June 1-7 is National Garden Week, a time for garden clubs to connect with their communities by providing gardening opportunities for the public and offering information about their garden clubs. Clubs should plan their June 1-7 events in May, since most clubs stop the end of May for the summer. You don’t want to lose out on publicizing your garden club during National Garden Week.
Garden club membership is in decline in many areas of the state, and outreach to educate the public about the benefits of joining a garden club is necessary to bring in new members. A few ideas for outreach activities during June 1-7 are listed below.
- Plan an educational program and/or workshop at your local library, public garden or garden center.
- Sponsor a hands-on “How Do You Select Flowers/Shrubs for Your Garden” workshop at a local nursery.
- Beautify a manageable blighted area or enhance an existing garden. This would be a good opportunity to work with other groups.
- Plan a garden-related activity with a youth group or school students.
- Place a plant or flower arrangement at public facilities, along with one of the beautiful National Garden Week posters.
- Plant a tree in a park or school grounds.
- Place an article in your local newspaper about a completed garden club project that benefited the community.
- Create small flower arrangements to gift to nursing home residents.
- Present your local mayor with a plant or flower arrangement in honor of National Garden Week and ask him to proclaim June 1-7 as Natl Garden Week.
Photo 1 NGC
You can print off the National Garden Week poster or order one from NGC.
Photo 2 Karen Bowen
Helping weed or clean up a community flower bed or garden is one activity to be done during Natl Garden Week.
Photo 3 Karen Bowen
A garden club could plant a tree or shrub at a local library, school or park during National Garden Week.
