Garden Forum schedules flower show and 75th anniversary celebration

YOUNGSTOWN -- The April Flower show of the Garden Forum of the Greater Youngstown Area will be open to the public from 1 to 5 p.m. April 9 and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 10 at the Davis Education and Visitors Center in Fellow Riverside Gardens at Mill Creek Park.
The theme is "Diamond Jubilee," and entries will be accepted from 9 to 10:30 a.m. April 9. Late entries will not be judged.
For more information, contact Pearl Marlos, chairwoman, at (330) 755-5679.
Also scheduled for April 10 is the forum's 75th anniversary celebration and spring general meeting for members. The event will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Davis Center and will include a jewelry fashion show and club anniversary certificates and flower show awards.
Refreshments will be served. Reservations are due by April 1 by calling (330) 740-7116 Ext. 210.
Background
The purpose of the nonprofit group is to educate garden clubs, the public and youth in civic beautification, conservation, horticulture, flower arranging and garden therapy. Composed of 48 garden clubs, it was the first garden forum in the United States when it was formed in 1930.
As a beautification project in 1934, members started planting and selling the flowering crab, which became the official tree of Youngstown in 1945. The forum opened the first garden center in Fellows in 1963.