DANVILLE — For many, gardening is a form of relaxation and source of pride and joy. “I live for it,” said Danville Garden Club quasi-President Linda Fecker. Garden clubs also are important to beautifying cities, Fecker said.
The Danville Garden Club is celebrating its 100th anniversary with a special luncheon program June 4 at Harrison Park Clubhouse in Danville. About 60-65 attendees are expected and will be sporting hats at the event . ‘ There will be a presentation by Lori Thomas titled “Hats for Fashion, Fun and Memory Makers,” focusing on the original garden club members wearing hats and tying it all back to the club’s history and memories.
Scrapbooks and older photos will be on display at the event. The club currently has 68 active members from Vermilion County and the Covington, Ind., area.
Fecker, who is from Danville, said when she moved into her Hoopeston home, she felt “fatigued” with all the pea gravel in the backyard and was thinking of how was she going to make a garden. The first year, she made paths with the gravel and planted things but has since removed the gravel and laid down bricks. “I have a kind of a semi-formal garden, and I have borders all around.
I have had two weddings in my garden,” Fecker said. She’s also proud of her pond and bridge that she researched to match “the color of Monet’s bridge.” Garden club member and Vermilion County Museum Director Sue Richter has country garden with two plots.
The northern one was mo.