{"id":35,"date":"2018-12-19T16:03:50","date_gmt":"2018-12-19T16:03:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/generousgardeners.org\/staging\/?page_id=35"},"modified":"2026-03-11T19:34:57","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T23:34:57","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/generousgardeners.org\/staging\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-container uagb-block-41d23653 alignfull uagb-is-root-container\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);padding-right:0px;padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--80);padding-left:0px;min-height:350px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2489\" height=\"1230\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-12243 size-full\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/generousgardeners.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/October-5-2021-fantastic-volunteers2-cropped.jpg\" style=\"object-position:52% 26%\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"52% 26%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/generousgardeners.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/October-5-2021-fantastic-volunteers2-cropped.jpg 2489w, https:\/\/generousgardeners.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/October-5-2021-fantastic-volunteers2-cropped-300x148.jpg 300w, https:\/\/generousgardeners.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/October-5-2021-fantastic-volunteers2-cropped-1024x506.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/generousgardeners.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/October-5-2021-fantastic-volunteers2-cropped-768x380.jpg 768w, https:\/\/generousgardeners.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/October-5-2021-fantastic-volunteers2-cropped-1536x759.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/generousgardeners.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/October-5-2021-fantastic-volunteers2-cropped-2048x1012.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/generousgardeners.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/October-5-2021-fantastic-volunteers2-cropped-1200x593.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/generousgardeners.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/October-5-2021-fantastic-volunteers2-cropped-250x124.jpg 250w, https:\/\/generousgardeners.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/October-5-2021-fantastic-volunteers2-cropped-400x198.jpg 400w, https:\/\/generousgardeners.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/October-5-2021-fantastic-volunteers2-cropped-121x60.jpg 121w, https:\/\/generousgardeners.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/October-5-2021-fantastic-volunteers2-cropped-182x90.jpg 182w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2489px) 100vw, 2489px\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-10 has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#786b4b\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-container-core-cover-is-layout-99600adb wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-advanced-heading uagb-block-e114fd5c\"><h1 class=\"uagb-heading-text\">About Generous Gardeners<\/h1><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\" style=\"margin-top:20px;margin-bottom:20px\">Generous Gardeners is dedicated to promoting philanthropy through gardening by designing and maintaining many of the public garden spaces in Gloucester, MA. Our volunteer organization brings beauty to the community for all to enjoy, including the formal gardens&nbsp;along Stacy Boulevard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">History<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Generous Gardeners was founded by Susan Kelly and Terese O\u2019Connell in 2011 as a plant donation\/swapping website. The organization evolved into a group of volunteers with the mission of philanthropy through gardening and was reincorporated as a 501(c)3 non-profit in 2014. We currently care over 45 public spaces in Gloucester, Massachusetts. Most of our plants are donated by our volunteers, but we also purchase plants with funds from our annual Gloucester Garden Tour and private donations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All volunteers are welcome. Please email <strong>susan@generousgardeners.org <\/strong>to be added to our notification email list for the location we will be working in the upcoming days.&nbsp; We meet as volunteers to garden with the mission of beautification of Gloucester with gardens.  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