July, 2001, The West Salem Garden Club came to life, emerging much as the early buds of spring. It has grown as the result of a small group of neighbors who love people,love gardening, and love to share their ideas and knowledge of gardening.

Among the activities the garden club is involved in are:

• The West Salem Garden Club Cottage Garden Tour
  • The first five years we held our Cottage Garden Tour every year, then after the fifth year, we cut back to every other year.
  • Always held on the first Saturday in August.
  • West Salem opens 10 to 12 gardens for the tour.
  • Visitors from all over the state have come to enjoy our gardens.
  • Dollars raised through the sale of tickets go back into the neighborhood for such things as purchase of our Historic markers.
• Garden of the Week
  • Each year beginning in May the Garden of the Week Program begins and continues through the end of August.
  • The Garden of the Week program awards outstanding gardeners with a sign placed in their garden for one week at a time.
  • That gardener then moves the sign to a new yard.
• Flower Planting Projects
  • In the early spring, the garden club plants bulbs in the park and other public areas in the neighborhood - provided by the Keep Winston-Salem Beautiful Program.
  • Also, the garden club plants annuals and perennials each year in Granville Park, using flowers donated by the Keep Winston-Salem Beautiful Program.

The West Salem Garden Club meets once a month - always the third Thursday of each month at 6:30 PM. Our meeting location varies, depending on what activity we have going on that month. Check out the West Salem Neighborhood Calendar: WSNA CALENDAR

NEW GARDEN CLUB OFFICERS, elected January 2009

PRESIDENT: Joann Reed, joannsweetjo@yahoo.com
TREASURER: Greg Levoniuk, glevoniuk@triad.rr.com
Co-SECRETARYS: Allegra Strohman, astrohman@triad.rr.com
Patricia Olmstead, polmstead48@gmail.com