MEMBERSHIP

Why join the Cooper-Young Garden Club?

Because we’re a dynamic club that likes to have fun and get things done!
Anyone interested in gardening is welcome to join our club; you don’t need to live in our neighborhood.

Our members include men, women, of all ages and garden experience. We enjoy growing and talking about plants. We also swap plants and look for ways to make our neighborhood beautiful.

Guests! You are welcome to attend two free meetings before joining the club. Dues are only $20 a year, which includes $8 for The Tennessee Federation of Garden Clubs. Family memberships are $30 (two persons at same mailing address). https://donorbox.org/cygw-membership

MEETINGS

Our club meets the Third Wednesday of each month, 6-8 pm. Our location varies between club members homes or Stone Soup Cafe, 993 S. Cooper Street.

The meeting starts at 6:00 p.m. with a potluck. At 6:30, there is a scheduled speaker or club program and it ends with a short business meeting.

MISSION

The Cooper-Young Garden Club:

• celebrates gardening
• cultivates beautiful spaces
• connects gardeners for friendship, volunteerism, and neighborhood beautification projects

HISTORY

Our Club began January 2015 with 11 members but has grown to 30+ members. In 2016, we became a member of the Tennessee Federated Garden Club, District 1. Our club organization is a 501(c)3 organization.

OFFICERS

• President: Sharron Johnson
• 1st Vice President: Jim Wilson
• 2nd Vice-President: Connie Arduini
• Secretary:  Marguerite Zeller
• Treasurer:  Katie McHaney
• Publicity + Garden Walk Co-Chair: Kim Halyak

2020 SCHEDULE

CLUB OUTREACH

Our garden club and walk connects to the broader community through multiple funded garden projects.  Our goal is to show the neighborhood and the larger Memphis community that beautifying our outdoor spaces enhances the quality of life, improves our wellbeing, raises property values, decreases crime, and brings more tourists to our city, all without requiring city dollars.  

Club members also volunteer on city beautification plantings, such as “Planting the Parkways” Project and adopting the Spanish Memorial Park.

CLUB ACTIVITIES

• Annual Cooper-Young Garden Walk
• Hosts monthly garden club meetings on informative topics
• Awards “C Y We Beautify” neighborhood beautification grants
• Award monthly: “Yard of the Month, Business of the Month, + Beauty Grows Here” signs
• Established Certified Level 3 Arboretum
• Weeding/mulching Ginkgo Trees along Cooper
• Adds + Maintains gateway planters
• Decorate the Gazebo for the winter holidays
• Adopted Spanish Memorial Park
• Tree Reimbursement Program
• Help Peabody Elem. Garden Club with garden projects
• Publish garden club blog
• Publish monthly garden articles for Lamplighter
• Assist with CYCA monthly “Yard-a-Month” cleanups for elderly or medically challenged neighbors
• Participate in neighborhood “St. Patrick’s Day Parade”
• Member of:
  • Memphis Travel Bureau, Cooper-Young Community Association, Cooper-Young Business Association, and District 1, Tennessee Federation of Garden Clubs (TFGC).
• Gives talks about beautification ideas to other groups around MidSouth

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•  Joe + Bob, our newest members at MBG Trick or Treat. 

   

   

COMMUNITY MEMBERSHIPS

Our Garden Club members are heavily involved in community and environmental focused groups:

• Tn Federation of Garden Clubs
• Big Green
• Urban Forestry
• Memphis Horticultural Society
• Garden Writers of America
• MidSouth Sustainability Group
• The Compost Fairy
• Garden Blogger’s Fling Group
• Cooper Young Community Association
• Cooper-Young Business Association
• TN Native Plant Society
• Memphis herb Society
• Memphis Hosta Society
• Memphis Travel Bureau

NEED A SPEAKER?

We have members who can talk about:

• Composting
• Creating Container Gardens
• Best trees for the Midsouth
• Native Plants
• Ways to Transform Memphis through Gardening

Cooper-Young Garden Club provides speakers that participate in a variety of corporate, educational and community events.

We provide speakers free of charge but ask that you consider making a donation to the Cooper-Young Garden Club. (Mileage beyond 10 miles will be reimbursed at .53 a mile).

Please submit your request at least four weeks in advance.  Submission of this request does not guarantee, confirm or arrange a speaker for your event.  You will be contacted by a member of the Cooper-Young Garden Club team to follow up on your request.

Include the following information in your request and send to cooperyounggardenclub@gmail.com

• Organization
• Name of Requestor
• Email
• Phone
• Date of presentation
• Time of presentation
• Length of presentation
• Location
• Event purpose / theme
• Speaking topic
• Anticipated audience size
• Demographic of the audience
• What Audiovisual you provide

Thank you.