National Programs
In addition to the programs and projects of local garden clubs, TGOA/MGCA sponsors the following national programs.
- Gardening From The Heart provides community services for projects that benefit disadvantaged and aging gardeners.
- Big Pumpkin, Giant Sunflower, and Container Garden Contests encourages kids to grow plants.
- Youth Gardening provides national funding for gardening projects that engage youth.
- Scholarships of $1,000 are awarded annually to horticulture students based on local club applications.
- Photography Contest rewards members by publishing their photographs in the Gardener's Calendar, and by displaying them on the Internet. They are shown during presentations at each year’s national convention.
- Gardener's Calendar is published annually using photographs from the Photography Contest. Many clubs use the calendar for fundraising, or present it as a speaker gift or other award.
- Website www.TGOA-MGCA.org provides up-to-date information for members and officers. Although there is a members-only section of the website, much useful information about gardening and club activities is available to the general public as part of the organization's education mission. For example, Gardening and Horticulture Publications is a wide-ranging collection of articles that are posted online, and available to anyone.
Botanist Liberty Hyde Bailey was awarded the first Johnny Appleseed Memorial Medal by Men's Garden Clubs of America in 1948.
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