...addressing their garden club...(Para. 7)
address: vt. direct one's speech to
The President addressed the Congress to review the past year and announced plans for the next. 总统向国会讲话总结了过去一年的情况，宣布了今年的计划。
The Education secretary had to address a crowd of teachers who were negative about the new changes in education. 教育大臣不得不向一群反对教育领域新变化的教师讲话作解释。