The Montana Federation of Garden Clubs recently hosted the 2010 National Garden Clubs' Fall Conference in Great Falls, MT. KFBB-TV, an affiliate of ABC-TV, featured the week-long event on a newscast:
http://www.kfbb.com/news/local/Green-Thumbs-To-Great-Falls-103889399.html
Thursday, September 30, 2010
Monday, September 13, 2010
Blue Star Memorials Now On Facebook
The Blue Star Memorial project began in 1944 with the planting of 8,000 dogwood trees by the New Jersey Council of Garden Clubs as a living memorial to veterans of World War II. The following year, National Garden Clubs adopted and expanded the program by initiating the Blue Star Highway system, which involves placing permanent memorial markers along the nation’s highways. “The Blue Star Memorial program is our oldest and most revered program,” says Renee D. Blaschke, NGC president. “We are proud to play a visible role in honoring our nation’s servicemen and servicewomen.”
Since the program’s inception, more than 2,163 Blue Star Memorials have been erected across the United States. The large, handsome metal markers are placed in national cemeteries, parks, government facilities, veterans homes and hospitals, and along highways across the U.S.
To help NGC members keep up on Blue Star Memorial activities across the nation, NGC has
set up a special Facebook page named “Blue Star Memorial Project of National Garden Clubs.” On the page, you’ll find photos, discussions and links to news articles about new memorial markers, dedications, fundraisers and restoration efforts. You can also share your own Blue Star news and photos by posting to the site.
If you’re on Facebook already, simply search for the page by name and join in. You can also access the page at this URL: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/pages/Blue-Star-Memorial-Project-of-National-Garden-Clubs/311974175292?ref=ts.
Since the program’s inception, more than 2,163 Blue Star Memorials have been erected across the United States. The large, handsome metal markers are placed in national cemeteries, parks, government facilities, veterans homes and hospitals, and along highways across the U.S.
To help NGC members keep up on Blue Star Memorial activities across the nation, NGC has
set up a special Facebook page named “Blue Star Memorial Project of National Garden Clubs.” On the page, you’ll find photos, discussions and links to news articles about new memorial markers, dedications, fundraisers and restoration efforts. You can also share your own Blue Star news and photos by posting to the site.
If you’re on Facebook already, simply search for the page by name and join in. You can also access the page at this URL: http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#!/pages/Blue-Star-Memorial-Project-of-National-Garden-Clubs/311974175292?ref=ts.
Share Your Garden Club Photos Via Flickr
You’re invited to visit and enjoy NGC’s new public Flickr site (or “photostream”) at www.flickr.com/nationalgardenclubs. The recently launched site--designed to create and nurture a photo archive for garden club members nationwide--showcases award-winning gardens, floral arrangements, conventions, news and projects. Anyone can view the NGC site simply by going to the link listed; you do NOT need to be a Flickr member. Photos on the official NGC photostream are licensed appropriately through Creative Commons; this allows the images to be used for publicity purposes in the news media as well as by NGC-affiliated clubs.
In addition to the official NGC photostream, the Flickr site features several affiliated “groups.” The groups, which can be public or private, offer garden club “photobugs” an easily accessible channel for uploading, pooling, categorizing and displaying their own photos. A major goal of these group pools is to make a wide variety of images available to garden club members everywhere for use in local, state, regional and national newsletters, brochures and websites, as well as educational demonstrations and training. High quality photos from the groups may also be selected for inclusion in the main public NGC photostream site and digital archive.
Initial groups include:
www.flickr.com/groups/NGC_conventions/
www.flickr.com/groups/NGC_flowershows/
www.flickr.com/groups/NGC_projects/
Additional groups will be created as interest in garden club photo sharing grows. Group rules and licensing information are available on the group sign-up pages.
To join a group and contribute photos and comments to the group pool, you need to have both a Yahoo!® email account (Flickr is affiliated with Yahoo!) and a Flickr account. Both are free, quick and easy to set up, and accessible on the Flickr sign-up page at www.flickr.com.
For more information on photo sharing through Flickr, please contact Robin Pokorski, NGC Photo Archives Chair, at robinp@juno.com.
In addition to the official NGC photostream, the Flickr site features several affiliated “groups.” The groups, which can be public or private, offer garden club “photobugs” an easily accessible channel for uploading, pooling, categorizing and displaying their own photos. A major goal of these group pools is to make a wide variety of images available to garden club members everywhere for use in local, state, regional and national newsletters, brochures and websites, as well as educational demonstrations and training. High quality photos from the groups may also be selected for inclusion in the main public NGC photostream site and digital archive.
Initial groups include:
www.flickr.com/groups/NGC_conventions/
www.flickr.com/groups/NGC_flowershows/
www.flickr.com/groups/NGC_projects/
Additional groups will be created as interest in garden club photo sharing grows. Group rules and licensing information are available on the group sign-up pages.
To join a group and contribute photos and comments to the group pool, you need to have both a Yahoo!® email account (Flickr is affiliated with Yahoo!) and a Flickr account. Both are free, quick and easy to set up, and accessible on the Flickr sign-up page at www.flickr.com.
For more information on photo sharing through Flickr, please contact Robin Pokorski, NGC Photo Archives Chair, at robinp@juno.com.
Tuesday, September 7, 2010
Anna-Jo Garden Club in Anna, Ill., honors service men and women with rededication of Blue Star Memorial
Thanks to the Gazette-Democrat of Union County, Ill., for this story of the rededication of the Blue Star Memorial by the Anna-Jo Garden Club.
http://annanews.com/articles/2010/09/02/news/doc4c7fe2f8d6e3e396261489.txt
http://annanews.com/articles/2010/09/02/news/doc4c7fe2f8d6e3e396261489.txt
Great Garden Club pix on Flickr
Check out National Garden Clubs' new Flickr page. There's great photos of flower shows, Blue Star Memorials, garden therapy, etc.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nationalgardenclubs/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nationalgardenclubs/
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