This is the season of Thanksgiving and we are especially thankful for you! Thankful for…your recent donations, as they have fueled our mission for enhanced funding on behalf of historic Garfield Park. Thankful for…your participation in FOGP sponsored and hosted events as this ensures the evolution of the public benefits. When you invite your friends…
Do you have something to share? We’d love to hear from you! The Friends of Garfield Park, Inc will be holding our Annual Board Meeting on Thursday, November 17, 2022 As the true Friends of Garfield Park you are hereby invited to share any comments, compliments or concerns in advance of the meeting so they…
FOGP Board Treasurer, John Masengale presents…. President, Lynda Burrello… the 2015 Betty Foley Service Award at our sell-out Rockin Christmas Bash on Saturday, December 6th. Thank you Lynda for everything you do for FOGP and Garfield Park!
May 29th, 2015 Dear Friends, I trust most of you have heard that Betty Foley passed away early this morning, May 29th, 2015. She was an amazing lady and a good friend to many of us. I first met Betty in 1989 when she was with the Friends of the Conservatory. You could always count…
FOGP has received a grant toward the continuation of the Garfield Alive program for the purpose of connecting community and keeping Garfield Alive. The grant is from “Frank Curtis and Irving Moxley Springer Fund, a fund of the Central Indiana Community Foundation, in loving memory of Irving and Frank Springer.” The primary use of this…
THANK YOU from the Friends of Garfield Park, Inc. to all of the volunteers and sponsors for Garfield ReForest 2016 and the Great Indy Clean Up! It was a huge success and one of the largest volunteer events in the park’s history. Thanks to over 250 volunteers who planted 200 trees in less than 3…
Take a few minutes to review all the wonderful accomplishments for the park. Thank you so much for everyone’s help making 2021 a very successful year.
[TS_VCSC_Advanced_Textblock styling_color=”#000000″ styling_size=”18″ styling_border=”border-style:solid;border-top-style:solid;border-right-style:solid;border-bottom-style:solid;border-left-style:solid;|border-width:1px;border-radius:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-top-left-radius:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;|border-color:#cccccc;border-top-color:#cccccc;border-right-color:#cccccc;border-bottom-color:#cccccc;border-left-color:#cccccc;”]Thank you to the Urban Times for a wonderful article on “Blake’s Garden” at the Garfield Park Conservatory – Indy Parks and Recreation! Click HERE to view the article. If you have not visited this beautiful addition to the Conservatory, make it a must do soon![/TS_VCSC_Advanced_Textblock]
[TS_VCSC_Advanced_Textblock styling_color=”#000000″ styling_size=”18″ styling_border=”border-style:solid;border-top-style:solid;border-right-style:solid;border-bottom-style:solid;border-left-style:solid;|border-width:1px;border-radius:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-top-left-radius:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;|border-color:#cccccc;border-top-color:#cccccc;border-right-color:#cccccc;border-bottom-color:#cccccc;border-left-color:#cccccc;”] It’s Party-time again at the Mac! The Friends of Garfield Park proudly present An Evening at the MAC featuring China Grove: the Doobie Brothers Tribute Band. Check out the band at their website HERE. Mark you calendar for SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 5th, 2020. It’s going to be a beautiful fall evening, so…
[TS_VCSC_Advanced_Textblock styling_color=”#000000″ styling_size=”18″ styling_border=”border-style:solid;border-top-style:solid;border-right-style:solid;border-bottom-style:solid;border-left-style:solid;|border-width:1px;border-radius:0px;border-top-width:0px;border-top-left-radius:0px;border-right-width:0px;border-top-right-radius:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;border-bottom-right-radius:0px;border-left-width:0px;border-bottom-left-radius:0px;|border-color:#cccccc;border-top-color:#cccccc;border-right-color:#cccccc;border-bottom-color:#cccccc;border-left-color:#cccccc;”]Friends, I thought you’d like to see recent picture’s from the Mac. Our crews completed work last week and the stage stands ready! Efforts included total scrapping, priming and painting of the performance staging area, refurbishing production line trough, weeding and cleanup of seating area, backstage painting, thorough cleaning of green rooms,…