VanRidge Garden Club

Plant three rows of peas:
. . . Peace of minds
. . . Peace of heart
. . . Peace of soul

Plant four rows of squash:
. . . Squash gossip
. . . Squash indifference
. . . Squash grumbling
. . . Squash selfishness

Plant four rows of lettuce:
. . . Lettuce be faithful
. . . Lettuce be kind
. . . Lettuce be obedient
. . . Lettuce love one another

No garden without turnips:
. . . Turnip for meetings
. . . Turnip for service
. . . Turnip to help one another

Water freely with patience and cultivate with love.

There is much fruit in our garden because you reap what you sow.

To conclude our garden, we must have thyme:
. . . Thyme for God
. . . Thyme for study
. . . Thyme for prayer
. . . Thyme for each other
. . . Thyme for friends

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Author Unknown

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Dear Father of all sowers and reapers, grant that we meet each time in the spirit of kindness, fellowship and brotherly love. Let our words be sincere, our visions wide and our aims unified. May we lose self in the love of beauty, service and sharing.

Let us give sincere praise for honest effort, reward accomplishment and serve with an open mind, ever ready to see the best. Endow each gardener with the power to read and understand the lessons taught in Nature’s book. Invest each with a smile and a kind word, with friendliness and good will.

Bequeath us, O Lord, the will to think, decide, act, and achieve. And, O Lord, let not one in this group forget his Creator. We know that thou art God.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Mrs. E. E. Halley

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