The Thames River Garden Club was organized in 1954 and joined The Federated Garden Clubs of Connecticut in 1954
This non-profit club is dedicated to the planning and performance of educational and charitable projects with an emphasis on horticulture, conservation, civic planting, floral and landscape design.
Current Membership 66
(61 Active, 3 Privileged and 2 Life Members)
Executive Board
Officers, Immediate Past President, Hospitality and Program Chairpersons
President: Margie Sydney
Vice President: Joanna Woodward
Recording Secretary: Joan Treadow
Corresponding Secretary: Pamela Atkins
Treasurer: Doris Burr
Assistant Treasurer: Phyllis Teeson
Immediate Past President: Karen Neilan
Hospitality Chairperson: Brenda Kramer
Program Chairperson: Kathleen Pavelcak
Executive Committee
Executive Board, Standing Committee Chairpersons
Audio Visual: Rod Atkins & Richard Bucklin
Audit: Joe Anderson
Civic: An Thibault
Constitution, Bylaws, Policies & Procedures: Margie Sydney
Environmental Concerns/Conservation: Ivy Plis
Finance: Doris Burr
Healing Therapy York Prison: Sheila Elliott & Mary Ellen Hagen
Historian: Brenda Kramer
Horticulture: Sheila Elliott & Vonice Carr
Hospitality: Brenda Kramer
Plant Sale: Pamela Atkins & Elaine Lombardi
Program: Kathleen Pavelcak
Senior Gardening Nursing Home: Jane Bucklin & Sherry Forgue
Social Media: Margie Sydney
Sunshine: Ruth Hammell
Ways & Means: Claudia Kenyon
Website: Liz Paganetti & Joanna Woodward
Workshops: Ruth Hammell & Barbara Mingo
Yearbook: Karen Neilan
TRGC is a member of National Garden Clubs, The Federated Garden Clubs of Connecticut, New England Garden Clubs and the Garden Clubs of Southeastern Connecticut.
