Whitehall, MT

Are you interested in quilting or other fiber needlework arts? The Quilt Jam and Fiber Fanatics Guild is an organization in Whitehall. Our purpose is:
 To promote cooperation and exchange of ideas among those persons in or engaged in quilting and fiber arts.
 To further the education and skill levels of the members of this guild.
 To preserve the heritage of quilt making and fiber arts and promote related activities.
 To provide opportunities that will encourage community interest in quilting and fiber arts.
 To promote philanthropic ventures.

Guild membership is open to anyone and meetings are held the first Wednesday of each month at 6:30 pm. Interested? Stop by the Cozy Mountain Quilt Shop at the corner of Legion Avenue and Division Street in Whitehall for who to call and where to meet.

(text by Glenna Waltee)

The purpose of the Whitehall Garden Club is to stimulate the knowledge and love of gardening, to share the advantages of membership by means of educational meetings and field trips, and to restore, improve, and protect the quality of the environment through educational programs and action in the fields of conservation and civic improvements.

It’s aims and objectives are to:
 Encourage friendship through gardens
 Encourage civic beauty
 Study the fine art of gardening in all its aspects
 Co-operate with other chapters furthering the interests of horticulture and conservation.

The Whitehall Garden Club meets the first Wednesday of each month starting at 9:30 am for social time, coffee and goodies, 10-10:30 is the business meeting portion and from 10:30 until Noon is the educational program time. Some of the programs over this last year have been about Petunias, Begonias, Global Warming, Montana’s Noxious Weeds, Herbs, Design Display, Hypaturfa Container Making, Succulents, Greenhouses, and Xeriscape Gardening.

During the summer the Whitehall Garden Club has sponsored a Garden Tour, Flower Show and presented monthly Golden Spade Awards to recognize the achievement of an individual or family who beautifies their home and or yard through the use of flowers, plants and greens capes.

The Whitehall Garden Club is a member of the Montana Federation of Garden Clubs and more information can be viewed at www.MTFGC.org.

(text by Glenna Waltee)