National Garden Clubs - Calendar

Gardening School Course 2 - Encino, CA (In-Person Classroom)
2025-08-14 08:00 - 2025-08-15 17:00 (America/New_York) | Encino, CA, Encino, California

Flower Show School Course 1 - Roanoke, VA
2025-08-18 - 2025-08-21 | Roanoke, VA, Roanoke, VA
Flower Show Procedure & Horticulture: Pam Braun

Horticulture Topics: Potted Aroids and Cut Needled Evergreens

Design: Cathy Waitinas

Design Topics: Traditional Mass, Line Mass, and Line Designs

Flower Show School Course 1 - Little Rock, AR
2025-08-25 - 2025-08-28 | Little Rock, AR, Little Rock, AR
Flower Show Procedure & Design: Frances Thrash

Design Topic: Traditional Design

Horticulture: Sue Kirkman

Horticulture Topics: Fall Composites and Philodendron

Landscape Design School Course 1 - Elizabethtown, KY
2025-08-26 - 2025-08-27 | Elizabethtown, KY, Elizabethtown, Kentucky
IN-PERSON COURSE

Flower Show School Symposium - Pearl, MS
2025-08-26 - 2025-08-28 | Pearl, MS, Pearl, MS
Horticulture: Jan Griffin

Aroids and Cacti
Allied Topic: Horticulture Staging

Design: Claudia Bates

Low Profile and Floor Designs

Gardening School Course 4 - Abbeville, LA
2025-08-26 - 2025-08-27 | Abbeville, LA, Abbeville, LA, United States

Gardening School Course 2 - Sawyer, MI (In-Person Course)
2025-09-12 - 2025-09-13 | Sawyer, MI, Sawyer, MI, United States

Flower Show School Symposium - Bethesda, MD
2025-09-16 - 2025-09-17 | Bethesda, MD, MD, United States
Horticulture: David Robson

Topic: Coleus and Capitulum
Allied Topic: Subdividing Horticulture

Design: Gina Jogan

Topic: Floor Designs and Luminary/Reflective Designs
Allied Topic: Contrived Forms (Hands-On)

Flower Show School Course 3 - Mt. Vernon, KY
2025-09-17 - 2025-09-20 | Mt. Vernon, KY, Mt. Vernon, KY, United States
FSP & Design Instructor: Frances Thrash

Flower Show Procedure (FSP)
Design Topic: Creative Design

Horticulture Instructor: Sue Kirkman

Hort. Topic: Combination Plantings, Dahlias

Environmental School Course 4 - Derby, CT (Virtual Zoom Course)
2025-09-18 - 2025-09-19 | Derby, CT, Derby, CT
Virtual via Zoom

Gardening School Course 4 - Sawyer, MI (In-Person Course)
2025-09-18 - 2025-09-19 | Sawyer, MI, Sawyer, MI, United States

2025 NGC Virtual Fall Board Meeting
2025-09-18 | VIRTUAL

Environmental School Course 4 - Mexia, TX (In-Person Course)
2025-09-19 - 2025-09-21 | Mexia, TX, Mexia, Texas

Landscape Design School Course 4 - Lansing, MI
2025-09-22 - 2025-09-23 | Lansing, MI, Lansing, Michigan

Flower Show School Course 4 - Red Bluff, CA
2025-09-24 - 2025-09-26 | Red Bluff, CA, 11890 Craig Ave, Red Bluff, CA, 96080, United States
Flower Show Procedure & Horticulture: Jan Griffin

Horticulture Topics: Container Grown, Collections and Displays

Design: Judy Binns

Design Topics: Abstract and Botanical Designs

Gardening School Course 3 - Encino, CA (In-Person Classroom)
2025-09-25 - 2025-09-26 | Encino, CA, Encino, California

Flower Show School Course 2 - Poway, CA
2025-09-25 - 2025-09-27 | Poway, CA, Poway, California
Flower Show Procedure & Horticulture: David Robson

Horticulture Topics: Herbs, Potted, Chrysanthemum, Cut

Design: Gina Jogan

Design Topics: Table Designs

Flower Show School Course 1 (Design Only) - Poway, CA
2025-09-25 - 2025-09-27 | Poway, CA, Poway, California
Design: Gina Jogan

Design Topic: Traditional Floral Design

Gardening School Course 2 - New Haven, CT (VIRTUAL Course)
2025-09-25 - 2025-09-26 | New Haven, CT, CT, United States
Virtual Course

Environmental School Course 3 - Sheboygan, WI (In-Person Classroom)
2025-09-26 - 2025-09-27 | Sheboygan, WI, Sheboygan, WI
IN-PERSON CLASSROOM

Gardening School Course 3 - New Smyrna Beach, FL
2025-09-29 - 2025-10-01 | New Smyrna Beach, FL, Florida
There will be a required Zoom Tech & Course Review Meeting on Friday 9/26/2025
See “Course Brochure” for more info.

Landscape Design School Course 2 - Baton, Rouge, LA (In-Person Course)
2025-09-29 - 2025-09-30 | Baton Rouge, LA, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
IN-PERSON
Contact Registrar by Email to Register for Course

Landscape Design School Course 1 - College Station, TX
2025-09-29 - 2025-09-30 | College Station, TX, College Station, TX

Flower Show School Course 2 - Voorheesville, NY
2025-09-30 - 2025-10-08 | Voorheesville, NY, Voorheesville, NY, United States
Flower Show procedure & Design: Carol English

Design Topics: Table Designs and Petite Designs
Flower Show Procedure is via Zoom

Horticulture: Heidi Muschick

Horticulture Topics: Arboreal – Fruited/Berried and Coned Branches, Container-Grown Philodendron

Flower Show School Course 3 - Rocky Hill, CT
2025-10-09 - 2025-10-16 | Rocky Hill, CT, Rocky Hill, CT, United States
Flower Show Procedure & Design: Lynn Fronk

Design Topic: Creative Designs

Horticulture: David Robson

Horticulture Topic: Combination Plantings and Ferns

Landscape Design School Course 1 - Richmond, VA (IN-PERSON CLASSROOM)
2025-10-13 - 2025-10-14 | Richmond, VA, Richmond, VA

Tri-Refresher - Westerville, OH (Virtual Zoom Course)
2025-10-15 - 2025-10-16 | Westerville, OH, Westerville, OH, United States
Tri-Refresher:

Tri-Refresher in Environmental, Landscape Design, and Gardening Schools

Topics:

Indoor and Outdoor Pollution
Houseplants: Do Your Houseplants Hate You?
Landscape Design: Principals and Elements
OSU Field Trials

Flower Show School Course 3 - Milford, MA
2025-10-15 - 2025-10-18 | Milford, MA, Milford, MA
Flower Show Procedure: Barbara May

Horticulture: Heidi Muschick
Topic: Combination Plantings and Herbs

Design: Frances Thrash
Topic: Panel and Cascade Designs

Flower Show School Symposium - Rocky Hill, CT
2025-10-16 - 2025-10-17 | Rocky Hill, CT, Rocky Hill, CT, United States
Horticulture: David Robson

Cacti and Succulents
Allied Topic: Sub-Dividing

Design: Lynn Fronk

Abstract Design
Allied Topic: Evaluating a Flower Show

Multiple Refresher - Tri-Refresher in Cambridge, MD
2025-10-19 - 2025-10-22 | Cambridge, MD, MD, United States
Tri-Refresher in Environmental, Landscape Design, and Gardening Schools
Hosted by the 2025 CAR-SGC Conference in Maryland
https://www.car-sgc.org/2025-conference
