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The Garden Club Federation of Pennsylvania (GCFP) District X held its Annual Spring Tea on March 12 at the Mon Valley YMCA. This event marked the 25^th Anniversary of the Spring Tea. District Director, Martha Alexander made it special choosing the theme “Mad Hatter’s Spring Tea!” The room was decorated with props from an Alice in Wonderland flower show, including garden club members dressed in themed costumes.

Attendees to the Spring Tea wore themed costumes

District X Presidents - Pictured (L to R): Valley Garden Club – Roxanne Huss; Martha Washington Garden Club – VP -Ruth Hrutkay; Pleasant Hills Garden Club – Tammy Zaccardi; Great Meadows Garden Club – Elaine Swaney; Uniontown Flower Club –Toni L’Hommedieu; Giant Oaks Garden Club – Pat Stanfield; Town & Country Garden Club – Tami Burnworth. Club President’s from Garden Club of Munhall, Green Gardeners and Mon Valley were absent from the photo.

District Board Members hosted this event which recognized the National, State, District Board Members, and presidents of the ten clubs in District X. Special guest was GCFP President Leeanna Ryba. There were 88 members in attendance.

Members of Pleasant Hills Garden Club and Mon-Valley Garden Club hosted the event. District Director, Martha Alexander presented a program on Pollinator Gardens.

This year’s ‘Trash-to-Treasure’ contest was to showcase the design and construction of a functional revolutionary birdhouse for the garden utilizing recycled, reused or repurposed materials. Marilyn Dellovade of Giant Oaks Garden Club was the 2025 District X winner. The other garden clubs who participated were: Garden Club of Munhall, Great Meadows Garden Club, Pleasant Hills Garden Club, Town & Country Garden Club and Uniontown Flower Club. The first place winning entry will be taken to the 2025 GCFP Convention to be held April 6-8, in King of Prussia, PA, to be judged against the other eleven Districts in the state.

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