we’re heading over to West Ghent to give a little neighborhood love to the Birch, who generously supplied our holiday party with delicious drinks! From 5-7 we’ll meet up with friends new and old and enjoy community and delicious food and drinks. See you there!

Spring is here and Ghent is bursting with blooms! If you’re out and about and take some great shots please send them to admin@ghentneighborhoodleague.org if you’d like to share them. Thank You!

Join us for our March monthly membership meeting. We’ve got a great agenda planned and hope to see you there! 6-8 at the Williams School.

Wishing you a luck filled St. Patrick’s Day.

Join us for our March monthly community cleanup, on the corner of Colonial Ave and 21st St.

From 8-9:30 am we’ll be grabbing trash and gabbing with neighborhood friends. Keep Norfolk Beautiful is supplying our grabbers, vests and bags. It’s a great way to start the month and make a difference in your neighborhood!

Join us at Gran Maya at 2200 Colonial Avenue at 5 PM for the Ghent Social.

Great community and conversation each month. You don’t need to be a member to join us, and we’re always glad to see new faces!

From 6-8 at the Williams School. We’ve got a lot to talk about and a couple of great speakers to look forward to. See you there!

Have a Happy Valentines Day!

Join us in front of Van Wyck Library for our monthly community clean up. Keep Norfolk Beautiful is supplying grabbers and cool vests and we’ll clean up our neighborhood and enjoy community and conviviality. We look forward to seeing you help us Keep Norfolk (and Ghent) beautiful!

Don’t miss this month’s Ghent Social, the Ghent Neighborhood League’s monthly gathering, where neighbors come together to enjoy good company and great conversation. This month’s event will be held at Press 626, located at 626 W. Olney Rd. It’s the perfect chance to relax, connect with fellow residents, and strengthen our sense of community in a casual, welcoming atmosphere. Whether you’re new to the neighborhood or a long-time resident, the Ghent Social is a wonderful way to build relationships and celebrate the spirit of togetherness that makes Ghent so special. We hope to see you there!

Join us for the Ghent Neighborhood League's Monthly Membership Meeting, held every third Wednesday from 6-8 PM at the Williams School. This is a fantastic opportunity to connect with fellow neighbors, stay informed about community activities, and discover ways to get involved in making Ghent an even better place to live. Whether you're interested in local initiatives, volunteer opportunities, or simply staying up-to-date on neighborhood news, there's something for everyone. We look forward to seeing you there and working together to build a stronger, more vibrant community!

Join us for our monthly Community Cleanup.

The Ghent Neighborhood League hosts a monthly community cleanup every first Saturday at 8 AM, bringing neighbors together to make a difference to our shared spaces. For an hour and a half, residents of all ages join forces to pick up litter and beautify our streets, parks, and public areas. It’s a great way to connect with others who care about keeping our neighborhood vibrant and welcoming. Whether you’re a long-time resident or new to the community, you’re invited to roll up your sleeves and contribute to this meaningful effort.

Thanks to support from Keep Norfolk Beautiful, participants are provided with all the necessary supplies, including grabbers, safety vests, and garbage bags. Just wear gloves and bring your enthusiasm and community spirit. Together, we can make a visible difference and inspire others to take pride in Ghent. Join us next monthly and help us keep our neighborhood clean, green, and thriving!

Join us for our annual Holiday Celebration that really celebrates YOU! We’re going to have a fire-pit with a s’mores bar, a boozy hot chocolate bar, yummy finger food and sweets, beer and wine and a lot of fun. The event is at the Fred Heutte Garden (our community partner and great friend to the GNL). We look forward to seeing you and encourage you to wear your holiday finest (ugly xmas sweater to gold lame evening gown, we’re all about sartorial celebrations too!) See you soon!!!

Join us for our popular monthly community clean up. Keep Norfolk Beautiful supplies fabulous grabbers and vests and we go to town on trash in Ghent. This month we’re meeting up at Olney and Colonial and really want to take care of the median down Olney, which looks pretty sad. If you’ve got ‘em bring clippers, a lot of the trees need pruning at the base. Then you can wander as you like filling your bag with detritus. We look forward to seeing you there, it’s always nice to start the weekend with a little community service and we really appreciate your help!!

We’re grateful for you! We’ve had a banner year so far at the GNL, building community, growing, starting initiatives that benefit our entire community and working to beautify Ghent while educating Norfolk’s youth. Thank you so much for your support, your patience with our growing pains, and your love of this wondrous neighborhood. That’s something we all have in common!

Join us for our monthly GNL Social! Friday, November 22nd we’re meeting at Tacos Y Tequila for friendship, conviviality and good food and drink! As we enter the busy holiday season it will be nice to take a beat with friends and neighbors. See you there! You don’t need to be a GNL member to join us and we’d love to see you there!

Join us for our Monthly Membership Meeting. We’ve got the City and The Freemason Civic League speaking about the Flood Wall and lots of GNL news. Come with questions! Wednesday the 20th at 6 PM at the Williams School. See you there!

Come out and help the GNL Keep Ghent Beautiful. With help from our friends at Keep Norfolk Beautiful, we provide grabbers, vests and bags. You wear gloves and ratty clothes. We’re meeting at 8AM (Yes, early, but it’s great to get it done before your day really starts) and filling bags full of the usual odds n’ ends. We’re meeting at Baldwin and Manteo. See you there!!!!

Happy Halloween Ghent!!!!!!

Tonight we’ll announce the winner of the Halloween Decorations contest. Will it be a house? An apartment building? A business? Who knows??????????

Join us for the monthly Ghent Garden Club Meeting @FredHeutteCenter. Membership is open to men and women who love to garden, be outdoors and work on community improvement. We’d love to see you there. Be sure to rsvp to ghentgardenclub@gmail.com See you there!

A visit to the Stockley Gardens Arts Festival is always a great way to spend the day. This year they have shuttles to make your visit easier to navigate!

We’re going on a field trip to beautiful Freemason for a Neighborhood League Social at

Omar’s Carriage House. Meet new friends and catch up with old at our popular monthly happy hour! Friday the 18th from 5-7 PM.

Join us for our monthly membership meeting at 6PM, The Williams School. We’ve got a lot of great speakers and exciting updates for you!

It’s that time of year again! Get your spooky up and out and show us your scariest Halloween Decorations.

On the 30th we’ll choose a neighborhood winner. Send us the addresses of your favorite frights and we’ll be sure to check them out. The winner gets a yard sign, some GNL swag and most fantastic of all, bragging rights.

This contest is all in fun. An odd numbered group of League Members vote on their favorites, bicker and choose the winner. You may not agree with us and we get it, it’s really hard to choose with so many great showings. Happy Halloween!!!!

Our very first Ghent Neighborhood League Book Club meeting is October 2nd @ 5PM

We’re reading Julia Reed’s ‘The House on First Street’, a witty account of renovating a New Orleans Garden District house. Join us for wine, snacks and conversation!

Join us at the Fred Heutte Center for Garden Club. This month we’ll be going over our pre-orders for our Holiday Fundraiser, Enjoy a talk on ‘The biggest mistakes gardeners make’ celebrate our community clean up at the Van Wyck Library and create mushroom ornaments for the holidays. See you there!

The club is open to men and women who love green spaces, gardens and being outside.

Please rsvp to ghentgardenclub@gmail.com so we have enough supplies for our projects!

We’re joining forces with the Norfolk Run Club, The Ghent Garden Club and Norfolk Master Gardeners to weed, mulch and beautify Ghent’s beloved Van Wyck Library. The city is providing the mulch.

We’ll be weeding the entire site if possible, trimming, placing mulch and putting two planters in.

We start at eight and will go until we finish. We ask that you bring a shovel and wear gloves, though if you don’t have a shovel that’s great, some folks will bring extras. If you have a weeding tool you like bring that. Also, we’re asking folks who can bring a wheelbarrow to do so.

See you there as we give our lovely neighborhood branch library a little love!!!!

The Ryan Resilience Lab is graciously hosting a private tour for the Ghent Garden Club and Ghent Neighborhood League on Friday, September 20th at 4PM at 4610 Colley Avenue. Come learn about all the good work the Resilience Lab is doing in our community.

After the tour we’re meeting up at Hank’s Filling Station at 5:30.

You need to rsvp for the tour as space is limited to 30 ppl. so email admin@ghentneighborhoodleague.org to make sure you get a spot.

This promises to be a great evening, see you there!!!

Join us for our monthly meeting. These tend to be lively and information packed! More info about speakers and announcements will be released on social media soon! See you there!