Violet Crown Garden Club

Grow Green with New Knowledge

  • Contact Us
  • Calendar
    • Programs
  • Galleries
  • About Us
    • Officers & Mission
    • Affiliations
  • Home

Home

Clara DriscollIn the early spring of 1924, Mrs. Clara Driscoll Sevier called a meeting at her home, Laguna Gloria, for those interested in community beautification. The poet O. Henry called Austin “The City of the Violet Crown”. So the name Violet Crown Garden Club was adopted. The club met for 26 years in the Crystal Ballroom at the Driskill Hotel, then at various other locations. They helped to build the garden center at Zilker Botanical Garden and have been meeting there since their 40th anniversary in 1964.

Violet Crown is famous and known for its Flower Shows that are done twice a year — in the fall, usually in October, and in one in the spring. Flower Shows are fun and are a way to show our community the beauty of well grown plant material and creating floral designs. We are blessed to have some of the BEST designers in the District. June Wood, one of our outstanding designers, served as President of the National Garden Club and helped write the handbook on flower shows and judging.

 

Upcoming Programs

  1. Monthly Meeting

    January 28 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
  2. Monthly Meeting

    February 25 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
  3. Monthly Meeting

    March 25 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
  4. Monthly Meeting

    April 22 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
  5. Monthly Meeting

    May 27 @ 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm

View All Events

Copyright © 2021 · Genesis Sample on Genesis Framework · WordPress · Log in

  • Contact Us
  • Calendar
    • Programs
  • Galleries
  • About Us
    • Officers & Mission
    • Affiliations
  • Home