CGCI: Improving the Places Where We Live
Benefits of Membership in
CGCI for Your Club
As the largest and oldest federation of garden clubs and plant societies in California, California Garden Clubs, Inc. (CGCI) has 75 years of experience establishing, promoting and successfully operating garden clubs throughout the state.
Networking opportunities with fellow gardeners are “priceless” as we share these common goals:
- To create and promote interest in horticulture, gardening and floral and landscape design
- To encourage and engage in civic beautification and the improvement of roadsides
- To aid in protecting California's native plants, wildlife and natural beauty
- To promote and participate in projects and programs that conserve our natural resources
- To centralize and coordinate the work of individual garden clubs (district & state levels)
CGCI’s inexpensive Liability Insurance program as well as Directors & Officers Insurance is available to qualifying clubs.
Membership in National Garden Clubs (NGC) is included ($.50 of CGCI dues per capita) so you are automatically a member of a successful volunteer organization with 6500 clubs and over 200,000 members worldwide.
Participation in the awards program offered by NGC and CGCI gives public recognition for your club and its accomplishments.
Clubs have access to CGCI’s web site calendar and Golden Gardens Dateline for posting of club “special events” and promoting your garden club activities.
IRS Nonprofit Group Exemption program is now available to qualifying clubs. Your club can obtain 501(c)(3) status through CGCI.
A FREE permanent email address is available to every club through CGCI’s web site and automatically routed to your club’s email contact.
Prospective garden club members are referred to clubs by CGCI’s membership table venues around the state including the San Francisco Flower & Garden Show, California State Home & Garden Show in Sacramento and the San Diego Fair at Del Mar.
FREE membership and promotional materials are available.
Prospective garden club members referred to individual clubs via NGC and CGCI web site inquiries.
FREE Certificates are available to honor members of for outstanding service and/or long-term service.
Program resources are available through CGCI Chairmen.
Click here to find out how your club can join CGCI.
Benefits of Membership in
CGCI for Individuals
Garden Clubs are great places to meet people, have FUN, learn new things and "give back" to your community. besides the obvious advantages, there are other reasons to join California Garden Clubs, Inc.. that you not have thought of. Consider the following....
Networking with people in your own community and throughout the state to share ideas and knowledge about gardening, landscape design, floral design, environmental safety, conservation, improving our communities, helping our youth and so much more.
The educational opportunities are incredible and fairly inexpensive The following NGC schools are sponsored by CGCI:
- Environmental Study - A series of four courses aimed at furthering awareness and an understanding of the environment and the promotion of environmental literacy.
- Flower Show Schools - A series of four courses which include the study of horticulture, floral design and flower show procedure. Those taking these courses may become a Flower Show Judge.
- Gardening Study - A series of four courses designed to stimulate an interest in horticulture and to further the art of gardening.
- Landscape Design - A series of four courses to promote awareness and the understanding of the theories and principles of landscape design.
Discounts are now available upon presentation of CGCI’s membership card at Participating Sponsors (nurseries and garden centers) located through out California.
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