Hoe 'N Hope Garden Club

The Hoe 'N Hope Garden Club has remained a consistent gathering of female residents (note that the current iteration allows all neighbors as members regardless of orientation) who share the simple love of gardening and landscape beautification. The club has been a part of Northcrest since October 22, 1963, with some original home-buyers as club members. The official club flower is the pink Rose (rendering above) and the club meets on the first Tuesday of every month from September through May, with meetings moving from member-home to member-home.

The club charter states: "The objectives of the club shall be to stimulate the knowledge and love of gardening; to learn and study horticulture in the home and neighborhood, to aid in the protection of native trees, plants and birds; to assist in every way in preserving and enhancing the beauties of the yard and neighborhood." 

Previous Northcrest Entrance Sign 2005.03.28

The club also maintains, through countless hours, labor, funds and donations, the Northcrest neighborhood main entrance sign and planter (photo above, please click to enlarge). Northcrest is a better place because of the efforts of the Hoe 'N Hope Garden Club! 

Current Northcrest Entrance Sign 2017.02.18

The club helps fund the entry sign through an annual Tour of Homes fundraiser. During the tour homes and gardens can be accessed for viewing with the owner or docent volunteer present to help with questions. This has been an annual event for many years (some years were skipped for various reasons). Here's a list of tours I've attended with brochure details (and images of those homes I've viewed):

• 2003 Northcrest Tour of Homes
  
• 2005 Northcrest Tour of Homes
• 2006 Northcrest Tour of Homes
• 2007 Northcrest Tour of Homes
• 2008 Northcrest Tour of Homes
• 2009 Northcrest Tour of Homes
• 2010 Northcrest Tour of Homes
• 2011 Northcrest Tour of Homes
• 2012 Northcrest Tour of Homes
• 2015 Northcrest Tour of Homes
• 2016 Northcrest Tour of Homes
• 2017 Northcrest Tour of Homes
• 2018 Northcrest Tour of Homes

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