Walking Tour of Mountain View Cemetery and Olmsted Design
Please join us for a tour of Mountain View Cemetery led by docent Dennis Evanosky, March 30 from 10am to 12:00 PM. Dennis will lead us on a tour that focuses... Read More
Please join us for a tour of Mountain View Cemetery led by docent Dennis Evanosky, March 30 from 10am to 12:00 PM. Dennis will lead us on a tour that focuses... Read More
Florence Williams Miss Florence Williams was Piedmont Garden Club’s eleventh president, presiding in 1939 and 1940. During her tenure as president, the Hall of Flowers at the Golden Gate International... Read More
Edna Simmons Miller was Piedmont Garden Club’s tenth president. In 1938, The Piedmont Garden Club contributed $60 for 20 color slides of Piedmont gardens to add to the Garden Club... Read More
Mabel Donaldson Chase was Piedmont Garden Club’s ninth president. She served in 1936 and 1937. During her presidency, PGC made many contributions toward billboard legislation and the design of street... Read More
A Cup of Tea… With Diana Edgerton by Jan Zovickian Seventy years ago in Chicago, at the Katie Gibbs Secretarial School, (the “creme de la creme”) Diana Hunt had to... Read More
Claire Bon Edoff served as the eighth president of the Piedmont Garden Club in 1934 and 1935. In May of 1934, Garden Club of America met in the Redwoods to... Read More
Kathryn Maxwell Bryan Kathryn Maxwell Bryan was the seventh president of the Piedmont Garden Club. In 1933, the Garden Club completed the plantings at Guilford Place and along the streetcar... Read More
Sally Adams’s roots are in the Bay Area, but her family, career and interests have blossomed around the globe. Sally was born in San Francisco, but soon afterwards her family... Read More
Florence Heilig Force was the sixth president of the Piedmont Garden Club. During her tenure as president in 1931 and 1932, the Garden Club continued its interest and involvement in... Read More
It’s an honor to reminisce with treasured longtime family friend, Ruthie McLeod. I fondly recall many gatherings in her elegant garden on Glen Alpine, riding tricycles and playing hide and... Read More
Grace Hampton Tyson was the fifth president of Piedmont Garden Club. She served for only one year, in 1930. The Stock Market Crash of 1929 and her husband’s health may have limited her ability to serve a second year....
Fran Bishopric Wolfe is a true Piedmont and Piedmont Garden Club legacy. Coming from a long line of dedicated PCG members, she is a star in her own right -- with many GCA and PGC leadership roles under her belt and awards to her name for her leadership and outstanding contributions. From here to the "mother ship," Fran is known for her deep commitment to hort, conservation -- and the redwoods.