Supporting our Club/ Our Projects
Peterson Nest Box
Peterson Nest Box Kits
Want to attract Chickadees and house wrens to your yard? Peterson nest box kits will be available for purchase at the Whitefish Bay Farmer’s Market! Kits can be purchased for $20.00 and a preassembled box will be purchased for $25.00. We accept checks made out to the Whitefish Bay Garden Club and PayPal at wfbgardenclub@gmail.com, choose friends and family to avoid fees. These kits are a great project for families and help support the birds in our community!
Want to attract Chickadees and house wrens to your yard? Peterson nest box kits will be available for purchase at the Whitefish Bay Farmer’s Market! Kits can be purchased for $20.00 and a preassembled box will be purchased for $25.00. We accept checks made out to the Whitefish Bay Garden Club and PayPal at wfbgardenclub@gmail.com, choose friends and family to avoid fees. These kits are a great project for families and help support the birds in our community!
Celebration Stones
Support the Whitefish Bay Garden Club 501 (c)(3) and its environmental efforts!
For $100 have a special message engraved on a Celebration garden stone for a special person in your life, to memorialize a person or a pet, or to put in your garden . It makes a lovely addition to any garden or request that it be placed at one of the Village gardens.
Email us at wfbgardenclub@gmail.com to order
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ONGOING ACTIVITIES:
Forget-Me-Not Arrangements
The WFB Garden Club sends out lovely flower arrangements to residents who are experiencing difficult times such as illness or grief. It's important our community not feel forgotten when facing life's challenging moments.
Come see us at Green Day in the Bay Day
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This Green day in the Bay, we will be helping the WFB Civic Association give out will be 50 to 60 bare root trees 12 to 24 inches tall.
Bare Root Tree Planting Instructions
https://www.arborday.org/trees/planting/bare-root.cfm
Reminder to tree planters that they should contact Diggers Hotline if they have any question as to what might be buried below the ground surface before they begin digging.
Diggers Hotline https://www.diggershotline.com
Here are the trees being handed out this year :
Bur Oak: Iconic Wisconsin oak known for its beauty and hardiness. Prefers moist, well-drained soils; adapts well to alkaline soils, poor drainage, high clay content, very drought tolerant. Prefers full sun. Long-lived medium grower that upon maturity in optimum location can reach 70 feet in height with 70 foot spread. Fruit: Burr-like cap, acorn, bitter taste. Excellent source of food for a variety of wildlife.
Shagbark Hickory: This Wisconsin native is distinguished by its very shaggy bark. A slow grower, the Shagbark can grow to 70-80’ in height on good sites and spread 25-35 feet. Grows in part shade/part sun and full sun. Grows in upland, well drained sites, but is adaptable to many soil types. The fruit is a nut, used by several species of wildlife including squirrels, chipmunks, raccoons, turkeys, grosbeaks, blue jays and nuthatches.
Swamp White Oak: Striking Wisconsin native. Good for moderate to wet soils, medium fertility, full to partial sun, medium grower, salt tolerant. Given space and time can grow to 75 feet tall and 60 feet wide. Very important food for wood ducks, turkeys, and blue jays. All oaks provide excellent wildlife benefits.
Come see us at The Milwaukee Art Museum: Art In Bloom
The WFB Garden Club has created beautiful entries since 2009, some of which have been featured in event brochures and have been awarded the People's Choice award. The Milwaukee Art Museum's Art-In-Bloom Exhibition invites clubs or florists to interpret a piece of artwork from the museum through a flower arrangement.
https://mam.org/events/bloom/
Check out some of our members work from over the years:
https://mam.org/events/bloom/
Check out some of our members work from over the years:
Butterfly Garden at Cahill Park
The Whitefish Bay Garden Club rescued a butterfly garden in Cahill Square. This garden, which was created many years ago, had been neglected and was threatened with being plowed under by the Village. The club redeveloped this garden to create an educational space for children and adults to appreciate and learn about butterfly gardens. We hope to inspire residents to create their own butterfly habitat at home. To learn more about plantings for a Butterfly Garden, click on our Resources tab.
Bird City Wisconsin
On March 22, 2012, the Village of Whitefish Bay was given the distinction of becoming a Bird City of Wisconsin member. This is a testament to the care of our green spaces and natural conservation efforts that are part of the Village's smart growth plan. The Whitefish Bay Garden Club led the effort to earn this distinction in conjunction with support from the Civic Foundation and Village Board. During the annual Green Day in the Bay event sponsored by the Civic Foundation, there was an official presentation of the signs and flags to be accepted on behalf of the Village.
Fundraising Activities
The WFB Garden Club raises money to support its community activities and donate to environmental groups, such as Riveredge (which the club helped found), the Audubon Society, and other conservation groups. Here is a list of fundraising projects our club has undertaken: The Garden Walk, garden dog decorations, garden leaf vessels, origami flower making, bird feeders, garden club merchandise, fairy garden work shops
