Calendar of Events

Join us in preserving Jacksonville's unique history and enhancing our community through dedicated volunteer efforts and active participation in local projects.

Please see the Member - Volunteer section
of this website if you would like information
regarding volunteer opportunities.

Jacksonville Boosters
DATES TO REMEMBER 2025

Dear Friends of the Beekman Arboretum,
It's almost spring and time for an ARBORETUM CLEANUP!
Please join us, if you can, on Thursday, March 27th at 9:00 am.

We'll spend a few hours raking; pruning, cleaning out the waterfall, weeding, checking irrigation and tending to anything else you see that's needed.
Bring your gloves and favorite tools!
As always, there will be coffee and treats at the shelter.
We hope to see you then! Leslee and Michael

On Saturday, April 19, 2025
Jacksonville Garden Club's annual clean up at Sheffel Thurston Park
9:00 -10:30 AM as part of our Earth Day activities.
The park is located at the corner of N. 3rd & E Streets, near Rays Market.

Bring your favorite garden tools - gloves, boots, rakes, clippers, shovels, pole saws, Windex and rags or just come to be supportive of another historic site that once was a livery stable as early pioneers visited town to trade their goods.

It became a City yard and then restored as a safe neighborhood park area by neighbors Sheffel and Thurston before becoming an urban connective trail by Jacksonville Woodlands Association. The Jacksonville Youth Garden Club and friends continued further restoration by adding trees, plants and cement stones with the word 'welcome' in the languages of those early pioneer settlers. Since then, the Jacksonville Garden Club, Boosters, neighbors and other volunteers perform annual updating as needed. It is needed now, so come join us on Saturday, April 19th from 9 to 10:30.

Club Meetings

April 14, 2025 - General Meeting- Nominations for Board of Directors

May 12, 2025 - Club Annual Meeting- Election of Officers

June TBD 2025 - Summer Gathering

July & August - No Club Meetings

September 8, 2025 - General Meeting

TBD 2025 - Club Fall Social

October 13, 2025 - General Meeting

November 10, 2025 - General Meeting / Foundation Annual Meeting

TBD (To Be Determined)