Education / Schools
Louisiana Garden Club Federation, Inc. offers educational classes in a
number of areas. With outstanding instructors, all of our courses are accredited by National
Garden Clubs, Inc. One of our eight districts or an individual garden club
might sponsor the various courses in different parts of the state.
The KLTV Weather Center was part of the "Air" portion of this
school. Among the first students in Louisiana to attend the school were
Linda Finley, Margo Racca, Jo Ann Ryan, Donna Bucci, and Mary Jacob |
Environmental Studies School
ESS Course III & IV read more >>
Lake Charles, LA
September 14 - 17, 2010
This curriculum is offered in a series of four, two-day courses and covers
many aspects of environmental science: water conservation, air pollution,
land conservation and endangered species. The National Garden Club's accredited
program does not require one to complete the courses in order. Successful
completion of all four courses is required to become a member of Environmental
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Flower Show School
The Flower Show School program was established in the early 1930's to provide
guidelines and rules for Flower Shows and to train judges. These guidelines
are set forth in the Handbook for Flower Shows. The FSS program consists
of a series of 4 schools. Each school lasts for 3 days - 2 days of lecture
and 1 day of written examinations.
Click Here for more information on this school. |
"Designing by Types" by Harriet Osborne (2008). This handsome,
200-page book is suitable for display and features more than 190 colored
photographs of formal flower arrangements |
Gardening Study School
Series 8 - Course IV read more>>
June 2-3, 2010
Hammond Research Station
This School offers instructions on basic botany, soils, growing annuals,
perennials, trees and shrubs, fruits and vegetables, lawns, pests and diseases
of plants, plant classification, pruning and selected topics of local interest.
Although the courses are intended primarily for garden club members, they
are open to the general public, requiring only the payment of a nominal
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Landscape Design School
August 4th - 6th, 2010 at the Baton Rouge Garden Center read more>>
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Symposium
August 31, Sept 1, Sept 2, 2010 read more >>
Baton Rouge
Embassy Suites
Gina V. Jogan -- design instructor
Tina V. Tuttle -- horticulture instructor
Credit for attending is
restricted to accredited judges, however, anyone
may attend for enrichment.
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All courses require specific text books and a subscription to The National Gardener magazine published by NGC, $18 for a three-year subscription.
To subscribe to The National Gardener or to order text books, call or write:
NGC, Inc.
4401 Magnolia Ave.
St. Louis, MO 63110
800-550-6007
www.gardenclub.org
Tri-refresher course
Florida is hosting a two-day course which has been approved by NGC; August 12th and 13th, in Milton, FL at the Santa Rosa County Extension Office.
Space is limited: make plans soon.
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Cinny O’Donnell
Short Course Chairman
411 Bunker Hill Dr .
Pensacola , FL 32506
(850) 456-9740
msodo@att.net |
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