Monday, November 22, 2010

VA Garden Offers Garden Therapy

The Garden Club of Danville, Ill., of the Garden Clubs of Illinois, Inc., and part of National Garden Clubs Inc. has launched a healing garden at the Veterans Affairs Illiana Health Care System. http://commercial-news.com/local/x967713461/Garden-at-VA-offers-beauty-therapy/print

Saturday, November 6, 2010

Three Rivers Garden Club Cultivates Young Minds

Three Rivers Garden Club of The Garden Club of Georgia, Inc. and National Garden Clubs Inc. announces its partnership with the Boys and Girls Club of Rome to install a vegetable and flower garden. http://www.3riversgardenclub.com/Civic_Involvement.php

Blue Star Memorial Marker Dedicated By Georgia Garden Club

A Blue Star Memorial marker has been placed by garden club members as part of the national National Garden Clubs Inc. Blue Star Memorial Program at the site of the Jones County Veterans Memorial at Jones County, Ga., in honor of our nation's veterans. http://www.jcnews.com/view/full_story/10177476/article-Celebration-for-local-veterans-set-Saturday-at-civic-center?instance=home_news_lead_story

California Garden Club Celebrates 'Memories And Mums"

Members of the Clear Lake Trowel & Trellis Garden Club of California Garden Clubs Inc. and National Garden Clubs Inc. hold annual fall chrysanthemum show on Nov. 12.
http://lakeconews.com/content/view/16771/919/

Friday, November 5, 2010

Cincinnati Garden Clubs Dedicate Blue Star Memorial Marker Nov. 7

The Cincinnati, Ohio-area garden clubs of The Garden Club of Ohio, Inc. and National Garden Clubs Inc. will dedicate a Blue Star Memorial marker on November 7, 2010. http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20101105/NEWS01/11060315/Veteran-s-Day-pa

Wednesday, November 3, 2010

Sullivan Garden Club Dedicates Blue Star Memorial

The Sullivan Garden Club of the Federated Garden Clubs of Missouri, Inc. and National Garden Clubs Inc. will dedicate a Blue Star Memorial marker on Nov. 6. http://www.mysullivannews.com/2010/11/garden-club-will-dedicate-blue-star-memorial-nov-6/

'Golden Days' Marks Alta Vista Garden Club Project

The Alta Vista Garden Club of the Arizona Federation of Garden Clubs Inc. and National Garden Clubs Inc. planted 500 daffodil bulbs at Veterans Memorial Park in Prescott, Ariz. to honor past garden club members throughout the nation. http://www.dcourier.com/main.asp?SectionID=1&SubSectionID=1&ArticleID=86969

Missouri Garden Club Dedicates 'Pink Garden' For Breast Cancer Awareness

Mountain View Garden Club of the Federated Garden Clubs of Missouri, Inc. and National Garden Clubs Inc. recently dedicated a "pink garden" for breast cancer awareness as part of NGC's garden therapy program. http://www.howellcountynews.com/Stories/news_20101103_072621_24752_.php

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

NGC Invites Lexington Children To Participate In Poster Contest

The Lexington Field and Garden Club of the Garden Federation of Massachusetts, Inc. is inviting children in first- through-fifth-grade to participate in National Garden Clubs' 2011 Smokey Bear and Woodsy Owl poster contest. http://www.wickedlocal.com/lexington/features/x2115298063/Lexington-children-invited-to-participate-in-poster-contest

Ellsworth Garden Club Wins New England Regional Award

The Ellsworth Garden Club of the Garden Club Federation of Maine recently received the Laura Wetmore Conservation Award for its efforts in environmental education and conservation for a hummingbird and butterfly planting project. http://fenceviewer.com/site/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=50887:Ellsworth%20Garden%20Club%20Wins%20New%20England%20Regional%20Award&catid=967:feature&Itemid=78

Monday, November 1, 2010

Garden Therapy Project Plants It Pink at Health Care Center in O'Fallon, MO.

The Fleur de Lis Garden Society of the Federated Garden Clubs of Missouri and National Garden Clubs Inc. plant pink in honor of breast cancer awareness. http://suburbanjournals.stltoday.com/articles/2010/10/30/stcharles/news/1027stc-plant0.txt