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Remembering Eva Ricciarelli

I wanted to acknowledge the founder of our garden club Eva Ricciarelli who passed away Aug. 30, 2013.

At the age of 71 she started the Friends of Heirloom Flowers Garden Club with the purpose of providing volunteer opportunities for gardening lovers. She wanted to provide help to the city of Fremont by beautifying 2 historical parks in Fremont that needed a lot of work. The city of Fremont gave to Eva the Niles Rose Garden and the Shinn Park to work her magic. And magic it was. With just a small band of volunteers and little money the gardens were transformed to beautiful areas to visit, walk around and just enjoy the colors and scents. The coming year 2014 would have been the 20 year anniversary of the beginning of Eva's garden club. FOHF has flourished with many new members with a love for gardening and Eva's legacy will continue for many more years to come. When visiting these gardens remember Eva and the love and beauty she brought for all to see. Our sincere thoughts go out to the Ricciarelli Family and I want them to know Eva was a warm and caring LADY and special to so many people.

Denise LePeilbet (Vice President of FOHF)

Gardening Parties

Every Tuesday, 10 a.m., at Shinn Park , 1251 Peralta Blvd., Fremont (near Mowry)

Bring your favorite digging tools and gloves and join us! Membership not required!

WELCOME TO

FRIENDS OF HEIRLOOM FLOWERS

GARDEN CLUB

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

President........................Pat Lewis

Vice President......Denise LePeilbet

Secretary.......................Pam Lucia

Treasurer................Norma Macias

Historian..................Cecilia Oshiro

The Friends of Heirloom Flowers Garden Club is a volunteer garden club that has brought beauty back to the Shinn Park and Arboretum, one of Fremont's historical parks. FOHFGC was founded in 1994 by Eva Ricciarelli and is a not-for-profit club and part of the Bay Bridges District of the California Garden Clubs. We have received numerous awards from CGCI both for our gardens and for our members and we continue to strive to maintain this standard of excellence.

Our members volunteer 2 hours of their time weekly to redesign and beautify the flower gardens at Shinn Historical Park & Arboretum. We invite you to join us on Tuesday morning at 10 a.m. to noon at:

Shinn Park,

1251 Peralta Blvd.,

Fremont.

We hold membership meetings the 3rd Wednesday of the month where we often feature speakers on a variety of gardening topics. We have a regular schedule of field trips (open to the general public) to area gardens or garden-related sites.

Enjoy the pictures of our park that were taken by our Historian, Cecilia Oshiro!!

Membership

Send Annual Dues of $20 made payable to FOHF, along with the following information to:

Norma Macias, 2086 Primrose Ct., Fremont CA, 94539

Name:

Address:

Phone #:

E-mail:

Date of Birth:

Our members receive a monthly newsletter with current information about our club and a schedule of events.

Calendar of Events

Look for our"Special Friends"

Some special workers from "Friends of Children With Special Needs" have been helping us in our gardens. We appreciate all their hard work, laughter, and enthusiasm! Look for them in our picture gallery!