Arizona Columbine Garden Club
Arizona Columbine Garden Club |
Arizona Columbine Garden Club, a member of The Garden Club of America, has 69 members in the Phoenix area. We are a small club of 35 active members, with membership by invitation. The club promotes education in six areas of interest including Botanical Arts, Conservation, Floral Design, Garden History & Design, Horticulture and Photography.
Arizona Columbine Garden Club is a nonprofit corporation (501(c)3). The club has supported The Nature Conservancy, Heard Museum, Save Our Mountains Foundation, Audubon Society, The Grand Canyon Trust and Arizona Historical Society. Additionally, throughout its 75 years as a garden club, Desert Botanical Garden has been a constant partner in the garden club interest and support.
Our MissionThe purpose of the Arizona Columbine Garden Club is to stimulate the knowledge and love of gardening, aid in the protection of native trees, plants and shrubs, and restore, improve and protect the quality of the environment through programs and action in the fields of conservation, civic improvement and education. |
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Our LogoAquilegia desertorum is one of many Columbine flowers to develop a red and yellow coloration providing nectar for hummingbirds present in the Southwest. Arizona Columbine is a favorite with its profusion of small bright flowers. Even the hot, dry summers do not shorten the three-month blooming season. Arizona Columbine grows from the mountains into the middle desert elevations of Maricopa County in North Central Arizona and is more amenable to non-mountain climates. Shade is a must in hot desert climates. The Arizona Columbine is resistant to rabbits and deer. These perennials dislike clay and grow best in a compost enriched garden loam. |  |
Brief HistoryIn 1946, Mrs. Ned (Carmela) Creighton, a member of The Arizona Federation of Garden Clubs, an umbrella organization in Phoenix that governed the garden clubs throughout the Valley, thought the increasing population in Phoenix could benefit from another garden club. Carmela gathered together ten ladies from North Central and Northeast Phoenix who wanted to “learn how to beautify their homes with flowers.” It was this group of women who founded Columbine Garden Club. 1946 • First meeting called to order in October by founder Carmela Creighton 1989 • Became a member of The Garden Club of America1999 • Received nonprofit corporation status 2018 • Added “Arizona” to its club name 2022 • Celebrated its 75th Anniversary |