Posted on May 18, 2023
This Oregon Coast garden club is celebrating its 75th anniversary
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At 83, retired teacher Jean Turner still loves to get down and dirty in the garden. Her yard is an oasis of apple blossoms, birds and daffodils.
Turner said she inherited her green thumb from her grandmother, who helped start the Seal Rock Garden Club on the Oregon Coast back in 1948.
“The ladies were real different then,” Turner said. “They wore gloves. They wore long, usually floral kinds of dresses. Scarves. Oh and a hat. It’s different than now. We show up in Levi’s.”
This spring, as people across the Pacific Northwest plant their perennials, members of the Seal Rock Garden Club are also celebrating their 75th anniversary. That’s a long time for a little gardening club.
Turner said she inherited her green thumb from her grandmother, who helped start the Seal Rock Garden Club on the Oregon Coast back in 1948.
“The ladies were real different then,” Turner said. “They wore gloves. They wore long, usually floral kinds of dresses. Scarves. Oh and a hat. It’s different than now. We show up in Levi’s.”
This spring, as people across the Pacific Northwest plant their perennials, members of the Seal Rock Garden Club are also celebrating their 75th anniversary. That’s a long time for a little gardening club.
This Oregon Coast garden club is celebrating its 75th anniversary
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PO1 William "Chip" Nagel
"Back in 1948, stores were far and few between, and growing things along the coast required local knowledge, hence the need for a gardening club.
The Seal Rock group started in the era when World War II rationing was fading and fridges were coming into vogue. Local clubs were also becoming more popular, and any club worth its salt had to have a location.
In 1950, Seal Rock members noticed the U.S. Forest Service was auctioning off some huts that had been used to house conscientious objectors. Turner said the club held a fundraiser to buy one. Her grandmother set up a tent, dressed in robes and told fortunes.
“People would come in, and she’d pour them a cup of tea. And when they were done, she’d take the tea cup and turn it upside down on something white. And she would tell them their fortune,” Turner said, laughing. “Read those tea leaves.”
In the end, the club raised enough to win the auction at $306, $1 more than the next highest bid."....
"Back in 1948, stores were far and few between, and growing things along the coast required local knowledge, hence the need for a gardening club.
The Seal Rock group started in the era when World War II rationing was fading and fridges were coming into vogue. Local clubs were also becoming more popular, and any club worth its salt had to have a location.
In 1950, Seal Rock members noticed the U.S. Forest Service was auctioning off some huts that had been used to house conscientious objectors. Turner said the club held a fundraiser to buy one. Her grandmother set up a tent, dressed in robes and told fortunes.
“People would come in, and she’d pour them a cup of tea. And when they were done, she’d take the tea cup and turn it upside down on something white. And she would tell them their fortune,” Turner said, laughing. “Read those tea leaves.”
In the end, the club raised enough to win the auction at $306, $1 more than the next highest bid."....
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