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 64
(57 Active, 4 Privileged and 3 Life Members)
Executive Board
Officers, Immediate Past President, Hospitality and Program Chairpersons
Co-Presidents: Maryellen Brousseau & Joanna Woodward
Co-Vice Presidents: Manly Church & Kathleen Pavelcak
Recording Secretary: Bill Leuz
Corresponding Secretary: Janet Morolda
Treasurer: Karen Neilan
Assistant Treasurer: Liz Paganetti
Immediate Past President: Margie Sydney
Hospitality Chairperson: Val Haagensen
Program Chairperson: Maryellen Brousseau & Kathleen Pavelcak
Executive Committee
Executive Board, Standing Committee Chairpersons
Audio Visual: Rod Atkins & Richard Bucklin
Audit: Joe Anderson
Civic: Margie Sydney
Constitution, Bylaws, Policies & Procedures: Maryellen Brousseau & Joanna Woodward
Environmental Concerns/Conservation: Ivy Plis
Finance: Karen Neilan
Historian: Brenda Kramer
Horticulture: Vonice Carr & Debbie Vernon
Hospitality: Val Haagensen
Plant Sale: Margie Sydney & Bill Leuze
Program: Maryellen Brousseau & Kathleen Pavelcak
Senior Gardening Nursing Home: Jane Bucklin & Sherry Forgue
Social Media: Margie Sydney
Sunshine: Ruth Hammell
Ways & Means: Claudia Kenyon & Becky Starrett
Website: Liz Paganetti & Joanna Woodward
Workshops: Pam Atkins & Elaine Lombardi
Yearbook: Joanna Woodward
York Greenhouse: Sheila Elliott, Mary Ellen Hagen, Peggy Schepp-Ashkenazi
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.
