Garden Club
Lakewood Garden Club, active and energized for over 45 years, meets monthly to
celebrate a shared love of nature’s beauty.
Presentations by experts from the Kansas City metro area expand knowledge and understanding of environmental issues and preservation, redistributing garden produce to those in need, as well as tips and ideas for raising lovely gardens and landscaping.
Members work tirelessly together to raise funds for projects that enhance and support Lakewood and the broader community through outreach programs with grants to area schools, University Health/Truman Medical Ctr, and student scholarships (See LGC history).
While Lakewood Garden Club has a fun social component and cherished friendships are sewn & cultivated, this is also a high energy, outcomes-based membership. If you are looking for more information, please email us at lakewoodgardenclub64064@gmail.com.
Want to Join Us?
It’s $50 a year. Simply come to a meeting, stop by the administrative office or fill out the form and write a check to Lakewood Garden Club.
History of the Garden Club
Lakewood Garden Club was started in 1977 by fourteen women who shared a common interest in plants, landscaping and gardening. Now more than 45 years later, Lakewood Garden Club is a widely respected service club that serves Lakewood and Lee’s Summit.
In 2000, the Club was incorporated and granted nonprofit, tax exempt status. This provided the opportunity for individuals and businesses to make tax-deductible donations to fund our many worthwhile community services.
Our Programming
Many activities are sponsored by the Lakewood Garden Club. For 17 years one of the Club’s most successful fundraisers was an annual Pontoon Boat/Garden Tour. Due to very low lake levels, the boat tour was put on hold, and a new fundraiser, Black Dress and Bling, was developed with equal success. Funds raised from these events and various other fundraising activities allows our Garden Club to provide a number of beneficial community projects.
Our Community Impact
Generous college scholarships have been awarded annually to deserving local high school students who intend to major in environmental science. Recently, funds have been appropriated for classroom science grants to schools in the Blue Springs and Lee’s Summit School Districts.
Another way we strive to make a positive community impact is by participating in neighborhood outreach programs. We have donated flowers and gardening assistance to the Hilltop Residential School on Woods Chapel Road.
Currently, we partner with University Health/Lakewood in an outreach landscape project for their courtyard gardens.We continue to build our collaboration with the Delta Woods Middle School Student Garden Club.
Come Join Us
The Lakewood Garden Club is made up of friendly and knowledgeable members who share a love of nature and gardening. Over the years we have evolved from a group of interested gardeners to a dynamic organization that enhances its members’ knowledge and enjoyment of gardening and nature through planned activities and programs presented by experts in their field. We are proud to serve and improve our Lakewood community and beyond. Contact us at any time.
It’s $50 a year. Simply come to a meeting, stop by the administrative office or fill out the form and write a check to Lakewood Garden Club.
Beautification of Lakewood
Our most ambitious projects have involved the beautification of Lakewood though the donations of bronze sculptures.
2002 - “Dawn Sentinels”
The Club donated “Dawn Sentinels,” a lovely bronze fine art sculpture of two herons designed for our East Lake Marina.
2002 - “Touching Earth”
In an effort to continue this popular tradition, the Club donated a second piece, “Touching Earth.” This fine bronze sculpture captures a bald eagle landing in a well-landscaped dry creek bed at the West Lake Marina.
2013 - “Wind Forest”
In 2013 we donated three Wind Sculptures to the Lakewood community, and the following year we added two Double Dancer Wind Sculptures to create a “Wind Forest.” This is now a landmark in Lakewood which helped transform an unsightly rocky area into a popular focal point hosting events–weddings, yoga and even Lakewood’s “Concert on the Rock”! We added landscaping and a park bench, making this area a destination stop for residents.
2020 - “Natural Serenity”
Continuing the series of bronze sculptures by artist Robert Guelich, there were two deers and a buck donated to Lakewood in the green landing off Lakewood Boulevard. A ceremony was held June 12, 2020 to commemorate the donations.