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The Garden Club of America is a respected national leader in the fields of horticulture, conservation, creative arts, historic preservation, and environmental protection. 

Founded in 1913, The Garden Club of America (GCA) is a nonprofit 501(c)3 organization composed of 199 clubs engaging approximately 18,000 club members throughout the country. 

Through education, civic engagement, scholarships, and the dissemination of cutting-edge research, the GCA provides the infrastructure and resources to engage our dedicated, informed, and passionate volunteers on both the local and national level. We cultivate strong bonds among people, plants, and the larger environment — we work collaboratively towards a beautiful, healthy planet now and for generations to come.

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View fullsize It’s Photography Friday at the GCA! Furthering the knowledge and love of gardening and the natural landscape through photography… A stroll around one’s own neighborhood often yields beautiful subjects to photograph, such as this im
View fullsize Hope Porter, a member since 1956 of The Garden Club of America and The Warrenton Garden Club is the very epitome of an effective advocate for the conservation of open land in Fauquier County, Virginia. For over 60 years, she has been an “accide
View fullsize In late 2016, GCA Medal of Honor winner Piet Oudolf received a “love letter” from the Garden Club of Michigan asking him to design a new public garden on Detroit’s Belle Isle. In August 2022, the Dutch garden designer saw his two-ye
View fullsize It’s Photography Friday at the GCA! Furthering the knowledge and love of gardening and the natural landscape through photography… The cypress swamps of the American southeast are an important feature of the coastal landscape, and play a
View fullsize A physical therapist by training and an environmentalist by passion, Lindsay Marshall has a unique appreciation for how a person’s surroundings impact their overall health and well-being. Through her leadership roles in The Garden Club of Ameri
View fullsize The Conservation Study Conference was held virtually on November 9, 2022. Members of GCA clubs from around the country traveled via zoom to the beautiful islands of Hawaii to learn how ancient Hawaiian sustainable management practices, paired with ad
View fullsize Lonicera sempervirens, commonly known as Coral Honeysuckle, has been named the 2023 Plant of the Year: Freeman Medal winner by The Garden Club of America. Annually, the GCA identifies a stellar North American native plant to receive the Montine McDan
View fullsize It’s Photography Friday at the GCA! Furthering the knowledge and love of gardening and the natural landscape through photography… Callicarpa americana (American beautyberry) is native to the southeastern U.S. Its berries turn an almost
View fullsize The Adirondack Garden Club established the Ellen Lea Paine Memorial Nature Fund to give financial assistance to individuals and not-for-profit organizations that study, protect, and enjoy the natural environment within the Adirondack Park. Eight 2022
View fullsize It’s Photography Friday at the GCA! Furthering the knowledge and love of gardening and the natural landscape through photography… The colors are subtle on a cool, misty fall day, yet communicate a sense of the change of season in this so
View fullsize The 2022-2023 GCA Scholarship application season is now open with 29 merit-based scholarship opportunities in areas that support the GCA’s mission to restore, improve, and protect the quality of the environment. In 2022, over $350,000 in awards
View fullsize It’s Photography Friday at the GCA! Furthering the knowledge and love of gardening and the natural landscape through photography… A field of cotton ready for harvest in Salley, South Carolina. By a member of the Sand Hills Garden Club,