Bases readied! Stacy Boulevard Dedication. Generous Gardeners Chris Williams Bronze Suite #GloucesterMA 400+ Legacy Project

Bases readied for Stacy Boulevard Chris Williams public art & commission, four bronze planters, a 400+ Legacy Project, led by Generous Gardeners for Stacy Boulevard landscape design by Ann Gilardi Johnson. Save the date: Saturday December 9, 2023, 3pm

Working with DPW, Ann Gilardi Johnson and Generous Gardeners design enhancements have been incorporated all along the Boulevard. See the plans and read more about that scope in a prior GMG post from 2017 here. The new flower beds and curved bench design astride the Fisherman at the Wheel replaced bench pairs and barrels long present.

Before | prior (no landscaping/flower beds 2019, 2021)

Original concept designs for Stacy Boulevard in 1908 were by Thomas Warren Sears,  major 20th century landscape designer and Olmsted student.  Recent garden expansions were designed by Ann Gilardi Johnson with DPW for the City of Gloucester and with Generous Gardeners. Gloucester Fishermen’s Wives memorial by Morgan Faulds Pike. Gloucester Fisherman at the Wheel Memorial (Man at the Wheel) by Leonard Craske

Come Vote for Saturday for your Favorite

Generous Gardeners Dahlia Flower and Photography Competition

 

COME VOTE SATURDAY FOR YOUR FAVORITE! 

The display will be free and open to the public from 11:00 – 2:00 at the Bass Rock’s Golf Club 34 Beach Road, Gloucester. Vote for your favorite for the People’s Choice award!  The Judges’ winner and People’s Choice winner will win a black Generous Gardeners apron embroidered with “Dahlia Competition Winner.”

For registration information to participate and to learn more about the event go to https://generousgardeners.org.

Generous Gardeners

101 Western Ave, Ste 1
Gloucester, MA 01930

Generous Gardeners Dahlia Flower and Photography Competition

As we walk on Stacy Boulevard the beauty of the flowers bring so much joy. Thank you Generous Gardeners.

 

Generous Gardeners Announces a Dahlia Flower and Photography Competition

Generous Gardeners is hosting our first Dahlia Flower and Photography Competition to be held September 30 at Bass Rocks Golf Club, Gloucester. Specimen dahlias in a variety of categories and photographs of dahlias are sought for competition entries. The display will be free and open to the public from 11:00 – 2:00. Vote for your favorite for the People’s Choice Award.

There are four categories of dahlia flowers and three categories of dahlia photographs.  Each category is limited to 15 submissions, so if you would like to compete, please register soon.  Each participant is limited to two entries.

For registration information to participate and more about the event go to https://generousgardeners.org.

 

 

Stacy Boulevard an amazing place to walk

Taking a walk on the Boulevard Tuesday was so beautiful, weather and flowers.  The bees were busy pollinating and there were butterflies.  Nature working.

Saw my Welcome Center co volunteer walking the boulevard as well.

Thank you Generous Gardeners.

 

Generous Gardeners Tours

Thank you, Generous Gardeners, for all your hard work.

 

Stacy Boulevard Dahlia Tours 4:00 and Sundays from now through September

Dear Flower Enthusiasts,

The dahlias on Stacy Boulevard are beginning to show off their beautiful flowers. Volunteer docents will be giving tours of the flowers at 4:00 PM each Sunday from now until September 29th.  The tours are weather permitting and will be around half an hour.  Come by if you would like to learn more about Generous Gardeners and the volunteers who help the flowers bloom for all to enjoy.

Where:  Meet at the Fishermen’s Wives Memorial

When:  4:00 PM Sundays through September 24th

The tours are free. Donations are accepted, preferably via our website.

Our Dahlia Bouquet event will be October 14th from noon until we run out of flowers. For this event we cut down the blooming dahlias and make arrangements for the public to purchase.  Then we start the process of digging out the dahlias to store for the winter.

Enjoy the flowers!

Susan Kelly

Antonietta Calabrese

Generous Gardeners

101 Western Ave, Ste 1
Gloucester, MA 01930

 

 

Generous Gardeners Plant Sale

Our wonderful friends from Generous Gardeners are having a plant sale on Saturday.

Tulipa ‘Hakuun’ – Darwin Tulip

This pure-white Tulip adds elegance and beauty to the spring garden. Strong stems make Hakuun a great choice for wind-prone spots.

Colors on Stacy Boulevard

Stacy Boulevard is looking beautiful. Thank you Generous Gardners for all you do.

Thank you Generous Gardners

Walking the Boulevard the flowers are starting to come to life.  Thank you to Generous Gardeners for all their hard work.

Generous Gardners delight us with Flowers and Smiles

Generous Gardners endure the Cold and Wind to Plant Tulips for the Spring

Generous Gardeners

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2022 AT 7 PM

A Lecture By Generous Gardeners

Magnolia Library and Community Center

Butterflys and Flowers by Bill Searcy

Magnolia Community Library

Public Anyone on or off Facebook
Join us for an evening with
Generous Gardeners. They are a
non-profit 501(c)3 organization founded by Susan Kelly and Terese O’Connell. They are a group of volunteers dedicated to promoting philanthropy through gardening by designing and maintaining over 45 public garden spaces in Gloucester.
Entry is free. Doors open at 6:30PM
Library Members have reserved seating.