Grove Park and Ravenwood Garden Club

Our Garden Club was started by Grove Park neighbors, Barry and Mary-Ellen Jones in the fall of 2006. The Garden Club is a combined neighborhoods organization of Grove Park and Ravenwood residents. It is a comfortable format for meeting new neighbors, visiting each other's gardens, addressing common problems (e.g., canker worms, weeds and invasive plants) and sharing gardening tips and ideas. In 2007 the Garden Club created (and continues to maintain) three colorful garden plots at the 'Triangle'; our first community project.

In April 2009 the Garden Club hosted its first annual Garden Tour. It has become one of the Eastside's premier Spring Events, drawing many non-residents to tour selected gardens in Grove Park and Ravenwood. The Garden Club also initiated a 'Keep it Clean' campaign, which the Grove Park Neighborhood Association has taken over, where area neighbors volunteer to pick-up trash from sections of Robinson Church Road and W.T Harris Blvd. that border our neighborhood.

In 2014 the Garden Club built and installed a Little Free Library at the Triangle. It’s a “take a book, return a book” gathering place where neighbors share their favorite literature and stories. In its most basic form, a Little Free Library is a box full of books where anyone may stop by and pick up a book (or two) and bring back another book to share. Great for kids and adults!

The Garden Club meets on the third Saturday of the month, at 10:30 a.m. Various members share in hosting the members. Guests are always welcome. There are no membership dues. Instead the Garden Club holds an annual yard sale. Proceeds support feature neighborhood projects.

Ravenwood-Grove Park Social Committee

The Social Committee has 4 members each from the two communities. Among other things they organize the National Night Out event in August every year and the Winter Fest holiday party dinner in December. They develop the plans, organize the people, prepare the facilities, aquire the supplies and supervise the running of the events.

When it is time for a great gathering --- it is time for the Social Committee!

Do not miss their next BIG event...

Neighborhood Watch

Starting in 2004, a few neighbors discussed the possibility of getting to know the other residents of Grove Park. A meeting was scheduled to have a presentation about the Neighborhood Watch Program that works in cooperation with the local police department. From that meeting, the Grove Park Neighborhood Watch program was born. The neighborhood was divided into blocks and neighbors volunteered for the block captain roles. An electronic database was created and email is the main means of communication today for the program.

The purpose of the Neighborhood Watch is to get to know our neighbors and to look out for each other. We have social functions over the course of the year as one of the ways to get to know each other. These include National Night Out which is held the first Tuesday in August and a holiday party held in December. Another project that has helped the neighbors get to know each other is a Neighborhood Services List that provides contact information for neighbors who have businesses that others might want to use.

Updates from one of our friendly community resource officers are sent out via email as well as other related news from our neighbors. The news shared may be related to break-ins or other police involved matters as well as lost or found pets.

For more information about the Grove Park Neighborhood Watch Program, please contact MK Brennan by email at mkb1153@aol.com.