Tercentenary Park is located in the down town area of Bay St. Louis. It was established in 1999 to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the city's founding. Over the years the park had become somewhat unsightly looking with just city upkeep. One of our members presented an opportunity to the club to make the park look presentable again to citizens and visitors. She had developed a renovation plan that was accepted, complete with removing old dead plants and replacing with new plants, repairing or replacing existing and missing benches, total work over top to bottom. Not a single area of the park was untouched be it new plantings, weeding, sodding, pavers, rose bushes, power washing, you name it. When the new (and old) plants were decided upon and placed, metal ground tags were ordered and installed that stated the plants common and technical name. When the project was completed the Chamber of Commerce (that we are a member of) held a ribbon cutting ceremony to acknowledge the refurbishment.

Arbor Day is an opportunity to inform the community and raise awareness of the importance of trees in our environment by publicly celebrating "Arbor Day" with the planting of a magnolia tree at Saint Clair Catholic Church in Waveland. This was especially important in 2025, as trees on the Coast are still recovering from previous hurricane damage and are further impacted by drought and unseasonably warm temperatures. Magnolias are well suited to our coastal climate. They provide us with shade during hot weather and beautiful flowers to enjoy. In 2025, we partnered with Saint Clair Catholic Church to promote and publicize Arbor Day on the Coast. We worked with the church to find a suitable location for the tree. We arranged for the planting to take place during a regularly scheduled general club meeting, with the planting ceremony becoming part of the meeting.