Sharing the Love of Gardening - Wolferman, Kristie C
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"Sharing the Love of Gardening chronicles the seventy-five-year history of Kansas City's Westport Garden Club (WGC). Founded as a women's club in 1950, The Westport Garden Club quickly established its credentials and gained acceptance as a member club of the prestigious Garden Club of America (GCA) in 1956. Since then, The Westport Garden Club has evolved into an organization committed to civic improvement through educational programs and action in conservation, horticulture, and the preservation and use of native plants. Early in their club's history, the women of the WGC learned that…mehr

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"Sharing the Love of Gardening chronicles the seventy-five-year history of Kansas City's Westport Garden Club (WGC). Founded as a women's club in 1950, The Westport Garden Club quickly established its credentials and gained acceptance as a member club of the prestigious Garden Club of America (GCA) in 1956. Since then, The Westport Garden Club has evolved into an organization committed to civic improvement through educational programs and action in conservation, horticulture, and the preservation and use of native plants. Early in their club's history, the women of the WGC learned that collaboration with other organizations gave strengthened their efforts in behalf of the causes about which they cared. They soon began working with city governments and park departments, including the Linda Hall Library and Arboretum, the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, and the Loose Park Garden Center. In addition to imparting a thorough history of The Westport Garden Club-and the considerable influence that a small number of dedicated, educated women have had on their city-Sharing the Love of Gardening features stunning photography, showcasing previously unpublished images from the clubs' archives and the original work of club member and professional photographer Marianne Kilroy"--
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Autorenporträt
Kristie C. Wolferman earned a B.A. in History from Middlebury College and an M.A. in History from the University of Missouri-Kansas City. She taught middle school History and English at Pembroke Hill School in Kansas City for twenty years and at the O'Neal School in Southern Pines, North Carolina, for twelve years. She is the author of six books, including The Osage in Missouri, The Indomitable Mary Easton Sibley: Pioneer of Women's Education, and, most recently, the second edition of The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art: A History.