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National Garden Clubs, Inc.
NGC is recognized as the largest volunteer gardening organization in the world with over 198,500 members

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School Gardens Project

Bee Nature's Partner . . . Plants and Pollinators

The objectives of the 2009-2011 School Gardens Project, "Bee Nature's Partner . . . Plants and Pollinators" are to educate school students by creating native gardens on school grounds. 

Download and complete 1-page application form by this years extended date of March 15, 2010 or next year, by March 1, 2011 and send to NGC School Gardens Chairman. Click here for more information and forms.

Caring Members Can Reach Out to Aid Haiti

The devastating earthquake in Haiti on Jan 13, 2010,
has left many NGC members wondering how they can help.
Donations are now being collected for Haiti through NGC. 
Click here for more details.


National President's Projects
“The World Around Us : Love It-Beautify It-Protect It”

Stressing the importance for club members to take a personal responsibility for their actions in protecting the environment—recycling and conservation of natural resources.

GOLDEN DAYS

Whether or not you are applying for this award, please let us in Louisiana know your activities by mailing or e-mailing a short description of them and photos to: JoAnn Fryling, LCGF Golden Days Chairman.
See FLYER

Recognizing our aging membership with a project called “Golden Days”. Can you imagine how beautiful the country will be with daffodils planted across our nation!  NGC President Renee Blaschke's project, Golden Days, is to promote the planting of daffodils.

LSU AgCenter NOTES: Narcissus Tazetta Narcissus, Paperwhite Daffodil, Paperwhites
     Spring-flowering bulbs generally bloom in our Louisiana climate between February and April.
     For beautiful beds of daffodils next spring, you should think about planting them in September or October.
     Larger flowered daffodil cultivars such as Ice Follies, Unsurpassable, Carlton and Fortune are some of the spring bulbs that tend to be reliably long-lived in Louisiana and should bloom for several years. ‘Golden Dawn’ is a must have daffodil with 2-3 sweet smelling flower stalks per bulb year after year

NGC will offer 2 Golden Days Daffodil collections: 

  • Golden Harvest Trumpet Daffodil is an old-timer (almost 100 years old) but still and incredible daffodil that is vigorous and long lasting. 
  • Master Daffodil Blend includes at least 50 tall and mid-sized varieties that will broaden your daffodil horizons.

NGC Is Now On TWITTER and FACEBOOK
NGC has entered the new world of social media! … We are reaching out to all the non garden club people out there who “tweet”. Our goal is to let all of those people know that garden clubs exist and what we do….. this media is not aimed at our members. However, our members are important to the success of this venture. These media alerts (“tweets”) will be directing the public to our NGC/state/local clubs websites to make our clubs and their events more successful. Therefore, these websites need to be filled with current information about your events, schools, activities, projects, horticulture articles, etc. The NGC Facebook site is the ideal spot for you to send articles on horticulture, “how to’s”, pictures of your projects, underway or completed, pictures of gardens, designs, youth projects, etc. If you add molfamily@earthlink.com to your state and club newsletter and email list, your news will get to our “tweeter”. Send information you want to have posted on twitter and Facebook to: molfamily@earthlink.com find us at twitter.com/natlgardenclubs … If you are a tweeter, re tweet for us. facebook.com/pages/national-gardenclubs-inc/126120893390?ref=ts

Native Plants Patch for Girl Scouts

This program encourages partnerships between Girl Scouts and local National Garden Clubs to teach Girl Scouts about native plants in their area. Girl Scouts of all age levels are eligible to earn this patch.

Find out more about the Native Plants Patch

Plant It Pink for Susan G. Komen for the Cure®

Every donor to Plant It Pink receives a complimentary packet of pink dianthus seeds donated by W. Atlee Burpee & Co.

“Beautify Blight” is for clubs to partner with local leaders and an organized youth group such as Girl & Boy Scouts, 4-H, School groups, Church Youth groups to identify a blighted area in the community that can be developed into community gardening sites with emphasis placed on growing produce for food pantries, soup kitchens, homeless or to individuals who have down sized and no longer have space to garden.

Let's Go Native

Deep South Region Winners of The Principal Financial Group 2007-2009 Civic Development Grant Program

Blue Star Memorial Program

The National Garden Clubs, Inc. have had a program in place to honor service men and women since 1945.
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Habitat For Humanity

For more information or for a list of HFH Affiliates by state, please contact Pat Cargnoni, NGC Habitat for Humanity Landscaping Chairman.
Click here for details on the Habitat for Humanity Landscape Project Contest.

WATER CONSERVATION PLATFORM


World Gardening 

Global Partners Running Waters Inc. is a nonprofit organization established to build relationships through collaboration on water, food and health projects in Latin America.

As part of NGC’s World Gardening Committee, NGC has chosen to:

  • Support Global Partners Running Waters
  • Promote awareness of this important cause in our publications
  • Raise funds to bring safe drinking water to Ojo de Agua Quiche, Guatemala.

All monies raised by NGC will be used to support this project. More info here


NGC, Inc. CONVENTIONS:
May 14-16, 2010 - National Garden Clubs, Inc. Convention - Omni Hotel, Atlanta, Georgia
May 27-30, 2011 - National Garden Clubs, Inc. - Convention, Marriott Hotel, Washington, D.C (Installation Year)
May 15-15, 2012 - National Garden Clubs Convention- Adams Mark Hotel, Buffalo, NY
2013 National Garden Clubs Convention, Seattle, WA (Installation Year)