National Garden Clubs - Calendar

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
In-Person Course

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

Flower Show School Course 2 - Gettysburg, PA
2025-10-20 - 2025-10-22 | Gettysburg, PA, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
Flower Show Procedure & Horticulture: Jan Griffin

Horticulture Topics: Chrysanthemums and Conifers

Design: Judy Binns

Design Topics: Functional and Exhibition Tables, Petite Designs

Environmental School Course 3 - Bowling Green, KY
2025-10-22 - 2025-10-23 | Bowling Green, KY, Bowling Green, KY, United States

Gardening School Course 4 - Encino, CA (In-Person Classroom)
2025-10-23 - 2025-10-24 | Encino, CA, Encino, California

Flower Show School Symposium - Elkhart Lake, WI
2025-10-27 - 2025-10-28 | Elkhart Lake, WI, Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin
Horticulture: David Robson

Apples and Displays
Allied Topic: Picture This
(Instructed by Arabella Dane)

Design: Lynn Fronk

Illuminary Designs and Reflective Designs

Flower Show School Symposium - Raleigh, NC
2025-10-27 - 2025-10-28 | Raleigh, NC, Raleigh, NC
Horticulture: Sue Kirkman

Horticulture Topics:

“The Three Amigos”
Fall Composites

Design: Gina Jogan

Low Profile Designs, Pot-et-Fleur Designs
Allied Topic: Contrived Floral Forms

Flower Show School Course 1 - Dallas, TX
2025-10-27 - 2025-10-30 | Dallas, TX, Dallas, TX, United States
Flower Show Procedure & Design: Cathy Waitinas

Design Topics: Traditional Mass and Line Design

Horticulture: Jan Griffin

Horticulture Topics: Coleus and Japanese Maples

L:andscape Design School Course 3 - Fairfax, VA (Hybrid Course)
2025-10-27 - 2025-10-28 | Fairfax, VA, Fairfax, VA, United States

Landscape Design School Course 4 - Waltham, MA (Virtual Course)
2025-10-28 - 2025-10-30 | Waltham, MA, MA

Gardening School Course 4 - Tacoma, WA (In-Person Course)
2025-10-29 - 2025-10-30 | Tacoma, WA, Tacoma, WA

Flower Show School Symposium - Richmond, VA
2025-11-03 - 2025-11-04 | Richmond, VA, Richmond, VA
Horticulture: David Robson

Container-Grown Philodendron
Allied Topics: Botanical Arts in Horticulture

Design: Gina Jogan

Floor Design and Reflection Design
Allied Topics: Commenting: Judges Comments

Environmental School Course 2 - Augusta, MI
2025-11-03 - 2025-11-04 | Augusta, MI, Augusta, MI, United States
This is an in-person course.
