100th Birthday Party: The Event

On April 27, 2026 we celebrated 100 years of the Garden Club of Montclair's proud history. Members and their significant others gathered together at the Montclair Art Museum to commemorate our past, honor our present, and raise a glass to our future.

The event, coordinated by Cynthia Corhan-Aitken and Karen Fricke with the essential assistance of many of our members, was a wonderful success, as you can see by the photos, below, and the closeups of the 11 breathtaking floral arrangements celebrating each decade of our existence (click here to view). The highlight of the evening was the movie, created by Alex Pavljuk, Creative Media Producer at MAM, which featured many of our emeriti as well as our newest members talking about our extraordinary history and what the club has meant to them, An homage to Julia Berrell was also prominently displayed (click here to read).

Thanks to everyone who made the evening such a success, as well as to an anonymous member for her generous gift of splendid tote bags to mark the occasion. These photos were taken by Amy Poster, Sue Young, and of course, Sue Yu.

Clicking on a photo will bring it, and all of them, up in a slideshow.