Club Affiliations

The Grapevine Garden Club (GGC) strives to support the projects of the National Garden Clubs, Inc. (NGC), Texas Garden Clubs, Inc. (TGC) and District II of the Texas Garden Clubs. The following briefly describes the major projects and themes of these garden club organizations for 2009–2010.

National Garden Clubs, Inc.

The theme of Renee D. Blaschke’s, President of the National Garden Clubs, Inc. (NGC), is “The World Around Us — Love It — Beautify It — Protect It.” It is her desire that the Garden Clubs participate in "Golden Days" by making an extra effort for those members who can no longer attend the meetings or those that could benefit from a planting of daffodils in either a new or existing garden. Her projects include focusing on Community Gardens by engaging with community leaders and youth organizations to provide fresh produce to food pantries, soup kitchens, the elderly and shut-ins, and the homeless. Two new projects by the Grapevine Garden Club are in direct support of these themes. The Daffodil project to plant daffodils in the Grapevine area and the Community Garden in Support of our local community service organization.

South Central Region

South Central Region Director is Mary Ann Moreno, and her theme is "To Protect Our Beautiful Worl.". The projects are to use the three R’s "Reduce — Reuse — Recycle to Beautify Blight", to change unused or unwanted areas into gardens for homeless shelters, schools, community plots and homes for seniors. The Grapevine Garden Club, will support this through our two new projects and selected continuing projects, specifically educational programs and West Texas Street beautification.

Texas Garden Clubs, Inc.

Jacki Simmers is President of Texas Garden Clubs, Inc. and her theme is "Under a Green Umbrella." Her goal for the next two years is to further our education and reach out within our communities to find sustainable solutions to preserve our world. The Grapevine Garden Club will support this theme by improving our educational programs, expand the docent support of our botanical garden, and work with the Grapevine PARD in their beautification projects.

District II

Renee Walter’s, our District II Director, theme is "Plant It Pink" in Support of Breast Cancer Awareness and Research. A new Plant It Pink project has been developed by the 200,000 member strong National Garden Clubs Inc. in partnership with Susan G. Komen for the Cure®, the world’s largest breast cancer organization. The initiative is an outgrowth of NGC commitment to community service, which historically includes everything from conservation and beautification to therapeutic horticulture.

Garden Club Council of Fort Worth

The President of the Garden Club Council of Ft. Worth is Carolyn Scott. Her theme will be "Moving Forward in Changing Times."