Join the Ohme Gardens Friends Society!

As a friend of the society you can help preserve the ‘Ohme Gardens’ experience for yourself and others for years to come. The Friends’ Society works to provide funding for major maintenance, capitol expenditures, and planting restoration.

As a Friend you can choose to volunteer for events or to volunteer with Garden maintenance, or both!

As a Friend you can take part in the spring and fall planting festival, be honored at the annual meeting and receive a free memento of Ohme Gardens.

As a Friend you will have a voice in the Garden’s Master Plan.

Our Friends Society is looking to grow this season! Would you like to take a more active role in helping Ohme Gardens?  There is so much to do to sustain this beautiful, valley treasure. Do you know of others who would be interested in helping promote and sustain Ohme Gardens? The Friends play an important role in helping the Gardens with events as well as fund-raising.

RSVP your interest to ohmegardens@charter.net - and please forward this page to any friends or family members of yours that might be interested! 

Membership Form

To be included as a Friend of the Ohme Gardens Friends' Society, become an Ohme Gardens Season's Pass holder. Click here to download a Season's Pass Application.

Current OGFS Board Members

      President: Gail Cerenzia
      Vice-President: Rozanne Lind
      Secretary: Terri Reinhofer
      Treasurer: Carol Loranger

Recent Activities

The Latest OGFS Meeting was held November 16th, 2011. The Friends gathered to discuss end-of-season events at the Gardens, and re-visit volunteer opportunities and what each member of the Society is looking to contribute.

To view a slideshow of Make-A-Difference-Day 2011, please click here.

Latest Projects and Fundraising Efforts

Fourth of July Raffle: Raffle tickets were sold for $5.00 each by the Ohme Gardens Friends' Society for an exclusive night for ten people to watch the 4th of July Fireworks display over the Columbia River from a spectacular viewpoint at Ohme Gardens. The prize package included dinner and refreshments served at Totem Pole Lodge. This was a fundraiser to help support projects at Ohme Gardens.

Safety Lighting Project: Funds raised from the Fourth of July Raffle, as well as a grant from the Community Foundation of North Central Washington, helped finance the Safety Lighting Project. Directed by Boyscout Daniel Poulson (as an Eagle Scout Project), Members of the Friends Society and community members came together in June of 2011 to complete Phase 1 of the Safety Lighting Project.

NEW "Pondless" Waterfall: Funded by Ohme Gardens Friends Society members, Wayne and Carol Loranger. Boyscout Connor Christensen organized and carried out this Eagle Scout Project, with a team of volunteers.

Several major garden projects have been selected by the Society to begin additional fund raising efforts.

Friends' Society "Mark Your Calendar":

Currently, there are no upcoming events scheduled.

History

The Ohme Gardens Friends’ Society was established in 2008. The group got its certificate of incorporation as a Washington State non-profit corporation on June 2, 2008 and received its official 501 ( c ) ( 3) tax exempt status from the Internal Revenue Service on November 18, 2008.

Mission statement: “To perpetuate Ohme Gardens for the enjoyment and education of all visitors.”

The Society is governed by a board of directors and is an all-volunteer organization. It plays a key role in the financial stability and long term viability of the Gardens.