About Us
Our club’s mission is to advance gardening interest and knowledge among our members and the community. We pride ourselves in being a working club that encourages its membership to plant, design, conserve, share and to have fun along the way.
The Garden Club of Mountain Lakes was awarded the Borough of Mountain Lakes’ 2017 Janice D. Hunts Life Time Achievement Award for Volunteerism.
The Garden Club of Mountain Lakes is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 1936. We are a member of the Garden Club of New Jersey and the National Garden Clubs, Inc.
Interested in joining our great group of members?
The Garden Club contributes to the community:
- Maintains nine borough gardens
- Provides wreaths for the borough’s Memorial Day ceremony
- Conducts Junior Nature Club, an after-school enrichment program for third grade students
- Conducts a Garden Therapy program for memory-care residents at a local assisted living facility
- Hosts an annual Plant Sale offering perennials dug from members’ gardens, a selection of native plants, and information about environmental topics
- Participates in decorating Drumthwacket, the New Jersey Governor’s Mansion, each holiday season
- Displays a holiday Critter Tree at the Mountain Lakes library, featuring hand-made ornaments of botanical materials
- Presents speakers and presentations on fun and useful topics of interest to gardeners and the community
Public Events
Flower Show – October 16-17, 2026
Visit our flower show Fall is in the Air on Friday, October 16th, 1pm-6pm or Saturday, October 17th, 9am-1pm at Mountain Lakes Borough Hall. The show is open to the public, free of charge. All are welcome! Please stop by to enjoy autumn-inspired floral designs, botanical photography, and horticultural and educational exhibits.
Welcome Soiree – October 14, 2026
Please contact us at mlgardenclub@gmail.com to RSVP. Our membership team will respond promptly with all the details.
