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Cecelia Millea

Message from 2021-2023 President Cecelia Millea

My President’s Theme “Plant Trees: Nature’s Unsung Heroes”

I am honored to have been elected the 50th President of the Garden Club of New Jersey at our first virtual Annual Meeting on June 10th. I look forward to working with all affiliated garden clubs as we emerge from the Covid-19 pandemic and return to in-person meetings and events. The theme of my presidency is “Plant Trees: Nature’s Unsung Heroes”. Trees are one of earth’s most valuable resources and they are being destroyed, worldwide, at an alarming rate to commercial agriculture, wildfires, logging and urbanization. I ask you to join me and the Garden Club of New Jersey in conserving, protecting and planting trees for future generations. Over the course of my two-year term, the Garden Club of New Jersey will award six $1000 grants to affiliated garden clubs that sponsor a project that focuses on the planting of trees. An application for these grants will soon be available on our website. As we move forward, it is my hope that we will, not only, plant together but also learn together, protect our environment together and, once again, meet together to share our common interests and achieve our common goals.

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Mission Statement

The Garden Club of New Jersey, Inc. provides education, resources and opportunities for adults and youth members to expand the love of gardening and floral design and encourages active participation in civic, environmental and historic preservation projects to protect the past for the future.

Adopted
March 31, 2003
Board of Directors
New Brunswick, New Jersey

New Jersey – The Garden State – has over 100 garden clubs

The Garden Club of New Jersey, Inc. (GCNJ), founded in 1925, is a federation of individual local garden clubs throughout the state. GCNJ has over 4,000 members, age 6-adult. The Garden Club of New Jersey is the state affiliate and a charter member of the National Garden Clubs, Inc., (NGC), a non-profit educational organization. The membership of NGC is composed of nearly 200,000 members, 6,000 member garden clubs, 70 national affiliates and 300 international affiliates around the globe. NGC is the largest volunteer organization of its type in the world.

GCNJ Announcements

National Garden Clubs Plant America Community Grant Announcement

The Garden Club of New Jersey is pleased and proud to announce that the following NJ garden clubs received a National Garden Clubs Plant America Community Grant of up to $1000 each for 2022-2023:
All Seasons Garden Club, Floraphile Garden Club, Garden Club of Fair Haven, Garden Club of Toms River, Garden Club of Westfield and the Holly Club of Sea Girt.

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Photo Release

These additions to forms were approved at the GCNJ November 2021 Board Meeting. The release should be added, in small print to the form, registration or application for GCNJ sponsored events and scholarships. Please look under FORMS for more information.

YOUTH CLUB REGISTRATION

To be registered with the GCNJ and eligible for any youth awards, this form must be completed and sent to the Youth Chair at the address on the form. Enclose a check payable to GCNJ in the amount of $20 to cover your club's annual Youth Club registration fee. Contact a local GCNJ Garden Club chapter to sponsor your Youth Garden Club. For more information, contact 2021–2023 Youth Co-chairs are Diana Dove and Bob Markey.

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2021-2023 Yearbook Information – New Officers

2021-2023 NGC President
Mary Warshauer
Theme: Plant America – Play Outdoors

2021-2023 Car-SGC Director
Betty Cookendorfer
Theme: Plant America: Let’s Get Growing!

2021-2023 GCNJ President
Cecelia Millea
Theme: Plant Trees: Nature’s Unsung Heroes

see Section VI for additional information.

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Upcoming Events

  • 19SepNGC Fall Board MeetingSeptember 19-22, 2022 St. Louis, MO Sep 19 - Sep 22
  • 26SepGCNJ Board MeetingSeptember 26, 2022
  • 6OctJudges Council MeetingOctober 6, 2022
  • 12OctGCNJ Symposium 2022October 12 & 13, 2022 Holiday Inn, East Windsor, NJ Oct 12 - Oct 13
  • 20OctGCNJ Leadership Conference for Club PresidentsOctober 20, 2022 Virtual Meeting
  • 24OctGCNJ Board MeetingOctober 24, 2022
  • 2NovCAR ConferenceNovember 2-3, 2022 Seven Springs Resort, PA Nov 2 - Nov 3
  • 28NovGCNJ Board MeetingNovember 28, 2022
  • 23JanGCNJ Board MeetingJanuary 23, 2023
  • 8FebJudges Council MeetingFebruary 8, 2023
  • 27FebGCNJ Board MeetingFebruary 27, 2023
  • 27MarGCNJ Board MeetingMarch 27, 2023
  • 17AprFlower Show SchoolApril 17-21, 2023 Apr 17 - Apr 21
  • 24AprGCNJ Board MeetingApril 24, 2023
  • 26AprJudges Council MeetingApril 26, 2023
  • 1MayNGC ConventionMay 1-5, 2023 Greenbrier Resort, WV
  • 22MayGCNJ Board MeetingMay 22, 2023
  • 1JunJudges Council MeetingJune 1, 2023
  • 6JunAnnual MeetingJune 6, 2023 Bridgewater Marriott, Bridgewater, NJ
  • 26JunGCNJ Board MeetingJune 26, 2023

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Garden Club of NJ Headquarters
Holly House – Rutgers University
126 Log Cabin Road
East Brunswick, NJ
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Holly House Mailing Address:
126 Ryders Lane
East Brunswick, NJ 08816-1331
Office Telephone: (732) 249-0947

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STATEMENT OF GCNJ POLICIES

The EMBLEM of The Garden Club of New Jersey may not be used or copied in any way; by any club, individual, or for any purpose other than official application by the Executive Board of GCNJ. The EMBLEM of The Garden Club of New Jersey shall be used only on awards, publications, programs, etc. authorized by the Executive Board of GCNJ.

The NAME of The Garden Club of New Jersey shall not be used to endorse a candidate for office, product, lecture, tour or organization except as ordered by the Executive Board of GCNJ. The list of Executive Board members, Garden Clubs, their officers and members is not available for distribution to others except by special vote of the Executive Board of GCNJ.

(Do not post the Directory or its information on open websites.)