DON'T FORGET
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- Issue a Proclamation endorsed by the mayor [give them a months notice] Meet with the Mayor in May and have Garden Club President accept the Proclamation.
- Have local businesses place a National Garden Week sign or poster prominently
in their store windows
- Contact your local newspapers, radio, TV stations or public access channels and let them know what activities your club is doing.
- Sale of perennials and annuals from members' gardens, baskets and crafts made by members with terrific prices! No Admission Fee; Sale is open to the general public.
- Invite the public to enjoy a tour of a few gardens, enabling you to raise
funds for community projects or a scholarship. Add an afternoon tea for
a little extra $'s.
- Set up a table with club information, floral displays, and gardening books at your local library.
- Use green and white balloons in your town; they are the country wide symbol
of National Garden Week.
- Spend 1 hour weeding a member's yard that is not physically able to do
so. (illness, surgery, etc)
- Deliver flowers and plants to city hall, municipal offices, fire houses, libraries, rehabs, and nursing homes.
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Sue Nugent, [email protected]
LGCF National Garden Week Chairman
Print your National Garden Week Poster from this PDF file.
POSTER
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