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Find the latest updates from the Rapid City Garden Club. Our periodic posts offer a glimpse into the club’s activities, share gardening tips, and keep you informed about upcoming events.

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Tommorrow is the Day! 64th Annual Wreath & Greens Sale on December 6th, 8 am - 1 pm

Creative Arts Building, Pennington County Fairgrounds. Don't miss this annual fundraiser for the Rapid City Garden Club! For more than 60 years, the club has been collecting greens in the Black Hills and crafting a range of beautiful wreaths and greens in round and specialty frames, along with centerpieces, birdhouses, and porch pots. Your puchase will support the Club's mission to promote Knowledge, Sustainability, and the Beautification of Gardening for all generation. Fi

Greta Chapman

15 minutes ago1 min read

Countdown to the 64th Annual Wreath & Greens Sale on December 6th, 8 am - 1 pm

Don't miss this annual fundraiser for the Rapid City Garden Club! For more than 60 years, the club has been collecting greens in the Black Hills and crafting a range of beautiful wreaths and greens in round and specialty frames, along with centerpieces, birdhouses, and porch pots. Your puchase will support the Club's mission to promote Knowledge, Sustainability, and the Beautification of Gardening for all generation. Find out more on the club's website and consider becoming

Greta Chapman

5 days ago1 min read

Order your Wreaths Today!

Preorder your Wreath & Green items at this link https://forms.gle/H97HzpGQnAhgUo4p8 The Rapid City Garden Club will hold its 64th annual wreath and centerpiece sale from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, December 6th, at the Creative Arts Building at Central States Fairground (behind the Fine Arts Building) in Rapid City. Items for sale include hand-crafted wreaths, centerpieces, mailbox covers, arches and swags. All items are made from fresh greens collected in the Black Hills. Rap

Greta Chapman

Nov 271 min read

Wreath & Greens Weekly Count

Good evening Rapid City Garden Club! We continue to make good progress on our wreath making! The total count for wreaths made last week was 79, which is right at our weekly goal! Our goal is to average about 79 wreaths made per week. Thank you to everyone who has helped make wreaths so far, and to those who have been serving as openers and closers! This is the sign up for Wreath and Greens making if you know ahead of time that you will be able to make wreaths a certain day.

Kimmy Hayes

Nov 181 min read

Wreath & Greens Update

Good evening Rapid City Garden Club! We are off to a good start with our wreath making, with a total of 49 wreaths made this past week! Thank you to everyone who has come out so far to gather greens and make wreaths! Our goal is to average about 79 wreaths made per week, so we are in need of more volunteers each week. This is the sign up for our wreath/greens making days if you know ahead of time that you will be able to make wreaths a certain day. You can also show up impro

Kimmy Hayes

Nov 102 min read

October Club Meeting Reminder

Good morning Rapid City Garden Club! This is a reminder that our next club meeting will be tomorrow, Thursday, October 23, at the Creative Arts (not Fine Arts, apologies for the mistake) building at the fairgrounds. Please see below for the agenda and topics to be discussed. 6:00 Welcome & Birthday's Potluck 6:30 Wreath Greens Hands on 101 Horticulture Building ● Greens Gathering - Status ● Volunteers - Lead & Apprentices Signups ● Wreath/Greens Making Setu

Kimmy Hayes

Oct 211 min read

October Club Meeting

Good morning Rapid City Garden Club! It's time again for our next club meeting! Our next club meeting will be next Thursday, October 23, at the Fine Arts building at the fairgrounds. Please see below for the agenda and topics to be discussed. 6:00 Welcome & Birthday's Potluck 6:30 Wreath Greens Hands on 101 Horticulture Building ● Greens Gathering - Status ● Volunteers - Lead & Apprentices Signups ● Wreath/Greens Making Setup Oct.29/30 ● Wreath/Greens M

Kimmy Hayes

Oct 171 min read

Wreath/Greens Volunteer Reminder

Good evening Rapid City Garden Club! This is a reminder that we have more greens gathering dates coming up. The next date for greens gathering is this Saturday, October 18th! Please see the attached spreadsheets for upcoming volunteer dates and to sign up! Greens Gathering 2025 Greens Making & Sale 2025 If you have any questions or issues with putting your name down on the spreadsheets, please reach out and let me know! Thank you to all our members and volunteers! We can't wa

Kimmy Hayes

Oct 151 min read