South Carolina H 5621: Greenville Garden Club

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2025-2026 Bill 5621 Text of Previous Version (Apr. 30, 2026) - South Carolina Legislature Online 

South Carolina General Assembly
126th Session, 2025-2026

Bill 5621

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A house RESOLUTION

to honor and RECOGNIZE THE Greenville Garden CLUB 
upON THE OCCASION OF ITS CENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY AND to WISH THE CLUB and its 
members MANY MORE YEARS OF CONTINUED SUCCESS. 

Whereas, at a luncheon 
on November 4, 2026, members of the Greenville Garden Club will mark the one 
hundredth anniversary of their founding. Established in 1926 and federated with 
the National Garden Clubs in 1933, the Greenville Garden Club is also 
affiliated with the South Atlantic Region, Garden Club of South Carolina, West 
Piedmont District, and the Greenville Council of Garden Clubs; and

Whereas, the Greenville 
Garden Club strives to stimulate and encourage gardening practices among 
amateur gardeners and foster knowledge and appreciation of horticulture, aid in 
the protection of the natural environment, provide instruction on indoor 
gardening and floral design, and promote garden therapy and residential 
gardening; and

Whereas, many years 
ago, upon receiving a grant from Better Homes and Gardens, the members 
purchased trees and established Greenville's first arboretum at the Spring 
House in Falls Park. Now, 

every year they participate in the Greenville 
Council of Garden Club's annual Arbor Day celebration by planting a tree in one 
of the gardens that they help to maintain. They also put on horticulture 
exhibits to help promote the love and knowledge of horticulture, providing a 
minimum of five horticultor shows at club meetings every year; and

Whereas, the club 
educates its members in providing a habitat for wildlife and encourages them to 
have their yards certified. They also provide education about birds, their 
feeding habits and habitat, as well as providing club members with written 
materials on various gardening subjects. The Greenville Council of Garden Clubs 
representative keeps the club informed of council activities and encourages 
club members to support and participate in the council. The members actively participate 
in flower show schools, landscape design schools, garden study courses, and 
environmental workshops; and

Whereas, the club helps 
provide the joy of gardening and blooming plants to shut-ins and nursing home 
patients with garden therapy, as well as teaching children in the community 
about gardens, what they can grow and how to encourage pollinators. Every year 
they like to put on a poinsettia sale and a fashion show for their community; 
and

Whereas, the club supports 
Plant America and historic preservation. They encourage members to become life 
members of the National Garden Club and support their objectives by sending delegates 
to national conventions, observe National Garden Week, and give financial 
support through the sale of National Garden Club calendars and The National 
Gardener magazine; and

Whereas, the Garden 
Club of South Carolina encourages members to support scholarships by becoming life 
members. They send delegates to conventions, support the objectives of the 
Garden Club of South Carolina, and send campers to Camp Wildwood. The club 
supports many organizations such as Meals on Wheels, Woodland Elementary School, 
and The Legacy at Southpointe Drive assisted living facility; and

Whereas, in the 
Greenville community, the club maintains the gardens surrounding the patio off 
the kitchen at Kilgore-Lewis House. The members work with Habitat for Humanity 
to provide plants for new homes in the community. The club created the Rock 
Quarry Garden in 1926 and today they work with the parks and recreation department 
to maintain the garden and keep it safe for the community; and

Whereas, through 
fundraising, educational programing, and dedication to beautification projects, 
the Greenville Garden Club has, for one hundred years, graciously benefited and 
enhanced the life of the entire Greenville community and the State of South 
Carolina. Now, therefore,

Be it resolved by the House of Representatives:

That the members of the 
South Carolina House of Representatives, 
by this resolution, honor and recognize the Greenville Garden Club upon the 
occasion of its centennial anniversary and wish the club and its members many 
more years of continued success. 

Be it further resolved 
that a copy of this resolution be presented to the Greenville Garden Club.

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