NGC President, Donna Donnelly, stated, “Welcome to the Youth Garden Club Handbook! As the president of National Garden Clubs, Inc. (NGC), I am delighted to invite you on this exciting journey into the world of youth gardening. Your leadership will inspire our young gardeners to cultivate not only plants but also a deeper connection with our environment. This handbook is your tool for forming and growing NGC-Affiliated Youth Clubs that foster a spirit of stewardship and environmental responsibility. Whether you are working with children or teens, each garden grown and every idea nurtured contributes to a healthier, more beautiful world.”
The online handbook provides garden clubs with all the information needed to begin a junior garden club. For our garden clubs to continue, we must attract younger members. By exposing children to the joys of gardening, hopefully, they will want to join a garden club as young adults.
Planning for the future is necessary to keep our garden clubs alive and thriving.
To download the Youth Garden Club Handbook, click here: NGC Youth Handbook
Teaching children gardening skills helps them develop an appreciation of nature and will hopefully encourage them to join garden clubs as adults.
The joy of gardening and a love of nature can be learned by children who are in a junior garden club.
