​Frankston Gardem Club, TX

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Elevenses Spring Tea

March 25, 2023

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The Frankston Garden Club recently enjoyed a morning of English fun with its Elevenses Spring Tea.  Taking their cue from our friends ‘across the pond’ the Frankston Garden Club hosted an elevenses tea as a fundraiser. Elevenses is a tea served around 11 a.m. in the morning and is a late-morning work break that involves a light snack of food like muffins, scones, cookies along with hot tea or coffee.  This sold out event was held at the Bank-Quet Room Event Center located at 126 West Main Street in Frankston. The Bank-Quet Room is a historic bank that has been renovated into an event venue, with a combination of classic and rustic decor.

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Tables for the tea were decorated by individual club members who used fine china, linens, flowers and decorations from their own collections to create whimsical and unique table designs. Many of the attendees added merriment to the event by wearing elegant, lovely and interesting hats and fascinators.

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Guests were served with a variety of teas, including Earl Gray, Hibiscus Tea and Raspberry Tea. Strawberry Spring Salad, and a variety of sandwiches were also served with tea cakes, teapot shaped butter cookies with pink icing and pistachio cookies. After the reading of a teacup story, guests selected three winners in the hat contest, choosing the pretties hat, the most elegant hat and the funniest hat. The three lucky winners were Peggy Melrose for prettiest, Julie Melrose for funniest and Carolanne Szumal for most elegant. Each winner enjoyed a teacup for a prize.

 

Participants played Tea Party Bingo with winners enjoying a variety of prizes. Other attendees went home with lovely winnings from a silent auction and raffle items donated by many local and surrounding businesses.  

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The Frankston Garden Club is thankful for the donations and contributions they received from many generous businesses and for the support of the public that make it possible for the work they do.  Proceeds from this event will go towards the club’s scholarship program and a variety of other community centered endeavors.

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Commemorative Christmas Ornaments

In 2021 the Frankston Garden Club decided to design and offer Commemorative Christmas Ornaments.   It’s the first in what we hope to be the line of many for years to come.  Each year members of FGC come up with ideas of historical significance to the area of Frankston, and those suggestions are voted on, designed and made.  The Frankston Garden Club has a booth at Frankston Square Fair each year where we have the ornaments ready to sell.  We also have them available to purchase any time throughout the year by calling Judy Scoggins at 817-913-1982 or Sheila Mays at 214-662-9981.  We not only have the current year for purchase, but also past years available.  

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 2023 Primitive Baptist Church $15.00 

Third in the FGC Commemorative Christmas Ornament series is the Primitive Baptist Church also known as the Pilgrim Church which is the oldest Baptist church in Texas, located 5.5 mi. S on SH 155, then 0.5 mi. E on CR 327, Frankston, TX.  On the back of this beautiful ornament is the historical maker.

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 According to the historical marker, the Rev. James Madison McCarty (1802-1869) is the first Primitive Baptist minister known to have served in this area. In 1853 Bethel Primitive Baptist Church of Christ was established as a member of the Union Association organized by Daniel Parker. Church services were held one weekend a month. Members of the congregation participated in holy services of communion and foot washings during conference meetings. Singing for the services was performed in the non-instrumental sacred harp method. The church was the primary religious and social gathering place for the Sandflat community. The oldest documented burial in the Bethel Cemetery is that of the infant child of Daniel and Elizabeth Willingham Cook, who died on August 7, 1855. Among those buried in both marked and unmarked graves in the cemetery are veterans of the Civil War, World War I and World War II. After the railroad was built through the county in 1900, bypassing this area in favor of Frankston to the north, the Sandflat community began to decline. Worship services at Bethel Church ceased in the 1940s. The cemetery remains as a reflection of the area's heritage.

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2022 The Park Gazebo $15.00

The Frankston Garden Club's second Commemorative Ornament features the Park Gazebo. A gazebo was built around 1920 and became the site of different social events in Frankston.  The square continues to serve as the town’s social and business center. The park was designated with a

According to the historical marker, in 1900 the Texas & New Orleans Railroad built a line through this area and plotted a townsite here on land owned by Frankie Miller. The town was named for "Miss Frankie" who donated this site, known as the Town Square, for a city park. By 1908 a city park existed here, and a post office and many of the town's earliest businesses had opened around the park square. A gazebo, built about 1920, replaced a small bandstand and became the site of various local festivities and social events. The park square continues to serve as the town's social and business center.

 

2021 Frankston Garden Club Logo $15

Frankston Garden Club's first commemorative Christmas Ornament is the yellow Knockout Rose, which is our official flower for Frankston Garden Club.  The Frankston Garden Club was established in 1967, when it became affiliated with the Texas Garden Clubs, Inc.     

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Garden Tour-Beyond the Garden Gate

May 30, 2020

Frankston Garden Club's 2020 Tour of Gardens-Beyond the Garden Gate is set for 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, May 30,2020, rain or shine.  

The self-guided tour begins at the Frankston Square Park located in downtown Frankston, where maps will be available. crafts, plants, and a raffle for a pair of diamond earrings will also be at this location. (You do not need to be present to win.)

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The tour consists of four private gardens and one public garden.  Starting with the Square Park Garden which was established in 2015 and maintained by the FGC members.  Also on the tour are the gardens of Patty Lookabaugh, Clarice Kirksey, JB Hanlon, and Gary and Debbie Edmonson.

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Tickets are $10 each and may be purchased at Phillips Plants and Florist, Frankston Depot Library, Pandora's Box or at each of the featured gardens during the tour.  

For more information call214-662-9981 or check Facebook: Frankston Garden Club.TX.

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Christmas Tour of Homes-2021

Celebrate the holidays with a self-guided tour of six beautifully decorated homes in Frankston. The Frankston Garden Club is hosting its Christmas Tour of Homes from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 11, 2021. Take a peek into some of the most festive homes in the Frankston area.  According to Event Chair Judy Scoggins, while this was once an annual event, this is the first time the club has hosted it since 2004.  “While these are not historic homes, they will be beautifully decorated for the holidays,” she said.  

 

Advance tickets are $17 and are available at Pandora’s Box, Silvermoon Saddle, Tack & Gifts , also at this location, The Garden Club’s exclusive Christmas ornament can be purchased.  Get your picture taken with Santa and enjoy extended hours of shopping and dining with the downtown merchants.  Scoggins has been a member of the club for four years and encourages others who are interested in joining to contact her.  “Four years ago, I was new in town and wanted to meet some people,” she said. “Joining this club was well worth it. I look forward to every meeting and have made a lot of wonderful friends.”  The Frankston Garden Club meets once a month. For more information, call 817-913-1982 or log onto the Frankston Garden Club’s Facebook page.

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The Christmas Tour of Homes spotlights six beautifully decorated homes for the holidays.  The homes on the tour will be Tom and Veronica Mathis, David and Rebecca Brown, Gary and Debbie Edmonson, Glenda Welch and Travis Townley, Theresa Stone and Joe and Kathy Laws.  

 

All proceeds for this event will go to the Frankston Garden Club Scholarship Fund and other club endeavors.  

For more information about the Christmas Tour of Homes, phone (817) 913-1982 or by email at Frankstongardenclub.tx@gmail.com . Also the Frankston Garden Club is on Facebook, where there are many useful tips to share and informative discussions.

 

 

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An English Tea Party 2020

April 17, 2020

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You are cordially invited to take tea with the Frankston Garden Club, from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 17, 2021, at First Baptist Church at 408 Garner Street.  Frankston Garden Club invites adults and children for an enjoyable, sweet savory elegant afternoon of fun and entertainment.  

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The English Tea Party, a fundraiser for the Frankston Garden Club, and was chosen with fond memories of tea parties in the past.

Members also believed many in the community are ready for in an-person event where they can interact with family and friends, following a year of being disconnected due to the coronavirus pandemic.  During the tea, there will be a silent auction, crafts for children, a castle backdrop photo booth and a raffle.

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Tickets for the event, which must be purchased in advance, cost $15 per adult and $10 per child and are available Frankston Library, Maxwell Pharmacy, Wash Plus and Pandora’s Box in Frankston, any FGC member or frankstongardenclubtx.gmail.com.  Proceeds from the tea party will fund a $500 scholarship for a college-bound senior. The recipient of the scholarship is determined by the quality of a paper submitted to the club, written on a topic chosen by the Texas Garden Club.

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The winning paper advances to the State Garden Club competition and, if selected, progresses to the National Garden Club. Other organizations award the winner additional scholarship money.

The Frankston Garden Club was organized to promote the love of gardening, floral design, horticulture and civic responsibility. Members promote landscaping, environmental concerns and garden therapy for men, women and children. Members also participate in and promote educational programs.

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The Club’s contributions to the community include the regular tending of a garden spot in the city park, maintaining planters on the north side of the square and a garden on the east side of the square on Hwy 155.

The Frankston Garden Club meets at 10 a.m. the second Wednesday of each month, hosted in the homes of members on a rotating basis. Lunch is provided. Dues are $20 annually.

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Bake Sale 2015

December 5, 2015

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The Frankston Garden Club will be hosting its Annual Christmas Bake Sale Saturday, December 5th from 10 to 2 in the Fellowship Hall of the United Methodist Church. Goodies galore will be offered for sale during this special event to raise money toward a Scholarship that is awarded each year to an FHS graduating Senior. 

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Home Flower Garden Tour 2013

May 24, 2013

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The Frankston Garden Club hold its first-ever Home Flower Garden Tour on Saturday, May 25, 2013.  The tour will feature four gardens in the Frankston area, including two on Lake Palestine.

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“The homeowners are excited about it, our club is excited about it and the community is excited about it,” Frankston Garden Club garden tour chair Lina Mae Eschberger told the Herald-Press Tuesday. “What better medicine than to go out and see God’s beauty everywhere — it refreshes your body, mind and soul.”

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The tour will be held from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. rain or shine and will feature the following gardens:

• J.C. and Reba Hicks and Judy Hicks McNeil — 333 Kickapoo St. in Frankston

• Monroe and Trudy Menke — Lollipop subdivision, 22501 Cherry Lane, Frankston

• Raymond and Una Mae Nichols — 570 N. Weldon St., Frankston

• Terry and Hope Ramsey — 6701 HCR 4216, Frankston

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“Each garden is different and even if you think you have time to see one garden, I think it will be worth your time,” Eschberger said. “It’s a wonderful outing for men and women to come and just be refreshed by the fresh air and take a walk through the gardens, that may bring back some childhood memories while enjoying the gardens, the birds and the butterflies.”

Admission to the event is $8 per person. Tickets can be purchased at Sav-Mor Foods, David’s Beauty Salon, from any Frankston Garden Club member or at the entry of any featured garden.

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“The Ramseys have a lot of old-timey plants. They live in Lake Palestine and they have a gorgeous long driveway with roses and all kinds of pass-along plants,” Eschberger said. “The McNeil garden has the feeling of an English garden with lots of old-timey pass-along plants you can’t buy anymore. Her grandmother was a real passionate gardener and that’s where she got her love for that.”

Proceeds from the tour will go to the Frankston Garden Club Frankston High School Scholarship Fund.

“It’s for a wonderful cause. We think it’s an investment in our youth to do these fund-raisers. We try to do something the whole community would enjoy while benefiting deserving students who need a little help going to college,” Eschberger said.

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