Violet Crown Garden Club

In the early spring of 1924, Mrs. Clara Driscoll Sevier called a meeting for those interested in community beautification. The poet O. Henry called Austin “The City of the Violet Crown”,  so the name Violet Crown Garden Club was adopted. The club met for 26 years in the Crystal Ballroom at the Driskill Hotel, then at various other locations. They helped to build the garden center at Zilker Botanical Garden and have been meeting there since their 40th anniversary in 1964. Federation with National Garden Clubs, Inc began in 1928. Violet Crown is part of District V within Texas Garden Clubs and the South Central Region. 

Violet Crown is famous and known for its Flower Shows. Flower Shows are fun and are a way to show our community the beauty of well grown plant material and creating floral designs. The club also meets monthly (taking a break in summer) to learn about gardening or floral design from expert speakers, who are often club members. Our meetings are the 4th Thursday of the month in Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Sept, and Oct and the 3rd Thurs in Nov and Dec. Our April meeting is often a "field trip" to garden related business or a local garden of interest. We love to talk all things gardening, so our meetings include some time for that, too.