as a member. George Rowe was the only other club member at the time.
Soon after, the club built its first site at the Ballinger Playfield entrance to the city. They welcomed new members: John and Marie Shallenberger, Lois Caslin, Anna Marie Klinke, Joyce Barry, Bill Rounds, and Janet Arthur.
The club applied for a grant of $5,000 from the City of Mountlake Terrace to build a total of four sites and a pea patch. The city would only grant $2,000 and deemed the pea patch to be too costly. The goal of the club at this time was to beautify the city without cost to the city. The MLTGC added the Brier Fire Station site and two new members: Bonnie Mercer and Joy Admundson. The site on 236th was then built and Bobbie Newlin was welcomed as a new member. In 1993, the club built the site on 244th and added new member Roger Bergh.
Henry Andes was the first president in 1992. Robert Lytle was elected the second president followed by Joyce Barry and then Bobby Newman. The club joined the Washington State Federation of Garden Clubs, a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization. It is one of 14 clubs in the Evergreen District and 121 clubs in the state.
In 1995, Dave Mercer joined the club. As president he brought the club into a closer relationship with the city. With grants from the city and his talents as a contractor, he and club members volunteered many hours to build out the concrete block sites around the new concrete welcome signs the city was building. In 2004, the club rebuilt the I-5 Park & Ride site. In 2005, they completed work at 244th St. & 48th Ave W. Then in 2006, they completed both the site at Fire Fighters' Park on 228th and the site on Lakeview Drive at the Lake Ballinger playfields.
To reduce the annual cost of the flowers, shrubs and perennials were added in 2008.
In 2010 the City asked the club to take on the gardening duties at the new garden at the intersection of 65th and 236th. This had been transformed from an asphalt triangle surrounded by streets into a beautiful perennial garden when the city installed a new water line down the street. However, the new plantings require significant attention to flourish.