Birchwood Garden Club
November Topic: Common Threads Farm School Program

The November 5, 2025 meeting of the Birchwood Garden Club will be held in the Rotunda Room of the Old City Hall Museum, 121 Prospect St., Bellingham, WA 98225. Doors open at 6:30 PM.

The speaker for the evening will be Sarah Wheatley, Garden and Volunteer Programs Manager for Common Threads Farm, a local nonprofit that teaches gardening and cooking in the public schools. Sarah delivers Common Threads Farm programs at Birchwood Elementary and the Lummi Nation School, and works with school communities and volunteers to care for school gardens at 25 Whatcom County schools. The presentation will cover what Common Threads Farm is, the
founding history, what they do, and why they do it. Please join us to hear about this interesting and important subject.

The Birchwood Garden Club is accepting applications for donations to help support the efforts of non-profit organizations that offer opportunities in the realm of horticulture, agriculture or related fields. Applications are being accepted for up to $500 each from now until December 31 and awarded by March 1, 2026. Applications can be found at: https://www.birchwoodgardenclub.org/donate-page.html. Follow the directions on this page to print a hard copy of the form.

Birchwood Garden Club membership is open to anyone in Whatcom or Skagit Counties. You are invited to join us at our monthly meetings where we will have membership brochures available to join our club. Check out our website, www.birchwoodgardenclub.org to see the fun activities and community services our club does! You can join us on Instagram and Facebook @ Birchwood Garden Club.