The Garden Club of New Jersey held a virtual Leadership Conference on November 15th for all affiliated garden club presidents. The Leadership Conference, or Districts in the Gardens as it was previously known, was held virtually due to to the continuing effects of the pandemic. All club presidents received an invitation to the event and were required to register online with their name and email address. Upon registering, they received the meeting Zoom link. The Leadership Conference was well-attended and proved to be an informative platform for all participants. In addition, the Guidelines for Club Presidents manual was recently updated and will soon be emailed to each president. The manual is packed full of valuable information, and is available on this website under Forms. We must continually be prepared to adapt and, once again, GCNJ did so by hosting a successful virtual event.

Cecelia Millea
GCNJ President

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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.

Read the monthly column, called “Growing Gardeners” about Gardening with Children written by Diana Dove in the Gardener News. See back issues with the "Growing Gardeners" column since February 2021. Go to: www.gardenernews.com

Exact time information to be announced.

GCNJ held its first ZOOM class – Landscape Design School on June 15-16, 2021. A successful and well-received LDS Course 3 began with an introduction by our President – Cecelia Millea. We were fortunate to have the following instructors: Bruce Crawford, Dr. Randi Eckel, Steve Kristoph, Denise Mattes and Tom Breiten.

The 19 students came from various states including: Florida, Maryland, New York, Virginia, California, Pennsylvania, Louisiana, and Massachusetts. The benefits of holding a Zoom program! Several of the students were achieving the high accreditation for Master Consultants in Landscape Design and a few finishing up their requirements for becoming a Consultant. Please visit the National Website for all the updates for further courses and information for all the schools. It is a great program that the Garden Clubs offer to all of us.

Thank you to Sue Berdahl as Register and Ellen Preissler as Technical Administrator. Please visit our website for the dates “to be determined” for Course 4.

Terese Blake
LDS Chair, Garden Club of New Jersey
“Bountiful, serene, landscape architecture and gardening are as one.” Louis Barragan 1902-1988