Three $1000 grants will be awarded to local NJ Garden Clubs for a project that focuses on the planting of native trees. Look for more information in the Awards section of GCNJ website. Applications are due by February 15, 2022.

Visit our awards page for more information

President Cecelia Millea will be hosting a Zoom Leadership Conference to present information about the current GCNJ President’s Project, Awards, Schools, Membership and more. Please plan to join us for this event to be held in October 2021. Once the date has been determined, all club presidents will be notified.

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

The GCNJ Symposium will take place on October 12th and 13th, 2022.
For information, please contact Jane Bersch, 609-654-6580, janebersch@aol.com