Pretty Sally Garden Club Kilmore presented a $1000 cheque to Rochester Community House last month to help with flood relief.
The garden group raised more than $600 through a plant sale at Kilmore Scout Market in October and added more donations to put towards Rochester’s community garden and food service.
President Glenys Crome said the cheque was ‘well-received’ by Rochester Community House.
“They were so grateful because they’re trying to get the community garden up and going and feeding 100 people – they’re cooking for 100 people once a week,” she said.
“We just felt we couldn’t really help in any other way and because we’re a garden club, we’ve got all plants, and we thought well these people are establishing their gardens.”
With about 20 members at the club, Ms Crome said it was always looking for new members.
“Like everything, a lot of our members are getting older and retiring from the club – there are so many people moving into Kilmore that may know nothing about gardening and we’re always happy to give advice,” she said.
“It’s just a very friendly social group as well, we have lots of outings during the year.”
The group is taking a break and will resume in February.
People interested can contact Glenys on 0409 145 455, or join its Facebook group, Pretty Sally Garden Club Group.
