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Do you need help with
your gardening projects?
Would you like to learn the latest in floral design?
Come join a garden club and
learn the answers to these questions and more!
Would you like to learn the latest in floral design?
Come join a garden club and
learn the answers to these questions and more!
Most of the work of this organization is accomplished through the 265 clubs with 7,052 members, each carrying out many projects all over the state of Virginia. Examples of the scope of some of the projects of these many clubs are:
- Landscape projects for neighborhoods, churches, buildings, schools, and memorial gardens
- Garden therapy for emotionally and physically handicapped youth and adults
- Roadside beautification
- Gardening education for youth
- Conservation and recycling projects
CLUB MEMBERSHIP PROVIDES:
- Educational programs and workshops on horticulture, landscape design, and floral design
- Opportunity
to become informed and
involved
with
conservation and the protection of our country’s natural resources
- Meeting and making friends with people who share your interests
- Support and information from the National Garden Clubs, Inc., the largest organized group of gardeners in the world
VFGC PROVIDES TO MEMBERS & CLUBS:
- Publishes the OLD DOMINION GARDENER magazine four times a year and mails to every member of VFGC
- Sponsors Flower Show School and Landscape Design School for the education of members and the training of Flower Show Judges
- Sponsors monetary awards annually for club project work
- Participates in “FINE ARTS AND FLOWERS” at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, which provides to VFGC members the opportunity to be a floral designer at the event
- Mutual support of other clubs
FOR INFORMATION ON JOINING A GARDEN CLUB OR FORMING A NEW CLUB
To join a garden club or form a
new
club in
the
Virginia Federation of Garden Clubs, Inc., contact:
VFGC
Headquarters
Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden
1800 Lakeside Avenue
Richmond, VA 23228-4700
Phone: 804-553-0445
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