{"id":13501,"date":"2023-10-04T20:42:26","date_gmt":"2023-10-05T00:42:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/generousgardeners.org\/staging\/?page_id=13501"},"modified":"2026-03-11T19:22:47","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T23:22:47","slug":"2023-silent-auction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/generousgardeners.org\/staging\/2023\/10\/04\/2023-silent-auction\/","title":{"rendered":"2023 Silent Auction"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Silent Auction Starts Saturday at 9:00 ends September 30th at 2:30. <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Generous Gardeners Silent Auction!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our first ever silent auction starts Saturday, September 16th at 9:00 and includes 37 amazing donations of goods as well as gift certificates for goods, services, restaurants and accommodations.\u00a0 Do your Christmas shopping while supporting Gloucester&#8217;s amazing flower displays!\u00a0 It ends on September 30th after the dahlia event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"884\" height=\"333\" data-attachment-id=\"12916\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/generousgardeners.org\/staging\/sample-page\/tulips\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/generousgardeners.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/tulips.png?fit=884%2C333&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"884,333\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"tulips\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/generousgardeners.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/tulips.png?fit=884%2C333&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/generousgardeners.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/tulips.png?resize=884%2C333&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-12916\" style=\"width:630px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/generousgardeners.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/tulips.png?w=884&amp;ssl=1 884w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/generousgardeners.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/tulips.png?resize=300%2C113&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/generousgardeners.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/tulips.png?resize=768%2C289&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/generousgardeners.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/tulips.png?resize=250%2C94&amp;ssl=1 250w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/generousgardeners.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/tulips.png?resize=400%2C151&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/generousgardeners.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/tulips.png?resize=159%2C60&amp;ssl=1 159w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/generousgardeners.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/tulips.png?resize=239%2C90&amp;ssl=1 239w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 884px) 100vw, 884px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Triton sculpture at the Elizabeth Gordon Smith Garden with tulips in full bloom!<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Silent Auction Starts Saturday at 9:00 ends September 30th at 2:30. Generous Gardeners Silent Auction! 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First Saturday in JunePlant and Tuber SaleExtra dahlia tubers from the Stacy Boulevard gardens are available for purchase!\u00a0 They are a great deal for wonderful varieties.\u00a0 We have many dinnerplate and other showy varieties\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/generousgardeners.org\/staging\/category\/latest-news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/generousgardeners.org\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/events.jpg?fit=519%2C260&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":13618,"url":"https:\/\/generousgardeners.org\/staging\/2023\/11\/26\/sculptural-planters-dedication-for-gloucesters-400th\/","url_meta":{"origin":13501,"position":3},"title":"Sculptural Planters Dedication for Gloucester&#8217;s 400th","author":"Administrator","date":"November 26, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Please join Generous Gardeners in the dedication of the400th\u00a0legacy project for the City of Gloucester onSaturday, December 9th\u00a0at 3:00 PM. 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