A LITTLE ABOUT US ...

Club Flower: Gaillardia (Beach Daisy)

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Sunset over Banks Channel, Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina. Photo by Harbor Island Garden Club member Heidi Winslow
The Harbor Island Garden Club was organized in 1952. The present membership - fifty (50) active members, nine (9) honorary members, three (3) lifetime members, and four (4) emeritus members - is comprised of full-time Wrightsville Beach residents, children of current members, and members who lived at Wrightsville Beach when they joined the club but later moved inland. All new prospective members must be sponsored by current members of the Club.
  
The Harbor Island Garden Club has a reputation for being an outstanding club, winning many awards over the years. Actively involved in community beautification, the club has worked closely with various city programs for environmental improvements. Each year, our members donate thousands of volunteer hours to maintaining the island gardens, supporting our junior gardening program, raising funds, and preserving our coast.

Our organizational memberships include:
2024-25 Executive Board
Karen King, First Vice President
DeLaine Farrell, Second Vice President
Laura Kay Berry, Third Vice President
Katy Cofer & Heidi Lee, Fourth Vice Presidents
Melinda Walker, Recording Secretary
Wylene McDonald & Francine Streich, Corresponding Secretaries
Beth Golder, Treasurer

Club colors: Shell Pink and Sea Green

Club Poem
On day three of the creation
God looked down and then he smiled
For clinging bravely to a sand dune
Appeared a daisy, growing wild.
​Not an ordinary daisy - 
This one seemed to take its cues 
From the colors of the sunset
Gold and crimson's vibrant hues.

Needing a little cultivation
Always facing toward the sun.
How we love this humble flower
In our hearts, it's number one.

- By Fran Russ (1930 - 2024), HIGC Lifetime Member

LASTING LEGACIES

Harbor Island Garden Club has been dedicated to beatifying and supporting the Town of Wrightsville Beach. Here's some of our projects we've spearheaded in our history. Click here for a list of our current projects.
  • Provided manpower to the Town of Wrightsville Beach in the development of The Robert Wynn Memorial Park.
  • Wrightsville Beach litter sweeps.
  • The planting of Live Oak Trees and Crepe Myrtles along Pelican Drive.
  • Provided flower arrangements for the Wilmington Babies Hospital.
  • Improvement of the grounds of Wrightsville Beach Elementary School.
  • Beautification of the Drawbridge Area.
  • Establishment and maintenance of flower beds at The Bowden Nursing Home.
  • Provided birdfeeders for The Lee Island Nature Park and The Bowden Nursing Home.
  • Provided volunteers for the Wrightsville Beach Recycling Center.
  • Together with the Town of Wrightsville Beach, established a sprinkler system and beautification plan at the Wrightsville Beach Welcome Sign.
  • Beautification of the downtown business area.
  • Raised funds to establish The Salt Spray Garden featuring indigenous beach plants.
  • Provided Christmas Eve luminaries.