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City of Palo Alto (ID # 13640)
City Council Staff Report
Report Type: Meeting Date: 11/1/2021
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Title: Proclamation for the 100th Anniversary of the Garden Club of Palo Alto
From: City Manager
Lead Department: City Clerk
Attachments:
• Attachment2.a: Attachment A: 100th Anniversary of the Garden Club
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Proclamation
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Tom DuBois
Mayor
Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of the Garden Club of Palo Alto
WHEREAS, on October 28, 1921, twelve ladies, led by Mrs. Frederick Wheeler, gathered together and
formed an organization called the Garden Club of Palo Alto to encourage an interest in gardening, horticulture,
artistic use of flowers and plants, and conservation of natural resources; to educate the community in these
subjects; and to assist in the beautification of public areas in the City of Palo Alto and elsewhere; and
WHEREAS, Garden Club members have helped create interest in gardening and artistic use of flowers in
public areas by providing flower arrangements or planting flowers, shrubs, trees, in public areas such as
libraries, schools, City Center, Community Center, fire stations, hospitals; and
WHEREAS, Garden Club members have effectively provided education in gardening techniques from
composting, hybridization, natural methods of pest control, vitalizing vacant lots for the planting of Victory
Gardens to support our Veterans, and establishing special vegetable gardens to meet the needs of the
unemployed, to developing the first tree map, tree labels, and a book of Palo Alto Trees; and
WHEREAS, due to the Garden Club members' vision of a public garden center that would provide
educational programs and demonstration gardens to the public, the members of the Garden Club have been key
in the establishment in 1985 of the Elizabeth F. Gamble Garden and it’s continued support; and
WHEREAS, Garden Club members, through fundraising have given hundreds of thousands of dollars;
purchased war bonds, gardening books for libraries, Christmas trees and wreaths for the City; have donated to
Audubon Society for teacher scholarships, the California Council for Roadside Beauty, the Woman’s Club for
Garden Restoration; and pledge to plant 100 trees in the Palo Alto area in the Clubs 100th year.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Tom DuBois, Mayor of the City of Palo Alto on behalf of the entire City Council
do hereby proclaim October 28th as the Garden Club of Palo Alto Day in the City of Palo Alto. We honor and
congratulate the Garden Club of Palo Alto on its 100th Anniversary and commend it for its significant
educational and horticultural contributions to the community.
PRESENTED: November 1, 2021
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