Senior Neighbors Offers Gardening Classes by Master Gardeners, Tom Stebbins and Dee Clark

Join Senior Neighbors, an Alexian Brothers ministry, for gardening classes on Friday, December 4 and Friday, December 18 at their center on the corner of 10th and Houston Streets in downtown Chattanooga. 

Friday, December 4 at 10AM, Tom Stebbins, Master Gardener, UT/TSU Extension Agent and writer of the Chattanooga Times Free Press This Week in the Garden column, will present, “What’s Bugging You in Your Garden?” The class will be in the form of a question and answer session and will focus on particular problems that occurred in your yard or garden this year. A description of the Master Gardener Program’s Beginning/Newcomer classes will also be given.

Friday, December 18 at 12PM Master Gardener Dee Clark will present, “How to Make Wreathes and Table Decorations.” The class will include a wreath making and table decoration demonstration with items from her yard. 

Call (423) 755-6100 to RSVP.  Gardening classes are free for Senior Neighbors’ members and $3 for nonmembers.

More about Senior Neighbors, an Alexian Brothers ministry:

Senior Neighbors, a ministry of Alexian Brothers, was founded nearly 50 years ago here in Chattanooga by Ginny Power.  Designed to help seniors in our area age successfully, Senior Neighbors provides vocational, social, mental, spiritual and physical opportunities for seniors at four community centers.  Membership to Senior Neighbors is just $25 a year and includes the following programs and events:     

• 3 Senior Centers in downtown Chattanooga and 1 in Soddy Daisy with activities Monday through Friday of each week
• The Retired and Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) which places volunteers with non-profit agencies in the Chattanooga area
• The Chattanooga District Senior Olympics  
• The Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP) which places qualifying older adults in paid temporary community service positions with local non-profit agencies and government organizations 
• Scenic City Chorale and Senior Neighbors Orchestra
• Computer, art, Bible, foreign language, dance and tai chi classes
• Monthly men’s luncheon featuring a different speaker each month
• Day and overnight bus trips
• Open computer lab
• Health and wellness screenings
• The Prime Timers Career Expo – an annual career fair and workshop expo exclusively for seniors
• Monthly book club

Although some activities require an extra admission charge, most are available to seniors with only the yearly membership fee. 

For more information on membership to Senior Neighbors, please call (423) 755-6100 or visit www.AlexianSeniorNeighbors.org.