Garden Club of Oakmont

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Oakmont in Bloom Committee

WE DID IT! What an amazing group of ladies we have! We had a record number of 45+ volunteers stepping up to the plate by either picking up and distributing flowers, soil, or mulch or preparing and/or planting our beautiful 1018 Bubble Gum Supertunias in our 27 beds, and 9 urns. This year we planted an additional 6 beds in front of the ACE Hardware/Panera plaza which is a nice addition to Oakmont In Bloom.

The number of people who rolled down their windows, or were strolling by, that thanked us for what we do, was countless. Their comments are always so appreciative and welcoming. Our community now recognizes the ladies in pink shirts who always manage, even in a pandemic, to make Oakmont Bloom.
We missed not having our group photo this year, but we do have some snaps to share.

THANK YOU,
Oakmont In Bloom Committee

2020 GCO Scholarship Winners

Erik

Forrest

The Garden Club of Oakmont is pleased to announce our 2020 Scholarship winners Erik Ketterer and Forrest Steele. Both Erik and Forrest are 2020 graduates of Riverview High School. Erik has been admitted to the Eberly College of Science at Penn State (University Park), where he will pursue a degree in Statistics. Forrest will be studying at the Penn State (University Park) College of Engineering to pursue a degree in Mechanical Engineering.

For 2020 only, the Club decided to award two, $2000 scholarships in recognition of the outstanding academic achievements and community involvement of these two young men. Both plan to be present at the June Club general meeting to be introduced to our members.

Congratulations Erik and Forrest!

Civic Planting Committee

On May 27th the Civic Planting committee planted annuals at the entrances to Oakmont. Petunias and coleus were planted near the High School. Coleus and New Guinea Impatiens were planted near Rite Aid. All flowers were provided by Michael Brothers Nursery in Cheswick.

Park Committee in Action

Despite the Covid-19 pandemic that has been sidelining so many community activities, the Parks Committee has been able to complete a few projects safely this season. Our fall planting of dozens of daffodils around the parking circle at Dark Hollow Woods graced us with a first year bloom that was unfortunately only viewed from afar since the park was closed during the bloom.

Another much needed project was the replacement of 19 trash receptacles for Riverside, Creekside parks and the bocci court which were delivered and installed in March. The receptacles are a donation from the Garden Club and match the existing receptacles on the Boulevard.

Our final project was the modified Spring Clean up in Dark Hollow Woods. Since Covid-19 prevented us from holding our annual community spring clean up day, we planned a committee only event to spruce up the parking circle and work on removal of invasive garlic mustard-something we were able to accomplish while adhering to social distancing.

Many thanks to all who were able to get out and help keep our community beautiful!