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As a garden club member, we all try to implement the NGC objectives of horticulture, civic beautification, conservation, historic preservation, environmental stewardship, landscape design and floral design. Below are downloads that will help you reach these objective. Print these out to share with your clubs, use them for program ideas, or simply try to implement them in your own daily activities. Each is designed to help you succeed.
Beautification
Conservation
South Carolina Invasive Plant List - these plants are banned from flower shows and should be removed from your landscapes to prevent spreading
Impact of Plastic on Bird Populations of SC - Audubon Society
Environmental StewarDship
How to host a Sustainable Event - GCSC Climate Chair, Victoria Bergesen
Floral Design
Gardening Basics
Companion Planting Chart: Vegetables and Herbs - PDF Format - great for printing to share
Companion Planting Chart: Vegetables and Herbs - Excel Format - this format can be edited
The Original Victory Garden from the Office Of Civil Defense - a great video to share with your club members
historic preservation
Learn the role garden club members can play in Historic Preservatiom
HOrticulture
Clemson University's Master Gardener Factsheets cover just about every aspect of gardening and horticulture.
LAndscape Design
Frederick Law Olmsted and the American Garden - A beautiful and educational video of the history of American Parks and the common man who made them a reality
Membership
How to Attract New Members to Your Garden Club
NATIONAL GARDEN WEEK
NATIONAL GARDEN WEEK-- June 6-12, 2021
Pollinators
Attracting Butterflies to your Gardens
GardenFORLIFe Initiative - worksheet
Pollinator Plants for the Southeast Region - Xerces Society
Shade Loving Plants for Pollnators
Native Plants for Wildlife-SC Wildlife Federation
Doug Tallamy on Nature's Best Hope - a lecture given to New Canaan Pollinator Pathway
Planting with a Purpose - Top 15 Pollinator Plants with Andy Cabe of Riverbanks Botanical - video
Planting with a Purpose Handout - word
Planting with a Purpose Handout - pdf
Links from Butterfly Presentation by Kim Bailey, Milkweed Meadows Farm ([email protected])
About Milkweed Meadows Farm - https://conservingcarolina.org/discovering-our-native-butterflies/
Growing Milkweed & Gardening for Butterflies - https://conservingcarolina.org/habitat-at-home-growing-milkweed/ & https://conservingcarolina.org/kim-bailey-butterfly-gardens/
The Great Milkweed Germination Test - https://sowtrueseed.com/blogs/gardening/the-great-milkweed-germination-test
Milkweed Vendor Map (just launched - more vendors will be joining this spring) - https://monarchjointventure.org/mjvprograms/habitat/milkweed-vendor-map
NC Milkweed Species - https://www.growmilkweedplants.com/northcarolina.html
Journey North Monarch Migration Maps & News - https://journeynorth.org/monarchs
Symbolic Monarch Migration (search to see where the paper monarchs from Hendersonville landed in Mexico) - https://symbolicmigration.org/
Monarch Population Graphs - https://monarchjointventure.org/blog/eastern-monarch-population-declines-26
How to build more effective monarch butterfly gardens (Adam Baker's research at UK) - https://news.ca.uky.edu/article/uk-research-shows-how-build-more-effective-monarch-butterfly-gardens
NC Butterfly Atlas / Henderson Co. Butterfly Checklist - https://auth1.dpr.ncparks.gov/nbnc/a/accounts.php & https://auth1.dpr.ncparks.gov/nbnc/a/nc_checklist.php?get_county=Henderson
Native Woodies for Native Butterfly & Moth Caterpillars - https://www.wildones.org/wp-content/images/NativeCaterpillarsMothsButterfliesHostNativeWoodies.pdf
Invasive Plants found in the Mountains of NC - http://nc-ipc.weebly.com/mountain-invasive-plants.html
DO NOT BUY Invasive Exotic Plant List: Pocket Guide for Western NC - https://mountaintrue.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/DoNotBuy_Pocket-Guide_cutout-version.pdf
Maypops for All! - https://edibleupcountry.ediblecommunities.com/eat/maypops-all
Pawpaws! - https://www.ourstate.com/pawpaws/ & https://www.boldlife.com/fruit-of-the-future/
Milkweed Vendor Map (just launched - more vendors will be joining this spring) - https://monarchjointventure.org/mjvprograms/habitat/milkweed-vendor-map
John H. Murphy
Bullington Gardens
95 Upper Red Oak Trail
Hendersonville, NC 28792
(828) 698-6104
www.bullingtongardens.org
Youth
How to Start a Youth Club
The Garden Club of South Carolina, Inc.