ONE Queer Garden Club

08/19/2019

Exciting news - ONE Archives Foundation is hosting another Garden Party 🎉 !!
Save the date: Saturday, Oct 5 from 5:30-7:30pm

And we’re doing some garden fluffing, to keep her looking pretty and ready for guests - in three upcoming sessions. Please stop by one of them if you can to help fluff! 🤗

Saturdays: Aug 24, Sept 14, Sept 28
From 10am-12pm

Come get your hands dirty and enjoy some succulent pleasures in the garden!

02/22/2019

And the award for most “succulent pleasures” at a national archives goes to the One Q***r Garden Club which meets once more this Saturday morning starting from 10am . We enter our third year as a volunteer organization dedicated to bringing more beauty into the world by maintaining the succulent garden space outside the world’s largest archive of LGBTQ materials. Join us this saturday for some pre-oscar party weeding!

02/02/2019

Hello Gardeners! When we get rain we get growth...including weeds! The garden is flourishing but will need some TLC soon. Next gathering will be on saturday Feb 23 (we were going to do 2nd but 🌧 ✔️!)
Dates are tentative but mark your calendars and send any suggestions for special activities to do along with our regular maintenance duties. Looking forward to what this year can manifest.

11/15/2018

Last official OQGC gathering of 2018! Feeling a lot of gratitude for the amazing transformations since we began the journey in 2017. So much to love.
This gathering we’ll focus on fixing up some of the alterations made to the garden since the arrival of the giant HVAC system and generator that sits in the north part of garden, as well as discuss ideas for 2019!

08/28/2018

Our fall schedule includes three more dates until the end of the year. On Sept 29 we will focus our attention on replanting the north entrance to the garden - the corner entrance from the parking lot.

We had such a lovely and successful evening during the Summer Garden Party - and next year will bring more festive special events. Thanks to every club member for contributing to the beauty of the succulent garden!

Since the south entrance was the primary public entry point for the Summer Garden Party we needed to bulk up its presence, so we removed some of the potted plants and Quan Yin sculpture from the north entrance- so now it needs some attention. Fortunately, we received a beautiful giant “archeological treasure pot” from member Chadmichael! The big pot will host a large aloe plant, so we’ll sculpt the north entrance around that feature.

In October and November we will set our sights on continuing creative projects like building some simple wooden benches for the garden and continuing to make art mosaic pieces!
Looking forward to sharing time in the garden with you!

08/02/2018

Looking forward to this weekend’s “Garden Fluffing” in preparation for next week’s splendid Summer Garden Party!

07/28/2018

Next week we have our Garden “fluffing” to prepare for our super fun Summer Garden Party - join us!

07/22/2018

07/22/2018

A most splendid experience with the OQGC on July 21! After a bit of garden work we were led in a relaxing and creative art workshop by Mr. Voice Love. He guided us on blowing ink and making plant leaf prints to make original art! So fun - and you’ll have a chance to try it out yourself at the Summer Garden Party on August 11 from 5-7pm. They’ll also be refreshments, live music by Q***rtet (playing fun string arrangements of contemporary music), tours of the Archives inside, and a chance to take home clippings from the garden!

We gather once more as a club on Aug 4 to prepare the garden for the party. Join us for some “succulent garden fluffing” from 10am-1pm!

07/17/2018

Refresh & Rejuvenate yourself in the garden this weekend with a creative art making workshop led by botanical art expert Mr. Voice Love. He’ll be guiding folks thru several fun techniques for making plant prints & pressings. It’s free (but donations are welcome & support club activities).

OQGC meets this saturday at 10am as well as Aug 4 in preparation for our first ever Summer Garden Party at the succulent Legacy Garden at the ONE Archives happening on Saturday, August 11 from 5-7pm!

07/11/2018

Check it out! The Invite for our first Summer Garden Party launched today. We have two gatherings that lead up to the Aug 11 evening party event.

Please join us to help maintain the garden on July 21 (also featuring a creative workshop where you create your own original artworks based on garden plant pressings by Mr. Voice Love) and on August 4 (the weekend before the party to make sure it's looking swell)- from 10am-1pm.

Come celebrate the recently restored succulent garden. Enjoy light hors d’oeuvres, refreshing beverages, and tours of the largest LGBTQ archive in the world. Take home a part of the garden with a plant sale of fresh clippings and guided flower pressing demonstrations.