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

Ten GCA Documents are now available for your immediate use and distribution to your respective organisations:

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

The Garden Clubs of Australia's Awards

There are special people who are contributing to their respective clubs, societies, groups and established gardens. The GCA invites you to consider nominating your special person or persons for acknowledgement of their contributions to gardening in our awards. The awards are announced at the GCA’s Convention in Sydney in October 2020. The Convention provides a great opportunity for many affiliated members to share and celebrate the achievements of the Award winners.
There are a number of Award Categories and these can be seen on our GCA Awards page so click HERE to view and talk to your Committee at a meeting and nominate a special member deserving of one of them if not the Ann Williams Clark medal.

Zone Coordinators

Who represents your club on behalf of The Garden Clubs of Australia Inc? Here is a list of The GCA Zone Coordinators in your area of Australia.
They are appointed for 3 years (currently until 2022) and can do presentations themselves, provide a list of presenters for your Club Meetings, coordinate and provide advice and information about how The Garden Clubs of Australia Inc can help you.
For those who are interested in being a Zone Coordinator for your area, please email the Director of Zones for further information.

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
FACEBOOK

Special Notices

Special General Meeting

The proposed changes to The Garden Clubs of Australia Inc’s Constitution was carried and the changes will come into effect shortly before the Annual General Meeting to be held in October 2020 in Sydney. Thankyou to all the Delegates who attended and those Affiliates who posted their Proxy votes to the Secretary of Garden Clubs of Australia Inc.

Dear Gardeners,

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 - Autumn 2020 Out Now

Overview of Issue No 84 Autumn 2020 – is now available to order on the GCA Our Gardens Magazine page.

This shot of a native frog was taken by Lorraine Wilson, a magazine subscriber from Raymond Terrace NSW, who entered the picture in our 2019 Photo Competition and won a Highly Commended award for her clever shot. (The frog, no doubt, sees a great future for itself as a photographic model!)

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.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.

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.

The GCA's Facebook

Our Facebook page is now interactive. Your affiliated club can post images of your activities. Following the fantastic success of our Photo Competition, your members can enter a Weekly Photo Competition with a winner selected and posted on The GCA’s Home Page as well. Click here to connect to the FACEBOOK page.

The GCA's Photo Competition

The 13^th 2019 Photo Competition has now closed and the results will be published in the Autumn issue no. 83 of the Our Gardens magazine and included on this website before end of this year. Don’t be disappointed if you entered and did not succeed in 2019. Click on the Photo Competition page for more details in 2020.

The GCA's Calendar

Our GCA Calendar page can be accessed by clicking here for all information required.
The 2020 Calendar is now available. The 2020 Calendar is the same large page size as in 2019, 34cm x 24cm.
You can email enquiries for the GCA Calendar and view the 2020 Cover Page by clicking here.

Gardening Articles

Please go to our Resource Page to read a list of Important Resource Articles for the gardening public in general. They are informative and thought provoking. Here is an example Reward your members

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.

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.

Facebook

Visit our FACEBOOK to see an update of the what happened in images in The Garden Clubs of Australia at the GCA Convention.
You can email Greg should you wish to seek further information to establish a Club Website or Club Facebook of your own!

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.