Community Projects

Rochester Garden and Flower Club

Community Projects

Community Beautification Projects
The club members plant and maintain flower urns at Mayowood as well as maintain flower beds at the Soldiers Field Veteran Memorial and at the Olmsted County Fair Grounds. We also maintain the Rose Garden at the RCTC Heintz Center S.M.A.R.T Gardens.

Community Outreach

Habitat For Humanity - Each year club member volunteers support a new Habitat for Humanity Home with landscaping assistance and plants.

Mayowood ChristmasTour - Club volunteers design and decorate a room for the holidays for the Annual Mayowood Mansion Christmas Tours, an annual fund raiser for Mayowood Mansion maintenance funds.

Mayowood Planters - Club volunteers plant and maintain 45 planters on the Mayowood grounds May thru September. We partner with the RCTC Horticulture Department students who design the planters as well as grow the plants for this project in a class room activity.

Olmsted County Fair Flower Show & Workshop - Club members sponsor a Flower Show and a free flower arranging workshop providing flowers, containers and design assistance to fair attendees prior to the Olmsted County Fair Flower Show.

Olmsted County Fairgrounds Planting - To enhance the Fair Grounds, club volunteers plant and maintain flower beds and planters on the fair grounds.

Rochester Area Family Y Plantings - Each spring club volunteers design and plant five large outdoor planters at the Rochester Area Family Y.

RCTC S.M.A.R.T Garden - Rose Project - During the summer, club volunteers maintain a rose garden at the RCTC Heintz Center S.M.A.R.T. Gardens, which are designed and created by the Horticulture Department students.

Soldier's Field Veterans Memorial - Club volunteers plant and maintain flower beds around the Soldiers Field Veterans Memorial from May into October.

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