Quote Originally Posted by SiouzQ. View Post
Wow, $20,000! I had no idea that a garden club could rake that amount in! And so good to know the younger generation is taking over. We have that starting to happen in our little village as well, slowly but surely. The oldsters are retiring from volunteer positions (me included).
Our Iris Society takes care of the big Iris garden at Missouri botanical gardens in St. Louis. We use their volunteers in addition to our own members to dig and process these iris every year. MOBOT supports the effort by giving us free space for the sale, storage space for a few supplies, some publicity, and a little printing.

We donate the majority of this $20,000 back to MOBOT so it’s of value to them, plus we keep the iris garden healthy by dividing plants each year. We will probably donate around $15,000 of this $20,000