How to Start a Garden Club
Start a club to share your passion for gardening with other garden enthusiasts, and to exchange tips and resources.
Up next in Gardening Tips (27 videos)
How does your garden grow? Everything -- plants, flowers, vegetables -- will grow better if you heed the gardening tips in this Howcast video series.
You Will Need
- Meeting venue
- Advertising
- Affiliations
- Plant or seed excahnge (optional)
Steps
-
Step 1
Find a location
Find a location for your first garden club meeting. It can be at your home or at a local nursery or garden center.
-
Step 2
Set a date
Set a date for the meeting.
-
Step 3
Make a flyer
Make a flyer advertising the meeting and inviting fellow garden lovers to come.
-
Schedule a plant or seed exchange at the meeting to create interest.
-
Step 4
Advertise
Ask local nurseries, garden centers, libraries, and coffee shops if you can post your flyer at their locations.
-
Step 5
Take out an ad
Take out an ad in your local newspaper.
-
Step 6
Ask about future meetings
Ask the locations that help distribute your flyers if you can hold future meetings at their locations. They may even offer your club members a discount.
-
Step 7
Combine resources
Affiliate your club with a national, state, or local garden organization and combine your resources. Meet once a month -- happy gardening!
-
During the 1500's in England, people did not eat tomatoes because they believed they were poisonous.
