A Guide to the Magic City Garden Club Collection

A Guide to the Magic City Garden Club Collection

The Magic City Garden Club, the second garden club established in the City of Roanoke, was organized in 1927 under the leadership of Kelly Rainey Davis (Mrs. George Maslin Davis). She was the club’s first secretary; its first president was Martha Norton Stone (Mrs. Alvah Stone). There were nine charter members. During the 1970s and 1980s membership ranged from 25 to 40 members. The group provided education to its members about gardening and organized gardening exhibitions, including Roanoke’s first indoor flower show in 1928 and the first show inviting clubs from across Southwest Virginia in 1931. It was the only club from Roanoke to be a charter member of the Virginia State Federation of Garden Clubs in 1932 and was a founding club of the Roanoke Council of Garden Clubs in 1934.
The collection includes a minute book covering 1969-1988, a booklet documenting the history of the first fifty years of the club, 1927-77, and a club yearbook from 1997-98.

Magic City Garden Club

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