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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, North Queensland 12-17 September 2021.
The thoroughness and planning by the Townsville Garden Club will make the GCA Convention an exciting and wonderful experience as the past two GCA Conventions in 2017 and 2019 have been.
Click here GCA Convention Townsville 2021 Flyer for an overview of this exciting event.
Attention All Secretaries
Nine GCA Documents are now available for your immediate use and distribution to your respective organisations:
QUICK LINKS: GCA 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
We’re thinking of you.
Many garden club members lost all or part of their gardens in the spring and summer bushfires. We can only imagine how devastating it must be to see years of growth and work destroyed and every gardener will understand and empathise with how they must feel about their losses.
The Garden Clubs of Australia’s President George Hoad would like to write to fire-affected gardeners to extend our sympathy and best wishes to garden club members whose gardens have been directly affected by the fires. And Mr Fothergills’ Seed has kindly donated packets of mixed flower seeds to be sent with the letter.
Zone Coordinators are asked to contact Director of Zones Glenys Bruun Email and arrange for the GCA President to write to fire-affected gardeners and pass on the seeds, together with the thoughts and best wishes of garden club members around Australia.
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Australian Gardening organisations are always active and well. Lots of interest created for their members, Community gardens growing vegetables and whatnot, reaping the rewards everyday. Children actively involved with planting, maintaining, admiring and using what they grow. Clubs arranging interesting visits and programmes for their members who happily participate and contribute preparing, growing for displays, attending Fairs to meet and greet friends and exchange information, knowledge and news.
The GCA is achieving this as well by providing a wonderful Insurance cover so that everyone can go about their business knowing that all individual members and the gardening organisations have them covered.
Our Facebook is a terrific way to post the activities and you can visit and like the news and information that can be posted there. For instance below is a link to the Facebook ‘Club Activity’ group which you are most welcome to share your clubs activities including this one. It all helps to get the word out. If there is anything else that can be done for you, contact us by clicking this email link.
Our Gardens - Winter 2020
Overview of Issue No 85 Winter 2020 – is now available to order on the GCA Our Gardens Magazine page.
What a beautiful cover.
Our popular regular contributor Peta Trahar took this beautiful cover shot of her Magnolia campbellii in full bloom but Peta tells us in this issue how she almost lost her precious magnolia in last summer’s dreadful heat and drought. Peta’s garden was threatened by one of the enormous Blue Mountains bushfires but was stopped at their fence. To follow more of Peta’s garden stories visit her Facebook page: Town and Country Gardens.
What is in Issue No 85 Winter 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 further details.
Become a subscriber and download the latest 2020 Our Gardens Magazine Form 3 to download by Clicking Here
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.
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The 2021 Garden Clubs of Australia Convention
The venue in 2021 is Townsville 11 – 17 September 2021 and details will be posted on this page so keep checking for what will be an exciting and wonderful destination for members of GCA Affiliated Clubs.
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 meeting of The GCA Committee in Sydney is to be advised as soon as COVID-19 restrictions are changed.
2. The GCA Committee meets online June 15 2020.
3. For further details email the GCA Secretary.