Welcome to Dogwood Circle
Lock Haven Garden Club
Dogwood Circle Garden Club
The Dogwood Circle of the Lock Haven Garden Club was established in 1960, and maintains the gardens at the Triangle across from the Post Office and at the Soldiers and Sailors Monument in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania. The club meets monthly in various venues to learn more about gardening, plants and flower arranging, and occasionally embarks on gardening related excursions. We schedule planting and clean up days throughout the growing season and every one has assigned weeks for weeding and maintenance.
We thank the Clinton County Community Foundation for funding the plants, care and maintenance of these City gardens.
We thank the City of Lock Haven and the Streets department for water, mulch and manpower.
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Our theme for 2026 Is "250 Years and Still Blooming" as we reflect on America's 250 Years.
Meeting: September 2 at the Heisey House Museum
362 E. Water Street
"Meet Me At the Tavern"
At one time, the Heisey House was a tavern, with meals and bed space available to the canal boat trade. We saw the "period kitchen" with its 19th C. kitchen implements and brought beer steins and a snack to share.
Beer steins became family treasures, a symbol of pride and now are seen as advertising a product, commemorating and event, or promoting a business.
We brought steins to share:
Judy: a glass stein, commemorating the America's Cup sailing race; filled with her zinnias, anchored with signs of fall. Lisa's stein advertises her favorite local pub, complete with beer "foam!". Mary's pewter stein offers peanuts, a favorite go/with beer.
Suzie's copper stein, which she made in her high school shop class, was "very old" as she said. Svitlana's German matching pair hold her garden's flowers. Barbara's stein celebrates her visit to Chicago, also with "foam."
Connie's stein has a fish design, developed in the Middle Ages to denote a hangover antidote! Is that floral "foam" escaping?
Next Meeting: October 7 at Cathy's House
"Candles in the Window"
Bring a teacup and dried flowers, if desired. We will make candles.
Garden of the month
September winner
Melissa and Jack Bottorf
312 S. fairview St, Lock Haven
This front garden is neat and coordinated in color and plant selection. The window boxes are new this year (inspired by those seen in Charleston, SC on a recent trip)with identical plants to the large planters on each side of the porch: juniper, corkscrew willow, coleus, marigolds,petunias, sweet potato vine and celosia.
Below: left side, right side coordinated
Large ferns flank the front door, and large planters continue the planting design of the window boxes on either side, with the addition of cyperus papyrus and trandescantia.
The Bottorfs enjoy working together in planning and planting and feel it's important to the neighborhood to brighten and enhance their home's appearance.
The october garden judge is Judy, 570-263-3866. Message or contact us on Facebook to make a nomination. Gardens must be visible from a public street or alley, and show a variety of neatly maintained natural flowers/shrubs/trees.
Program 2026
250 Years and Still Blooming!
All programs begin at 6:30 unless otherwise noted. Please let your hostess know if you will not be able to attend.
Some programs are at the Poorman Gallery 352 E. Water Street
March 4: "Time to Remember:" Bring a place setting and a centerpiece to commemorate the Colonial Era; Poorman Gallery, Judy is hostess.
April 1: "Salt of the Earth;" Use old or new salt cellars as an accessory in an arrangement. Program on salt by Bonnie Hannis. at the Poorman Gallery
May 6: "Sound the Alarm!" Bring a tall arrangement in a bucket to commemorate the old fire bucket. Hostess: Barbara
June 3: "The Bride Arrives:" Dress up and prepare a "nosegay" or "tussie mussie." (Described in our program book.) Hostess: Mary
July 1: "Martha's Amish Garden:" We will visit the garden of Martha King in Rote and stop for dinner afterwards. Place and time TBA
August 5; "On the Trenchers;" Picnic at Bonnie's. (Trenchers are described in our program booklets.) Time TBA
September 2: "Meet Me at the Tavern." What can you do with a beer stein? Bring a snack to share. Tour the Heisey House museum, a former tavern. Meet at the Poorman Gallery.
October 7; "Candles in the Window:" Make an arrangement incorporating candles. Hostess: Cathy
November 4: "Colonial Winter:" Bare Branches your way. Create a fresh or dry arrangement with bare branches. Hostess; Jo Ann
December 2. "Christmas at Hublersburg:" Start at 6:00. Bring a $10 donation and the name of a non-profit charitable organization, to be randomly selected at dinner.