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Red Bluff Garden Club member Kit Reynolds made her first wreath in December 2023.
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Red Bluff Garden Club member Kit Reynolds made her first wreath in December 2023.
The Red Bluff Garden Club “elves” are gearing up for their annual Scholarship Christmas Boutique and Green Sale to be held Dec. 11-14.
The RBGC began providing scholarships to high school seniors in 1972. Since then, 88 scholarships have been awarded. And just since 2006, the scholarship amount is over $63,000! All proceeds from this seasonal project are designated to fund up to three or more scholarships with a maximum of $1,500 each to Tehama County high school seniors who are entering college and pursuing a career in plant/horticulture fields.
The number and amount of the yearly scholarships varies depending on what is earned from our green sale and donations, as well on the number of applications received. Interested high school seniors are encouraged to check with their guidance counselors for applications in early January. Students must have a desire to pursue a field of study pertaining to plants, horticulture, environmental studies, floral design, agriculture, or other related studies.
In 2024, Red Bluff gave out scholarships to 7 high school seniors graduating from Corning, Los Molinos, and Red Bluff High Schools for a total of $9,000 due to generous support of our local community!
When looking back through club history to when the Wreath and Green Sale began in 1972, the garden club members initially made small items from fresh pines and sold baked goods as well as selling plants to earn the needed funds for scholarships.
Over the years, the garden club has expanded the Christmas sale by purchasing wreath making machines to aid in the creation of our wreaths. All items are made with fresh, local greens, often collected from our member’s or neighbor’s gardens. We use a variety of conifers such as pines, firs, spruce, junipers, or redwood. Broadleaf trees such as magnolia, holly, laurel, bay, and eucalyptus are also available to be added to designs or wreaths.
Once the wreaths are formed by our club members with the fresh, fragrant greens, each are artistically embellished with trim and ribbon to make them a one-of-a kind décor for your Christmas holiday. Door swags and centerpieces are also individually created and are very popular. Our busy elves are happy to make the fresh green designs to your specifications with your choice of trim and ribbon.
This year our sale location will once again be the Union Hall, 12889 Baker Road, just off Walnut Street. Our store front will be open to the public Wednesday-Friday, Dec. 11,12, and 13 from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 14, we will be open from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. We hope you will come by to purchase a beautiful, hand-made, wonderfully fragrant wreath, swag, or centerpiece! In addition to our special green designs, our boutique will have a variety of crafts, homemade candy, cookies, jams, jellies, fruits, nuts, and other baked goods made by our club members. We also gladly accept donations to our scholarship fund. Please make plans to stop by to browse our selections and enjoy the sights and smells of Christmas!
We would love to help you with your Christmas decorating and gift giving while you help with providing scholarships to Tehama County high school seniors. You can find Red Bluff Garden Club on Facebook for updates on this and other garden club events.
The Red Bluff Garden Club is a member of Cascade District, California Garden Clubs, Inc., Pacific Region Garden Clubs, Inc., and National Garden Clubs, Inc.
Sunny. High 64F. Winds light and variable..
Clear to partly cloudy. Areas of patchy fog developing. Low around 40F. Winds light and variable.
Updated: December 4, 2024 @ 11:21 am
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