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National Garden Clubs, Inc. is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri. [1] [2] [3] It consists of dozens of local branches, in nearly every state in the US and has about 190,000 members as of 2021. [4] [5] Its stated mission is "to promote the love of gardening, floral design, and civic and environmental ...
The program was started in 1944 by the New Jersey Council of Garden Clubs to honor World War II service members and was adopted nationally in 1945 by the National Council of State Garden Clubs. It now honors service members of all time periods. [1] This garden and marker are located in Oregon.
People living in a location without local garden clubs can become a member-at-large [note 3] and participate in TGOA/MGCA programs. [ note 4 ] TGOA/MGCA operates in partnership with the American Horticultural Society , [ 3 ] and optional membership in AHS includes the publication The American Gardener , which cites TGOA/MGCA activities.
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The Garden Club of America is a nonprofit organization made up of around 18,000 club members and 200 local garden clubs around the United States. Founded in 1913, by Elizabeth Price Martin and Ernestine Abercrombie Goodman, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] it promotes the recording and enjoyment of American gardens as well as conservation and horticulture .
The National Council of State Garden Clubs, now known as National Garden Clubs, Inc., started the program in 1945 after World War II. The blue star was used on service flags to denote a service member fighting in the war. The program has since been expanded to include Memorial Markers [1] and Memorial By-ways (since 1994). [2]
Activities for members are organised at level, area and national level. At local level each flower club arranges an annual programme which includes flower arranging demonstrations by trained and qualified NAFAS demonstrators, there may also be hands-on workshops, talks and garden visits as well as other social activities.