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Tuckaleechee Garden Club
Community Service Projects
and Fundraiser
Tuckaleechee Garden Club is dedicated to support their local community through educational initiatives, volunteering, and community beautification projects. You will find us volunteering and working in the following areas....
Great Smoky Mountains
Heritage Center
Heirloom Kitchen Garden
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The Tuckaleechee Garden Club maintains the Heirloom Kitchen Garden located near the Davis Cabin at the Great Smoky Mountains Heritage Center (123 Cromwell Dr, Townsend). Club members plant heirloom vegetables & medicinal herbs that are used for demonstration and teaching at the GSMHC. Club members participate wearing period clothing and use period garden tools (c. 1830s-1850s). TGC members volunteer to support annual GSMHC events by decoring cabins, delivering garden educational demonstrations, and leading historical craft sessions. Check our Calendar of Events for the next time we will be at the Heirloom Kitchen Garden.
(Project established in year 2021.)
Townsend Elementary School
Landscape & Outdoor Classroom
The Tuckaleechee Garden Club maintains the Townsend Elementary School (located at 140 Tiger Dr, Townsend) landscape by the front sign and flagpole. The club provides ongoing maintenance through planting perennials and annuals, as well as regular weeding, mulching, and pruning.
(Project established in year 2025.)
Additionally, the Tuckaleechee Garden Club assists the school with their outdoor classroom. TGC members provide support with landscaping the outdoor classroom and assisting with children's vegetable plantings by supplying seeds and/or class instruction.
(Project established in year 2026.)
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Tuckaleechee United Methodist Church
- Faithscape -
The Tuckaleechee Garden Club members plant and maintain the landscape at the Tuckaleechee United Methodist Church (TUMC) located at 7322 Old Tuckaleechee Rd, Townsend. TUMC was established in 1891, but the unique stone structure was build in 1937. TUMC is the club's meeting location.
Our mission is to beautify the church grounds year-round—from the main entrance and side areas to the playground—creating a welcoming space for fellowship. The plant varieties are carefully chosen for seasonal color, and harvested to provide floral arrangements for the church altar.
(Project established in 3/2025.)
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Camp Westley Woods
- Kidscape -
The Tuckaleechee Garden Club members plant and maintain the landscape at the Camp Wesley Woods (CWW) located at 329 Wesley Woods Rd, Townsend. CWW offers Summer Camp Ministry, Outdoor Education and Retreat ministry with their main focus on youth.
The club's mission is to beautify and maintain the grounds around the camp's activity building and front sign, as well as removal of invasive plants along the road sides. Native perennials were added to all these areas for a natural and inviting landscape for children and adults to enjoy.
(Project established in 3/2026.)
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Prop-and-Swap at the
Dancing Bean Coffee Shop
In callaboration with the Dancing Bean Coffee House, Tuckaleechee Garden Club offers a fun and educational Prop-and-Swap event held in the mornings of the first Tuesday of each month. The local community and TGC members bring cuttings of house and garden plants that are "propped" at a designated area in the coffee shop to "swap" with the community and visitors. This event offers the opportunity to educate the public on propagation and invite the community to become part of a garden club.
(Project established in year 2024.)
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Cades Cove Restroom
Wildflower Gardens at the Great Smoky
Mountains National Park
The Tuckaleechee Garden Club members porvide maintenance and upkeep of the wildflower gardens located at the Cades Cove Picnic Area Restroom facilities at the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Maintenance includes removing exoctic and invasive plants and adding plant signage to educate the public on native wildflowers.
(Project established in year 2024.)
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Townsend City
Christmas Parade
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The Tuckaleechee Garden Club participates in the Townsend City Christmas Parade with a decorated float/truck. The parade is held on the first Sunday in December that is routed through the main street of Townsend. This prarade offers the opportunity to promote our club to invite new members, advertise our local community service projects, and hand out unique garden favors such as seed balls or seed packets to parade spectoators.
(Project established in year ~2010.)
Townsend High School
Alumni Annual Reunion
The Tuckaleechee Garden Club members collect plant materials from their gardens to design flower arrangements as decorations for the annual Townsend High School Alumni Reunion. This event is held in August at the old Townsend High School.
(Project established in year ~2008).
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Tuckaleechee Garden Club
Annual Spring Plant Sale
The Tuckaleechee Garden Club's Spring Plant Sale is held annually in April. TGC members contribute and educate the public on plants they propagate and collect from their gardens. Club members also make handmade items like garden aprons and plant hangers. The proceeds from the sale help support the club's on-going community service projects and other non-profit efforts.
(Project established in year ~2005.)
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