​On February 23-25, over 1,700 garden club members virtually attended the 2021 GCA NAL Conference.  While we missed out on our conversations over cocktails, our tours of the national monuments and our museum visits, what we didn’t miss were nationally renowned speakers passionately sharing their research and ideas for solving the world’s climate change crisis.

​Familiar faces and new ones took part in a virtual P4P (Partners for Plants) event on November 10 to learn about GCA’s P4P program and to see all that Piedmont Garden Club and Orinda Garden Club have accomplished these past 6 years. Bonus: no one had to get their feet wet or nails dirty!

 by Kaija & Dayna

While we are all stuck at home, we have time to catch up on some of the projects we’ve been putting off. Why not spend some time on Conservation? 

​Report on 2020 Garden Club of America 
National Affairs and Legislative Conference
February 23-26/ Washington D.C.

On February 22nd I hopped on a plane and headed to Washington, D.C.  I can’t lie. I was feeling a bit nervous and very unqualified to be attending this conference.

The Orinda Garden Club has been taking advantage of the wonderful weather this late summer/early fall and has spent a lot of time exploring the outdoors.  In keeping with the OGC’s 2019 theme of “Close to Home,” most of our wanderings have been nearby.