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Beverly Kazickas

Message from 2023-2025 President Beverly Kazickas

My President’s Theme... “Plant America: Gardening for a Healthy Mind, Body and Soul”

Welcome to the Garden Club of New Jersey’s website. As we (the GCNJ), prepare to celebrate our 100th anniversary in 2025, I’m grateful to everyone who has contributed to the mission and legacy of this organization. We are a volunteer, not-for-profit group focused on civic beautification through our shared interest in gardening and the environment. It is my honor to serve as the 51st President.

I look forward to working with the 100+ garden clubs of New Jersey during my tenure and encourage embodying the slogan “The Garden State” as we aim to ensure a bright future for the GCNJ and its members, along with their children, grandchildren and future generations. (My family spans many generations as New Jersey residents... from farming in South Jersey, to fishing at the Shore, to my husband and me living the past 40 years in Bergen County... my parents and grandparents are buried in Bridgeton and my children were born in Englewood Hospital.) Let’s be passionate about our community while promoting the many opportunities offered by the GCNJ.

Please join me in celebrating a love of horticulture, floral design, preservation and conservation by emphasizing my President’s Theme “Plant America: Gardening for a Healthy Mind, Body and Soul” Please refer to the Awards page to learn more about the six $1,000 grants that will be presented to a GCNJ affiliated club during the next two years. Our pursuit of common interests and goals through local action will bring us together while offering positive impacts in the community. Please keep me updated on your club events. I look forward to meeting you and working with your members over these next two years as we promote the mission of the GCNJ and a passion for nature.

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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

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 click here for the form: NGC Photo Release Form.

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 Membership Chair: Sue Berdal.
Email Sue at: sue.berdahl@gmail.com

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Upcoming Events

  • 31MarGCNJ Board MeetingMarch 31st
  • 1AprDistrict VI & VIII Spring MeetingAPRIL 1st
    9:30 AM         419 Sycamore Ave.
    Shrewsbury, NJ
  • 9AprGCNJ Judges Council MeetingApril 9th
  • 14AprGCNJ Board MeetingApril 14th
  • 16AprGCNJ FIG MeetingApril 16th
  • 29AprFlower Show SymposiumApril 29-30, 2025 Basking Ridge, NJ Apr 29 - Apr 30
  • 14MayGCNJ Annual Meeting100th Anniversary Celebration
    May 14, 2025         Navesink Country Club in Middletown, NJ
  • 19MayNGC Annual ConventionMay 19-23, 2025 Charleston, SC May 19 - May 23
  • 7JunFSP Flower Show ProcedureJune 7th
    Noon - 3:15 pm
  • 10JunFSS 3 HorticultureJune 10th
  • 11JunFSS 3 DesignJune 11th
  • 12JunFSS 3 ExamJune 12th
  • 23JunGCNJ Board MeetingJune 23rd
  • 30JunGCNJ Board Meeting (Alternate Date)June 30th

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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.)