The Worcester Garden Club, Inc., a member Garden Club of America and National Garden Clubs, Inc. and organized in 1919, voted to award $430 to the Friends of Newton Hill at Elm Park c/o Park Spirit of Worcester, Inc., to fund perennials and annuals to beautify the Newton Square Rotary flower beds.

The Friends of Newton Hill have worked with Rotary Stewards Paula Bushey and Denise Billotta over the past few years to beautify the rotary by planting and watering flowers.

The Purposes of the Worcester Garden Club are: to promote the knowledge and appreciation of gardening, horticulture, flower arranging, and all phases of conservation; to educate the community in the art of gardening, in the science of horticulture and in the conservation of all our national and local resources; and to encourage and develop civic planting throughout Worcester County.