Welcome!
The Garden Clubs of Australia Inc. is a non-profit organisation that provides a range of services to our Affiliated Members with a current membership of 720 affiliated clubs representing more than 45,000 individuals. Contact our President for a presentation on how it can benefit your organisation. The Garden Clubs of Australia’s 2021 Annual General Meeting is to be held in Townsville Queensland. Details and dates will be published ASAP.
The Garden Clubs of Australia’s 2020 Annual General Meeting will be held in Sydney in October.
Attention All Secretaries
Nine GCA Documents are now available for your immediate use and distribution to your respective organisations:
- GCA STRATEGIC PLAN v2
- GCA OPERATIONAL PLAN
- 2020 Schedule
- 2020 Form 1 – Reaffiliation
- 2020 Form 2 Insurance 2020_2021
- 2020 Form 3 – Our Gardens Magazine
- 2020 Form 4 – Reaffiliation
- BULLETIN August 2019
- Privacy Letter Locate a Club
Insurance Update the 2020 Form 2 Insurance can be downloaded by Clicking Here
GCA Insurance has its own page on our Main Menu.
The will provide you with a Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) section that will provide you with wide range of answers to your queries.
There is, further down the details of our very well informed Insurance Officer, David Gemmell, and a list of documents that you need to know about.
Click on David’s email if you wish to contact him or his details are listed in Contact Us
QUICK LINKS: INSURANCE OUR GARDENS LOCATE A CLUB DIARY DATES MEMBERSHIP
GCA AWARDS NATIONAL GARDENING WEEK SERVICES CALENDAR PHOTO COMP
RESOURCES CONTACT THE GCA COMMITTEE LINKS TO GARDENING SITES & OTHER INFORMATION
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Special Notices
Dear Gardeners,
The start of a new year and indeed a new decade is usually cause for great celebration and optimism but both seem sadly lacking this year.
The persistent drought shows no sign of abating, having impacted many parts of our country for years, and coupled with record hot temperatures, this has created a most challenging time for us gardeners. And now bushfires are ravaging our country – every state and the major territories have been affected by this unprecedented fire season.
Each day the reports on radio, TV and social media are worse than the last – will this fire emergency ever end?
I experienced first-hand the distress and trauma the bushfires have brought to our communities. My own village of Killabakh on the Mid North Coast of NSW lost 9 homes on that ‘Catastrophic Tuesday’, November 9. I was one of the lucky ones with the ‘firies’ back-burning the fire front away from my house and garden. Several other GCA Committee members have also been impacted by the fires and the associated blanketing smoke but luckily no damage.
I have no doubt that the same cannot be said for many of our affiliate members, friends and neighbours. I know several gardeners in my own region who have lost a lifetime’s work.
I, along with the members of the GCA Committee, express our sadness, concern and solidarity with GCA affiliates and gardeners across the country. Watching our gardens die a slow death due to the drought is one thing but to witness your garden be consumed by flame in a matter of minutes must be truly heartbreaking.
George Hoad President Garden Clubs of Australia.
To read the full message from George Click Here
Our Gardens - Summer 2019 Out Now
Overview of Issue No 83 Summer 2019 – is now available to order on the GCA Our Gardens Magazine page.
Our summer cover takes us to Maningrida in the Northern Territory where the indigenous people are growing, harvesting and selling wild foods to high-end restaurants and gourmet food suppliers around Australia. Their success story is a feature in this issue.
Download the latest 2020 Our Gardens Magazine Form 3 to download by Clicking Here
What is in the Autumn Issue No 84 to start 2020? If the cover is an indicator, then I for one, cannot wait to read and see the images of what is inside.
Click on this link to see suggestions and ideas for the 2020 National Gardening Week Activities to Dig In and Celebrate in October next year and include them in your 2020 program.
Judy Horton is the Our Gardens Magazine’s Editor and what a treasure Judy and her team are to have in The Garden Clubs of Australia.
Noticeboard
The 2019 Garden Clubs of Australia Convention
Norfolk Island was the location of the Convention. The Convention scheduled from Monday 14th October 2019 to Friday 18th October 2019 and hosted by the Norfolk Island Garden Club was an outstanding success. Wonderful gardens, wonderful people and wonderful weather. A place of history, beautiful views and a friendly community.
Secretaries of Affiliated Member Clubs
It is advised to contact our Membership Secretary for any changes to your Clubs details and/or Contact details.
If you are seeking documents or information concerning Insurance or access to the GCA’s Constitution you can visit our Services Menu.
Next The Garden Clubs of Australia Committee Meeting
1. The next GCA Committee Meeting is on Monday 18 November 2019.
2. For further details email the GCA Secretary.