Green-walled Garden Club
Established in 1956, the Green-walled Garden Club started with 12 women who collaborated to meet the criteria of the Federated Garden Clubs of Maryland and the National Council. As a result of their efforts, the club joined Maryland’s 5th district in 1958. Inspired by John Greenleaf Whittier’s famous poem, “Barbara Fritchie,” the club created the name Green-walled from a line in the poem. Members of the Green-walled Garden Club actively support civic projects in Frederick City and the outlying county. They help beautify Frederick by contributing to various projects, including:
- Financial and committee support for Flowers over Frederick, a beautification project to fund hanging baskets that adorn light posts in downtown Frederick.
- Maintenance of public gardens on 6th and 7th streets.
- Youth therapy at Rock Creek School. Rock Creek School features individualized special education programming for students with severe intellectual, physical, emotional, hearing, visual and learning disabilities from age 3 to 21.
- Landscape contributions for the Delaplaine Visual Arts Education Center, Montevue Assisted Living facility, Catoctin Creek Nature Center, Fountain Rock Park and Nature Center, The Frederick County School’s Arboretum, and The
Healing Garden at Bonita Maas Park. - Partnerships with Catoctin Furnace Historical Society and Silver Oak.
- Academy to create a vegetable and herb gardens, as well as a butterfly garden, at the Way Station, Inc..
- Financial support for the Culler Lake renovation and the Carroll Creek Linear Park in downtown Frederick.
In addition, the club participates in Celebrate Frederick’s annual Candlelight House Tour, transforming a private home into a holiday treat inside and out with fresh greens and seasonal décor. The organization is proud of the efforts and contributions they have been able to make in Frederick thus far and, with your support of the Garden Tour, hope to continue these efforts in the future.
