When Houston’s Bayou Bend Gardens was devastated by extreme weather, the River Oaks Garden Club (ROGC) applied for a Garden Club of America (GCA) Restoration Initiative grant. gcamerica.org/news/get?id=47… #GCAGrants #RiverOaksGardenClub #GardenCreateAdvocate

This year, the Quercus montana, common name “chestnut oak”, has been named the 2025 Plant of the Year: Freeman Medal winner by The Garden Club of America. gcamerica.org/news/get?id=47… #GardenCreateAdvocate #FreemanMedal #GCA

Zoë Riggs, 2024 Mary T. Carothers Summer Environmental Studies Scholar, credits GCA-supported research in Loreto, Peru, for helping build “a more rounded, empathetic, and critically thinking young professional.” gcamerica.org/news/get?id=47… #GardenCreateAdvocate #GCAScholarships

The dahlias are coming! The dahlias are coming! Photo by a member of the Albemarle Garden Club, Zone VII. #dahlia #latesummer #tuberous #perennials #gardencreateadvocate #thegardenclubofamerica

How have your summer flowers fared? We’re in the dog days of summer and cool weather might be around the corner. Photo by a member of the Warrenton Garden Club, Zone VII. #purpleaster #latesummer #earlyautumn #perennials #gardencreateadvocate #thegardenclubofamerica

The GCA’s 2024-2025 Rome Prize Fellows in Landscape Architecture Megumi Aihara and Dan Spiegel will begin their joint fellowship at the American Academy in Rome this winter. gcamerica.org/news/get?id=47… #GCAScholarships #GardenCreateAdvocate

When you get out in the garden, you’re always among friends. Photo by a member of the Winchester-Clarke Garden Club, Zone VII. #charlottesweb #spidersweb #sunshine #weboflife #gardencreateadvocate #thegardenclubofamerica

GCA in the City is launching its first San Francisco event on September 18! It will feature an event topic: "Unlikely Heroes: Sea Otters in Monterey Bay”. Sign up here to receive an invitation: lp.constantcontactpages.com/sl/6MYfEoJ gcamerica.org/news/get?id=47… #GCAinthecity #GardenCreateAdvocate

Get out and forest bathe - communing with Nature has proven health benefits. Photo by a member of the Dolley Madison Garden Club, Zone VII. #forestbathing #waterfalls #appalachia #shinrinyoku #gardencreateadvocate #thegardenclubofamerica

A summer vista with sunflowers! Get out in nature and get your hands in the dirt. Photo by a member of the Chestnut Hill Garden Club, Zone I. #sunflowers #summergarden #summerharvest #gardenbounty #gardencreateadvocate #thegardenclubofamerica

Tomatoes are coming in, this photographer captured her garden’s amazing bounty! Photo by a member of the Sand Hills Garden Club, Zone VIII. #tomatoes #summergarden #vegetablegarden #gardenbounty #gardencreateadvocate #thegardenclubofamerica

A few weeks ago we posted a photo of a field of Rudbeckia, but take a closer look and see what you can find! Photo by a member of the Garden Club of Denver, Zone XII. #summerflowers #rudbeckia #closupflowers #ladybugs #blackeyedsusan #yellowflowers #gardencreateadvocate

Nothing says summer like a stand of rudbeckia in full bloom, so go ahead, fill that frame with all that glorious yellow! Photo by a member of the St. George’s Garden Club, Zone VI #summerflowers #rudbeckia #blackeyedsusan #yellowflowers #gardencreateadvocate

This past October, members of six Northern CA GCA clubs eagerly gathered on the USS Potomac—FDR’s presidential yacht, now docked in Oakland, CA—to view and learn about the beneficial results of their shoreline restoration efforts gcamerica.org/news/get?id=46… #GardenCreateAdvocate

Christmas is only 6 months away, time to think red and green! Photo by a member of the Amateur Garden Club, Zone VI #sweetcherry #fruittrees #earlysummer #cherry #gardencreateadvocate #thegardenclubofamerica

To celebrate National Pollinator Week today we’re featuring a project in Jacksonville, FL. In 2024 the city welcomed its Emerald Trail a signature outdoor destination of trails greenways and parks encircling Jacksonville’s urban core gcamerica.org/news/get?id=46… #GardenCreateAdvocate

With the help of local garden clubs, a 12.5-acre city mulch site along a sub tributary of the Mississippi River in Ladue, Missouri is being transformed into a vibrant nature preserve called Deer Creek Preserve. gcamerica.org/news/get?id=46… #GardenCreateAdvocate

The pop of purple in this otherwise monochromatic green landscape displays an effective use of contrasting color to highlight a distinct focal point. Photo by a member of the Little Rock Garden Club, Zone IX #spring #springwoodlands #springgardens #hydrangea #gardencreateadvocate

The GCA has awarded 12 educators the 2024 Elizabeth Abernathy Hull Award. Established in 1992, the Hull Award recognizes individuals who work with youth to inspire an appreciation for the beauty and fragility of our planet gcamerica.org/news/get?id=46… #HullAward #GardenCreateAdvocate

This otter looks quite at home on the spring-blooming banks of this flowing river, in Great Smoky Mountain National Park. Photo by a member of the Little Rock Garden Club, Zone IX #spring #otter #riverotter #springwoodlands #springstream #springwildlife #gardencreateadvocate