National Garden Club (NGC)

National Garden Clubs, Inc., (NGC) is a not-for-profit educational organization headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri USA, adjacent to the Missouri Botanical Gardens.  GCFP is a state garden club within the National Garden Club.

NGC promotes the love of gardening, floral design, and civic and environmental responsibility and helps coordinate the interests and activities of state and local garden clubs in the U.S. and abroad.

With eight regions, 50 state garden clubs and the National Capital Area, 60 national affiliated organizations within the United States, 330 international affiliated organizations around the globe combined with 5,000 member garden clubs and 175,000 members; NGC is the largest volunteer organization of its type in the world. ​

Projects

NGC Sponsors Projects, including: 
  • President's Projects 
  • "Greening" and Beautifying the Community
  • Disaster Relief and Replanting Forests
  • Preserving Heritage Plants
  • Corporate Partnerships
  • Horticultural Therapy

Plant America

The theme for the President and administration of NGC is Plant America, a singularly focused initiative on gardens and gardening.

​Both a call to service and a description of what NGC clubs do, Plant America supports the main reason that people say they join a garden club - to learn about gardening!

Nurturing 

NGC strives to educate children, teens and college students about gardening, conservation and environmental stewardship.
  • Scholarship program. 
  • Poetry, essay and art contests
  • Promoting youth gardening activities in schools and public locations

Resources & Programs

NGC offers members a vast array of educational resources including catalogs, informational publications and lesson plans that provide insight and ideas year-round.
  • Accredited educational programs and schools
  • Flower Shows