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Garden Club videos

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Douglas garden club and Saugatuck-Douglas garden club VHS format video cassettes: 1. 1987 and 1989 Douglas Garden Club Flower Show - July 25-26, 1987 and Aug. 5-6, 1989 2. 1991 Douglas Garden Club Flower Show - "In Our Towns" video by E. Carson. July 26-27, 1991 3. 1992 Douglas Garden Club Home Tour, "Doorways" that included four homes -- Bud Baty's Point Pleasant in Douglas, Ballakeyll on Lakeshore Drive in Douglas, C. Prieb's Prairie Farms on the 2700-block of Blue Star Highway and extra footage from tour-headquarters at Saugatuck High School. Tour videoed on July 20. 4. 1994 Douglas Garden Club Home Tour "Over the River and Through the Wood" that included four homes -- the Aerie at 454 Lake Street; Jan and Jim Parrish of Lansing's 3-story condo at East Shore Harbor Club; Dottie Lyon's house on Lakeshore Drive; the Tomayer house on Lakeshore Drive, owned by Carol and Bruce of Wavecrest Nursery. Tour videoed on July 11. 5. 1995 Douglas Garden Club Garden Show and awards, "Artistry in Bloom" Tour videoed Aug. 12 See 2924.49.01 for more tour details. Select the blue web links below to watch the videos online.
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1. 1987 and 1989 Douglas Garden Club Flower Show 2. 1991 Douglas Garden Club Flower Show - 3. 1992 Douglas Garden Club Home Tour, 4. 1994 Douglas Garden Club Home Tour 5. 1995 Douglas Garden Club Garden Show and awards,

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This influential community organization was founded as the Columbine Garden Club in 1928, renamed the Douglas Garden Club when federated in 1947, and renamed again in 2001 to today's [2024] Saugatuck-Douglas Garden Club. Every year the club presented either a standard flower show at the Saugatuck High School or a garden walk at a private residence. Most of these videos were likely created by club historian Eleanor Carson or her spouse Russell B. Carson, M.D. of 1936 Lakeshore Dr., Fennville, MI 49408.

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Select link to view July 25-26, 1987 and Aug. 5-6, 1989 shows
Select link to view 1991 show
Select link to view 1992 show
Select link to view 1994 show
Select link to view 1995 show

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