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Community Projects

A society grows great when people plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.” ~Greek proverb
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Projects fulfilling this mission are proposed by our Community Projects Committee, approved by our Board of Directors, and authorized by a majority vote of the CGC membership.  Non-profit organizations seeking information on how to apply for CGC funding may contact [email protected] or download the form:
Click Here for the 2025 CGC Project Proposal Form
Final Reports are DUE for 2023 Projects. 

  1. The deadline for the submission of the Project Final Report for projects approved in 2024 is May 31, 2025.
  2. Please include in your final report:
  1. Project title and reference number
  2. Your name
  3. Name of your organization’s authority, if not you
  4. Start and finish dates of the project
  5. A brief description of the project
  6. A statement of how the final project:
    1. supports the mission and vision of the Country Garden Club (above);
    2. will impact on the current public and future generations within Northwest Ohio
    3. aligns (or not) with your original intentions on the proposal
  7. Funds awarded from CGC
  8. Detail and total of funds spent (please attach receipts)
  9. Photos of the project (before, during, and after, if possible)
  1. Please submit your report to [email protected]
Country Garden Club's History of Giving:

Our  mission is to promote knowledge of horticulture and conservation and to enhance our community’s natural
environment.   From our first funded project in 1934 until now, we have raised over $750,000 for community projects.  Ongoing projects are listed in the decade the commitment was first made.

 
2020’s

2023 Arbor Day Tree                                                           $244
2023 Downtown Holiday Decorations                             $2676
2023 Downtown Hanging Baskets                                   $1008
2023 Black Swamp Intern Scholarships                           $3000
2023 Aurora Project Community Garden                       $3000
2023 Ft Meigs Landscaping                                               $3212
2023 Tackling Maumee River Debris                               $1669
2023 Rossford Garden Plant Labels                                 $1750
2023 HPI Native Prairie Sign                                              $1000
2023 PJHS Wildflower Outdoor Lab                                 $6000
2023 WW Knight Boardwalk Replacement                     $4000
2023 Falcon Food Pantry/Garden Shed                           $750
2022Downtown Holiday Decorations                              $2,675
2022 Downtown Hanging Baskets                                   $1,008
2022 Black Swamp Intern Scholarship                             $1,800
2022 Arbor Day Tree                                                           $244
2022 Way Library Landscaping – New Parking Lot        $4,364
2021 City of Perrysburg-Watering Baskets                     $1,794
2021 Downtown Holiday Decorations                             $5,170
2021 Hanging Baskets for Downtown                             $927
2021 Rotary Park Landscaping                                          $6,280
2021 Scholarship–Black Swamp Conservancy Intern    $1,800
2020 Arbor Day Tree                                                           $111      
2020 Bee Houses-Boy Scout Troop 110                          $1,000
2020 City of Perrysburg-Rte. 25 Landscape                    $10,629
2020 Black Swamp Conservancy Landscaping               $8,000
2020 Hospice Garden Restoration                                   $700
2020 Perrysburg Area Historical Museum – Garden    $100
2020 577 Foundation Scholarship – Intern                     $1200

2010’s

2019 Reduction of Single-Use Plastic Bags Project        $3,948
2019 577 Scholarship                                                          $2,400
2019 Hanging Baskets for Downtown                             $1,080
2019 Downtown Holiday Decorations                              $4,361
2019 Sawyer Preserve                                                        $2,007
2019 P. J. H Water Bottle Fillers                                        $9,950
2018 Hanging Baskets Downtown                                    $1,008
2018 Hospice of Northwest Ohio                                     $5,430
2018 577 Foundation Scholarship                                    $1,800
2018 Perrysburg Historical Museum                               $3,569
2018 Way Public Library                                                     $265
2018 Arbor Day Tree                                                           $250
2018 Holiday Decorations Downtown                             $4,195     
2017 Hanging Baskets Downtown                                    $1,020
2017 Perrysburg historical Museum                                $1,800
2017 Downtown Holiday Decorations                             $4,579
2017 Arbor Day Tree                                                           $250
2016 Downtown Holiday Decorations                             $4172
2016 Garden shed for Hospice of Northwest Ohio       $3,974     
2016 Junior Master Gardener Program,
                 577 Foundation                                                   $338
2016 Wood County Parks, Sawyer Nature Preserve     $32,800
2016 Arbor Day Tree                                                           $300
2016 Stepping Stone for Governor’s Mansion               $250
2016 Black Swamp Conservation Scholarship                $1,500
2016 Hanging Baskets for Downtown                             $1,120
2015 First Friday                                                                  $469
2015 Hanging Baskets Downtown                                    $1,100
2015 Arbor Day Tree                                                           $250
2015 Downtown Holiday Decorations                             $2,937
2015 Growing 2 Give                                                           $3,980
2014 Way Public Library Tree Replacement                   $4,188     
2014 Nature Conservancy-Kitty Todd Preserve             $2,625
2014 Perrysburg Village Voices                                         $2,175
2014 Cocoon Shelter                                                           $200
2014 Toledo Museum of Art                                             $500
2014 Country  Garden Endowment Fund                        $1,359
2013 Perrysburg Heights Community Garden               $290      
2013 Perrysburg Heights Community Association        $250      
2013 Wood County Parks                                                  $350
2013 Penta Career Center                                                  $250      
2013 Country Garden Club Endowment Fund               $1,510     
2010 Growing 2 Give                                                          $2,675
 
2000’s   
2009 Rotary Park Tree Donation                                      $2,000
2009 Garden Club of America Centennial Project         $2,675
2008 PAAC Sculpture Garden                                            $6,000
2007 Perrysburg Heights                                                    $5,985  
2006 City of Perrysburg Gateway Project                 $16,861
2006 WCPD Greenhouse Projects                                    $100
2006 Perrysburg Schools Veggie U                                   $4,000
2005 Garden Club of America Endowment Fund          $100      
2004-12 Perrysburg Hanging Baskets                             $9,960     
2004-05 Ohio Forestry Camp Scholarship                      $160      
2004 Country  Garden Club Endowment                         $50  
2004 Hospice of Northwest Ohio Tree                            $400      
2004 Maumee River Water Monitoring                          $43
2003-09 Triennial Flower Show                                        $15,182
2003-05 W. W. Knight Nature Preserve Lab                   $30,000     
2003 Milestone Park                                                           $600      
2003 Toth School Beautification                                       $100      
2003 Way Public Library Patio Garden                            $200
2002-07 Garden Club of America Scholarship Fund     $2,100
2002-03 Wildflower Fund                                                  $50
2001-02 Black Swamp Bird Observatory                         $100
2000-05 Way  Public Library                                              $75,000
2000-02 Awards                                                                  $107
2000-01 Toledo Botanical Garden                                    $5,000     
2000-01 Books for Library                                                  $55        
2000-01 Scenic Ohio                                                           $100
 
1990’s
1999-04 Hospice of Northwest Ohio Gazebo                 $8,000     
1999-01 Daffodil Bulbs for City Park                                $472
1998-04 Nature Conservancy                                            $4,100
1998-00 Scholarships                                                          $750      
1998-00 Feed Your Neighbor                                            $15
1998-99 Garden Club of America Book Donations       $265
1997-98 Garden Club of America Butterfly Garden      $1,000     
1997-98 Perrysburg Playground Project                          $5,000     
1997-98 Perrysburg Arts Council                                      $4,230
1997-98 Betty Corwin Trees for City                               $2,500
1996-99 Big Darby Creek                                                    $200
1996-98 Community Parks                                                $545
1996-97 Perrysburg Heights Community                        $4,280
1995-02 Black Swamp Conservancy                                 $4,010
1995-96 Scenic Byways                                                      $100
1994-10 Arbor Day Tree Fund                                           $3,600     
1994-2001 W. W. Knight Nature Preserve                      $78,257     
1994-95 Way  Public Library                                              $1,000         
1994-95 Save  the Commodore                                        $1,000
1993-2001 Maumee Valley Heritage Corridor               $725
1993-95 Eco Logics School                                                 $3,050     
1993-94 Ohio Dept. of Natural Resources
          Wildlife Fund                                                                   $75
1992-93 Perrysburg Heights                                              $3,050
1991-98 Scenic America Slippery Elm Trail                     $75
1991-94 Perrysburg Green Fund                                      $5,726
 1991-92 Woodsey Owl Costume                                      $2,670         
 1991-92 Garden Club of Ohio                                           $150
 1991-92 Perrysburg 175th Celebration                            $108
 1990-93 Way Public Library                                               $8,748         
1990-91 International Fellowship                                     $200      
 1990-91 Ohio Department of Natural Resources          $94            
 1990-91 Parents Against Substance Abuse                     $50            
 
 1980’s 1989-95 Biennial Flower Show                                        $2,760
     1989-93 Friends of the Parks                                            $75  
    1989-90 Hood Park                                                             $17,500
    1989-90 Tree City                                                                $50            
    1989-90 577 Foundation                                                    $2
    1988-93 Toledo Garden Forum                                       $345
    1988-91 Ohio Environmental Council                              $200
    1986-88 Wood County Parks                                           $700
    1986-88 Perrysburg Revitalization                                   $300
    1986-88 Garden Club of American
                    Interchange Fellowship                                      $450
    1986-87 Flower Show                                                         $1,140         
    1986-87 City of Perrysburg Green Fund                          $200
    1985-96 Woodlands Park                                                  $3,163
    1985-86 Acid  Rain Partnership                                        $50
1984-86 OCTR Horti-therapy                                             $5
    1984-85 Wood County Mental Health Tree                   $65
    1984-85 Arbor Day Tree                                                     $200
    1984-85 Junior League of Toledo Tree                            $254
    1984-85 Rapids Road/Route 20 Plantings                      $1,575
    1983-85 National Parks Conservation                             $15            
    1983-85 Garden Club of Ohio Scholarship                      $25
    1983-84 Maumee Valley  Historical Society                   $250
    1983-84 Christmas Trees/Decorations                            $512
    1982-95 Student Conservation Association                   $250/yr.
    1982-90 Perrysburg Arbor Day                                        $200
    1982-88 Crosby Gardens                                                    $25/yr.
    1982-83 Toledo Museum of Art El Greco Exhibition     $500
    1982-83 Orleans Park Bird Houses                                  $115
    1982-83 Historic Perrysburg                                              $25
    1982-83 Christmas Trees/Decorations                            $909
    1982-84 Perrysburg Chamber of Commerce                  $35            
    1981-82 Various project expenditures                            $150
    1981-82 Woodland Park  Plantings                                 $250          
    1980-86 Save Old Portage Association                          $25/yr.
    1980-2001 Historic  Perrysburg                                        $200
    1980-81 Perrysburg Bike  Path                                          $850
    1980-81 Fort Meigs Fife & Drum Corp                           $25
                   
  1970’s
    1979-80 Forestry Scholarships                                         $110
    1978-79 Santa Cruz Island Fund                                       $50     
    1978-79 Fort Meigs Bike  Path                                          $2,000         
    1978-79 Perrysburg Parks Brochure                                $115
    1977-78 Trees for Bicentennial Park                                $198
    1977-78 American Land Trust                                          $163          
    1976-77 Hood Park –Live Spruce Tree                             $800          
    1976-77 Urban Design Study                                             $1,250
    1975-79 Bicentennial Celebration and Park                   $1,000         
    1973-89 Nature Conservancy, Ohio Forestry,
 Crosby Gardens, & other worthy projects               $1,000/yr.
    1970-75 Orleans Park Landscaping                                  $4,000         
     
 1960’s    
1968 Downtown Revitalization                                        $200
 1965-66 Commodore Perry/Hood Park, State Hospital
          Flowers, Sesquicentennial Celebration,          $2,000         
 1965-2021 Downtown Perrysburg
          Christmas Decorations                                       $133          
1963 Youth Recreation Center Grounds                         $2,796        
1963 Perrysburg High School Plantings                           $2,500
1963 Penta Landscape Design &
         Horticulture Library                                                       $2,000
         
  1950’s   

1954 Flower Arrangements for
         TMA Dutch Paintings Exhibit                                       $275
    1954 Way Library Plantings                                               $250
 
1940’s
   

1949 TMA Painting of Flowers Exhibit                             $529
1947 Edna Ford Knight Garden                                         $100
    1947-48 Library Landscape                                                $300
    1941-46 Victory Gardens, Sewing,
Christmas Decorations, Donations                             in kind
    1940 Tools and Equipment                                                $25
    1940 Hood Park Improvements                                        $330
 
  1930’s

    1939-48 Christmas Doorway Contest                              $462
    1939 Wildlife Conservation Education                            $10  
    1939 Library Garden                                                           $47
    1936 Junior Garden Club Established                              $15  
    1936 Parking Strip Maintenance                                      $150          
    1934 Gas Station Beautification                                       $50            
    1934 Public School Lunch Program                                  $25  
    1934 Walbridge Park Wildflowers                                    $10            
    1934 Dixie Highway Beautification                                  $50  
    1934 Wildflower Garden, Radio Show                             $35  
    1934 Louisiana Avenue Plantings                                     $999
         


Recent Projects

W.W. Knight Project 
​In 1993, the Knight family generously donated forty-three acres of land
to the Wood County Park District. The Park District, together with
descendants of W. W. Knight and members of the Country Garden Club,
then finalized plans for what is now the W. W. Knight Nature Preserve.
The Country Garden Club has been involved with each phase of the
development of this unique Nature Preserve with its distinct areas of
prairie, wetland, and native meadow as well as its wildlife habitats. The
Country Garden Club first contributed $75,000 over six years for the
construction of a trail and boardwalk along the pond. Then, in 1995 the
Garden Club received a $5,000 award from the Garden Club of
America’s Founder Fund which, combined with $15,000 raised by
members, allowed the Country Garden Club to finance the Prairie
Restoration Project at the Nature Preserve. In 1996 the selected three-
acre site was planted with seeds from native prairie plants. The prairie is
now a living museum with over forty different grasses and forbs.
More recently, the Country Garden Club contributed $40,000 to fund the
Educational Lab in the Nature Center at the W. W. Knight Nature
Preserve, fulfilling the Club’s stated purpose “to promote the knowledge
of horticulture and conservation and to enhance our community’s natural
environment.”​
Reduction of Single-Use Plastic Bags in Perrysburg
In 2019 Country Garden Club offered the Perrysburg community the opportunity to reduce the number of single-use plastic bags in circulation. The Garden Club provided reusable, insulated shopping bags for the Perrysburg Christians United Food Pantry and the Zoar Lutheran Church Food pantry and they worked with the city of Perrysburg to educate the community on the negative impact of single-use plastic on the environment and to provide a convenient, environmentally-safe alternative to single-use plastic bags. The Country Garden Club’s reusable, insulted bags can be seen on the arms of environmentally conscious shoppers all around town.
Landscaping of the Spafford House Historic Museum​
In 2017, three years after the opening of the Spafford House Historical Museum, Country Garden Club funded the landscaping of the site. The landscaping around the foundation of the house, the plantings in the Pioneer Utilitarian Garden, and the fencing with boxwoods along the front perimeter of the property are all in keeping with the historical significance of the museum, providing curb appeal and recognition for this historical site.

Ongoing and Historical Projects

Sawyer Quarry Nature Preserve – Wood County Parks
The Country Garden Club contributed over $32,000 to Sawyer Nature Preserve – Wood County’s newest park – to help with parking lot and signage creation, trails, and seating.  A portion of the proceeds raised from each year’s Trunk Show is used to fund projects that benefit our community.
​Holiday Trunk Show
In 1987, CGC began raising money by inviting vendors and shoppers to a trunk show at Carranor Hunt and Polo Club.  For over 30 years, the annual Holiday Trunk Show has been the main source of funding for the CGC’s community projects.  The show is a three day shopping extravaganza featuring 20-25 boutiques from around the country and attracts approximately 1500 shoppers each year.    ​
Country Garden Club Downtown Perrysburg Holiday Decorations
Downtown Perrysburg Holiday Decorations
Since 1965, the CGC has provided the holiday decorations that adorn Louisiana Street in downtown Perrysburg.  In 2011, the streets were lined with live evergreen trees which were then donated to the Wood County Parks for planting in parks and public spaces.  In the last 5 years, CGC has donated over $18,000 to continue this tradition
Downtown Perrysburg Hanging Baskets
Since 2004, CGC has provided the funding for the hanging baskets which grace the downtown summer streetscape and represents another collaborative project between the Club and the City of Perrysburg.  ​
Country Garden Club Downtown Perrysburg Hanging Baskets
Did you Know….

​That the Country Garden Club helps out the Hospice of Northwest Ohio?   Each spring the members of CGC plant the 27 containers which sit outside patient rooms at Hospice.
Country Garden Club Perrysburg Hospice of Northwest Ohio Flowers
Each year the Country Garden Club donates the Arbor Day Tree to the City of Perrysburg.  For 2021, a native Buckeye tree was planted at Three Meadows Park.  This tree will grow to 25 feet with a 20 foot spread. ​
Country Garden Club Perrysburg Arbor Day Ruby Red Horsechestnut Tree Rotary Park
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