In collaboration with the City of Marlborough we have adopted many areas throughout the city. We maintain these areas with spring and fall cleanups. We plant many flowers, bulbs, trees, shrubs, to make sure that the areas are kept blooming from spring through fall. It takes many dedicated hours of planting, weeding, watering to make sure that Marlborough is kept blooming throughout the season.

These are a few of the areas we maintain and/or plant:

CIRCLE GARDEN: City hall garden, a joint activity with the city. We plant geraniums in the spring and mums and cabbage in the fall. This garden is the rear entrance to City Hall.

WOMEN’S VETERAN PARK: This is a joint activity with the city. We planted a perennial garden and add geraniums in the spring and mums in the fall. This garden is located on Rt. 85 Marlborough.

MIDDLE SCHOOL ENTRANCES: This is also a joint activity with the city. We have planted on both the Bolton St. and Union St. entrances to the Middle School. Both areas have seen a rejuvenation since we have put our efforts into weeding, planting and mulching the areas.

GHILONI PARK WOODLAND GARDEN: This is an area beyond the walking track off the paved pathway that branches to the right and continues into the woods. This garden was done as part of the club’s 40th anniversary celebration. We place a granite bench in a small oval surrounded by native plant materials. The members planted several mountain laurels, ferns and foamflower groundcover, both around the bench and across the path. We have continued to add plants and maintain this garden.

ENTRANCE SIGNS: We have signs at the Southborough, Hudson, Northboro, and Sudbury lines. We plant these sign each spring. In recent years we have done a uniform planting at each sight, with red, white and blue flowers. We have planted daffodils in front of each box to harbor in the spring.

FREEMAN SCHOOL: This is another joint activity with the city. We were approached by the city about doing a new planting on the Washington St. side of the building. With cooperation of the city and club members we came up with a plan and put it into action. We planted trees, shrubs and flowers. A vast improvement to the site and much appreciated by the neighboring homes on Washington St.

We have also given a grant to Marlborough Hospital which they used to put in new trees and plantings by the new Emergency Room wing.

One of our members, Pam Palmer, and her husband have generously given their time and plants to beautify the front and back gardens at the Marlborough Public Library. With the help of other members, the site was maintained, unofficially, throughout the year.

To be supplied, please check back for updates.

The Colonial Garden Club Scholarship is administered by Citizens' Scholarship Foundation of Marlborough, Inc. Scholarships are available to all Marlborough residents regardless of what secondary school they attend. They may attend, St. Michael's School, Assabet Valley Regional Technical School, etc. The Colonial Garden Club Scholarship is awarded to a graduating high school senior pursuing a degree in Agriculture, Natural Resources, Forestry, Horticulture or Environmental Sciences. It is a $500 award.

The 2005 scholarship winner is Andrew Taillacq, from Assabet Valley Regional Technical School. He is attending the Stockbridge School at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

Applications are available at all of the high schools and the Marlborough Public Library. Applications are due April 15th. Citizens' Scholarship Foundation also administers other scholarships. Awards are announced in June.

Passes to Garden in the Woods for public and club use, available at the Marlborough Public Library.