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MCT Garden Club Farewell Gathering for Sandy Ceely

The MCT Garden Club recently had a farewell gathering for one of our longtime members, Sandy Ceely, a Mill Creek Towne resident, who is moving to Florida to be closer to family. Sandy has been in the club for 50+ years! On behalf of our garden club, Beth Gianone, President of Mill Creek Towne Garden Club, presented an ABCD Award to Sandy Ceely for being such a dedicated, hardworking member of our Mill Creek Towne Garden Club since 1978 serving as Treasurer, Vice President, President, Secretary, Federation Delegate, Roslyn caretaker, and longtime Membership Chairperson, along with a going away gift, as well as an honorary lifetime membership in the Mill Creek Towne Garden Club.

In addition to enjoying our company and delicious food, Beth shared old photos from our albums with pictures of Sandy and the garden club members throughout the years. Past events included holiday parties, luncheons, boat cruises, National Capital Area Federation of Garden Club Flower Shows, an Edible Centerpiece Demonstration by Emily Chiswell, as well as many years of taking care of the Mill Creek Towne entrances! Our garden club was established in 1968, and we also salute Linda Settlemyer, a continually active member serving our club for 50 years! Although it was bittersweet as we bid a longtime member farewell, we will miss Sandy but hope she enjoys spending time with her family in Florida!

About Mill Creek Towne Garden Club

Established in 1968, the objective of the Mill Creek Towne Garden Club is to stimulate and increase knowledge and interest in all facets of gardening among amateurs, establish an active community beautification program and encourage civic beautification, and foster group activities for the benefit of the members and the community. The garden club also landscapes and maintains the Mill Creek Towne entrances and common areas.

Visit our website to learn more about us. Donations to pay for landscaping and maintenance of the Mill Creek Towne Entrances and our garden-related programs at our community meetings are greatly appreciated and accepted year-round! Contact us if you have questions or if you are interested in joining us.

Mill Creek Towne Garden Club – Derwood, Maryland

Proudly Serving the Mill Creek Towne Community Since 1968!

See photos from our gathering and from past events:

Mill Creek Stream Extreme Cleanup 2026

Thanks to everyone that made our Mill Creek Drive Extreme Cleanup a success! On Saturday, April 18th for Earth Month, Mill Creek Towne Garden Club partnered with Rock Creek Conservancy and Montgomery Parks to help clean up Mill Creek Stream in our 2026 Extreme Cleanup! All in all, fourteen bags were filled, and eleven people participated. Our volunteers enjoyed the spring weather and the flora and fauna near the creek. They saw a box turtle, Virginia Spring Beauties, and Intermediate Wood Ferns, a reminder of why we want to keep our waters and parks clean! Thanks to our neighbors, Friends of Rock Creek Conservancy, and garden club friends who volunteered to make this project a success! Some people travelled here from as far as DC! After cleaning up, several garden club members weeded around the blooming pink dogwood. Here are photos from our Extreme Cleanup. Hope you can join us next year to continue making this a successful venture to help keep our water clean!

Next Saturday, April 25th from 8am to 12noon, we will be having a Plant & Yard Sale. This is our annual fundraiser to help fund our year-round projects including maintaining the Mill Creek Towne entrances and provide garden-related programs. We hope to see you then!

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