||| FROM ORCAS ISLAND GARDEN CLUB |||
The Orcas Island Garden Club awards grants to anyone with projects which support the mission of our club: to stimulate knowledge and love of gardening, cooperate in the protection and conservation of nature, and assist in the beautification of the community.
The grant application process opens January 1 through March 1. This year we are pleased to award $500 each to The Odd Fellows and Indralaya.
The Odd Fellows plan to use the grant to help beautify the Eastsound village and Odd Fellows Community Hall with vibrant plants. Led by Robin Kucklick, volunteers will put in planters, spring flowers, annuals, and perennials along with soil amendments.
The Indralaya Theosophical Center project goal is a vegetable restoration project. They plan to incorporate various strategies to rodent-proof their raised garden beds. The food produced will serve program participants with any surplus donated to the Orcas Island Food Bank.
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