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  • Events
  • Mission and History
  • Our Board
  • Members
  • Bulletin Board
  • Photo Gallery

Leadership

Group of eight diverse women dressed stylishly posing inside a bar.

USR Garden Club Board

Shirley Li (President)

Sophia Labridis 

Heidi Wlosek

Karen Dussich

Bonnie Nazard

Lillian Lee


Julia Recaman

Felice Bernard


Committees

Town Beautification Crew

Town Beautification Crew

Town Beautification Crew

Town Beautification works closely with the USR DPW across all seasons.

Current members:

  • Carlo Carlini
  • Jane Bodnar
  • Mike Rizzo
  • Jeanine Matthews
  • Lillian Lee
  • Shirley Li
  • Sophia Labridis

Scholarship Committee

Town Beautification Crew

Town Beautification Crew

Scholarship Committee leads the search and reward of scholarships every year.


Current members:

  • Vin Blehl
  • Sonia Chadha
  • Stacy Boyev
  • Shirley Li
  • Ellen Mortensen

Past members:

  • Kathy Durante
  • Tamara Doyle
  • Despina Anastasopoulos
  • Yuinama Rodriguez
  • Maria Oblow
  • Diana Missaghieh


School Activities

Town Beautification Crew

Masterclass Gardening Series

School Activities Committee is one of our most popular as we look to coordinate fun projects in schools with teachers. Themes include capillary action, ecosystem/habitats as we feed birds in winter, nurturing plants from seed, and more.


Current members:

  • Lillian Lee
  • Sophia Labridis
  • Deanna Sideris
  • Christy Cobb
  • Irina De Vaul

Masterclass Gardening Series

Masterclass Gardening Series

Masterclass Gardening Series

Our core group of gardeners meet to tour each other's gardens and exchange ideas about composting, native plants, and general landscaping topics like deer deterrents and mulch.


Current members:

  • Mike Rizzo
  • Vin Blehl
  • Debra and Ron Oaks
  • Carlo Carlini


Community Garden Committee

Masterclass Gardening Series

Community Garden Committee

To advance our initiative to rehabilitate the former Creative Gardens site into a Community Garden we're looking for members!


Current Chairs:

  • Shari Haber
  • Phyllis Freed
  • Debra and Ron Oaks
  • Carlo Carlini



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