Members of The Garden Club of America – 200 clubs and nearly 18,000 club members across the country – are engaged in far-reaching efforts to promote the knowledge and love of gardening and to restore, improve and protect the environment. The impact in just the last year alone is impressive. Here are the numbers:
84%
worked with a community garden
36%
worked in or with school gardens
45%
worked in local or national parks
53%
supported gardens at a historic site
64%
offered lectures, conferences, workshops and programs
42%
offered a photography show or demonstration for the public
46%
offered programs for youth or underserved populations
50%
planted trees, adding more than 4000 new trees in the past year
68%
removed invasive species
82%
planted natives or wildflowers
72%
worked on pollinator gardens
79%