O&A: Garden Center members welcome spring with annual tea

Shirley McMarlin
Monday, April 1, 2019 1:30 a.m. | Monday, April 1, 2019 1:30 a.m.

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Bonnie Sheridan (left) of Export and Connie Jelovich of Murrysville shop LuLaRoe fashions during the Greensburg Garden Center’s 2019 snnual spring tea, “Tea, Treats and Fashion Trends,” held March 30 at the Maplewood Presbyterian Church in Greensburg.

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Karen McGivern of Ruffsdale and Rodney Rager of Hunker pose for a photo March 30 during the Greensburg Garden Center’s 2019 annual spring tea, “Tea, Treats and Fashion Trends,” held at the Maplewood Presbyterian Church in Greensburg.

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Janet McNerny (left) and Tracy Marschik, both of Greensburg, pose for a photo March 30 during the Greensburg Garden Center’s 2019 annual spring tea, “Tea, Treats and Fashion Trends,” held at the Maplewood Presbyterian Church in Greensburg.

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Donna Lee (left) of Greensburg and Joan Nicely of Pittsburgh pose for a photo March 30 during the Greensburg Garden Center’s 2019 annual spring tea, “Tea, Treats and Fashion Trends,” held at the Maplewood Presbyterian Church in Greensburg.

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From left: Carla Rusnica of Greensburg, Sophia Ross, 7, of Latrobe, Terry Rodgers of Greensburg and Pam Turner of Greensburg, gather for a photo March 30 during the Greensburg Garden Center’s 2019 annual spring tea, “Tea, Treats and Fashion Trends,” held at the Maplewood Presbyterian Church in Greensburg.

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From left: Elizabeth Pesci of Hempfield, Anna Quiggle of Greensburg and Liz Skinner of Greensburg, table hostess (serving table shown), gather for a photo March 30 during the Greensburg Garden Center’s 2019 annual spring tea, “Tea, Treats and Fashion Trends,” held at the Maplewood Presbyterian Church in Greensburg.

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Tea co-chairs Angie Raitano (left) of Charleroi and Diane Dale of Greensburg pose for a photo March 30 during the Greensburg Garden Center’s 2019 annual spring tea, “Tea, Treats and Fashion Trends,” held at the Maplewood Presbyterian Church in Greensburg.

Who would be more excited about the arrival of spring than a group of gardeners?

Members of the Greensburg Garden Center celebrated the new season on March 29 with their annual spring tea at Maplewood Presbyterian Church in Greensburg.

Sponsors welcomed their guests to themed tables gaily bedecked with pretty dishes and — of course — flowers. Attendees also enjoyed a show of fashions from LuLaRoe.

Group members maintain gardens, including butterfly friendly plantings, behind the Greensburg Garden and Civic Center. The group offers workshops, a yearly trip to the Philadelphia flower show and the Katherine M. McKenna Scholarship, awarded annually to a student who has completed one year at an accredited college or university pursuing a degree in botany, horticulture, forestry, landscape architecture or a related field.