Plant America
NGC President Brenda Moore has divided the PLANT AMERICA Project into three separate projects. An extensive explanation of her projects is available on gardenclub.org.
PLANT AMERICA, FEED AMERICA is a campaign to help feed the hungry across America. You can participate by either growing your vegetables or fruits or volunteering in a community garden that donates some of its harvest to organizations that help fight food insecurity.
PLANT AMERICA – LANDSCAPE FOR LIFE is a program to encourage creating a habitat that enables wildlife to live in harmony with personal gardens. You select what wildlife you want to focus on and provide their needs such as food, a clean water source, and cover. By selecting native plants and trees you supply fruit and seeds for native wildlife.
Sustainability and biodiversity are the secrets to creating a wildlife habitat. Afterward, you can register your garden as an NGC-certified Wildlife Habitat and
buy a plaque for your garden.
PLANT AMERICA – PLANT FOR POLLINATORS recognizes that pollinators are vital to our food sources. “Bees pollinate 1 in 3 bites of food that we eat and are essential to the health and prosperity of countless ecosystems.”
By using native plants and trees we can provide pollen, nectar, and berries to support our pollinators. If we add a water source along with areas to raise their young, we can create the perfect ecosystem for our valued pollinators.
Your yard can be recognized as an NGC Certified Pollinator Garden and you can buy NGC’s yard sign.
Surely, one of these projects is perfect for you or your club to support.
Visit the National Garden Club website for more information about the PLANT AMERICA program.
Need money for a project?
Check our NGC’s PLANT AMERICA Grants program. Up to $2,000 which may be used for physical landscaping or environmental projects, or for horticultural or educational opportunities for the community.
Penny Pines
The Arizona Federation of Garden Clubs is proud to participate in the National Garden Club’s Penny Pines program. This program was developed with the U.S. Forest Service to conserve, protect, and develop natural resources on National Forest Service land.
Donations to the U.S. Forest Service are made in increments of $68 to procure or plant trees that are indigenous to the geographic locations in both species and elevation. Each donation may be directed to a specific US National Forest. Arizona is part of the USFS Southwest Region and has 8 National Forest areas that benefit from this program.
Garden Clubs send in the $68 donation usually in honor of an outstanding member or in memory of a departed member.
How to make a donation: The club should mail their donation check and a completed Penny Pines Donation Form to the AFGC Penny Pines Chairman. The current form is located under ‘Member Resources’; then expand the ‘Forms’ subsection. The form will have instructions and a mailing address to submit your donation. (Click here to go to the Forms section.)
To read more about the NGC Penny Pines program, check out their webpage here… https://gardenclub.org/penny-pines
To find more information about National Forests within Arizona, read about the US Forest Service’s ongoing programs Click here…
