Texas Garden Clubs, Inc. offers a wide variety of in depth studies. No matter what your interest is in horticulture -- growing superb flowers, knowing what is a superb flower, designing a scape that is environmental-friendly or using that plant material in an exqusite floral design, we have it! Come join us.
TEXAS DESIGN SEMINARS:
The Texas Design Seminars are a continuing education program of the Benz School of Floral Design at Texas A&M University in cooperation with Texas Garden Clubs, Inc. The Seminars are offered to Nationally Accredited Flower Show Judges as a personal enrichment program, an opportunity for advanced study and to broaden the scope for design ideas. Student Judges are invited to audit the course seminars.
We held 2 very successful seminars the lastt week in July 2009 at the Horticulture Building on the Texas A&M Campus with Professor Jim Johnson as our instructor.
Designs studied in Course 4, Series VI were the Multi-Rhythmic, Exhibition Tables Type I & Type 2, and Pot-et-Fleur Designs.
Following the completion of TDS Course 2, we have six new Design Consultants. They are:
- Laura Crenshaw
- Elva C. de Hernandez
- Carolyn Epple Johnson
- Karen Murrell
- Minerva Q. de Ponce
- Florene Lusk
The Design Consultants held their seminar preceding Course 2. Upon completion of that Seminar, we had three Design Consultants to become Master Design Consultants.
Our new Master Consultants are:
- Idalia Aguilar
- Bonnie Baker
- Delores Rumpf
Renewal XIX will be held July 27-29, 2010 (ending at noon). The theme for the Floral Display at the John Haglar building will be "20th Century Fashion Designers". The Panel Design will be studied in depth and Instructor Jim Johnson will lecture on the Mono-Botanic Design.
Course 3, Series VII follows on July 29-30, 2010 (starting at 1:45 p.m. on Thursday, July 29, 2010). The written test will be on July 31 for those taking the Course for credit. Topics to be covered are : Color Harmony, Abstract Design, Assemblages, Collages, and Reflective Designs.
For more information please contact Chair: Joyce Cochran Jcochran@texasgardenclubs.org
FLOWER SHOW SCHOOLS:
Why not join us in our fun and informative hobby of being NGC, Inc. Flower Show Judges? You will love being a judge and will meet interesting and informative people.
Any member of a member garden club may be National Garden Clubs,Inc. Flower Show Judge. As well as belonging to a garden club, it requires taking four Flower Show School Classes over two years. There is homework but the rewards are many. You gain knowledge about horticulture and floral design through your studies. In judging Flower Shows, discover new and interesting plant material and unusual designs. During the schools, judging and studying, the people who come into your life will share their knowledge, their interest and their love of horticulture. Chair: Peggy Consolver Pconsolver@texasgardenclubs.org
SYMPOSIUMS:
After you pass your Handbook Exam you are an accredited judge, YEA! In order to continue your quest for knowledge there are symposiums. These advanced studies are needed to continue to be a well-informed judge. There is much to be learned about the field of horticulture from other judges. This will be a constant and growing knowledge to be enjoyed all your life. Emeritus Judges are retired and revered by their friends as very knowledgeable but they may no longer judge. Chair: Andrea Story Pconsolver@texasgardenclubs.org
LANDSCAPE DESIGN SCHOOLS:
The National Garden Clubs and Texas Garden Clubs welcome all students, both members and non-members, to its educational program in Landscape Design. The NGC Board of Directors adopted the regulations to govern this educational program, a series of four courses on Landscape Design training, on October 7, 1958. It was established in order to develop in its membership a greater appreciation of the environment, both natural and man-made, in keeping with its Bylaw Article II, Number 5, “to advance the fine art of gardening, landscape design, and the study of horticulture.”
The diversity of the course curriculum, from history of landscape design to that of contemporary landscape architecture, appeals to a broad range of interests. It’s well-regarded instructional staff, setting high standards for students, has helped to maintain the superior status of this continuing education program. Members who complete the series, passing the examinations with grades of 70 or above, are eligible to receive the Consultants Certification Card, a NGC credential. This certification does not qualify the graduate to go into professional practice, but is recognized as a sign of special achievement among NGC members.
Objectives of the landscape Design study Program:
- Develop a greater sense of appreciation, pride, and knowledge about our private and public gardens.
- Become better educated to make changes in our surroundings so that they will be more beautiful, useful, convenient, ecologically sound, and easily maintained.
- Stimulate interest in all phases of landscape design, including community planning, that will affect all of our lives.
- Develop a contingent of qualified Landscape Design Consultants to serve in such decision-making areas of public life as providing leadership, educational programs, scholarships, awards, and promoting better landscape design.
The most recent series of four courses ended February 19 – 20, 2007 with Course 4. The next series of Courses will begin in February, 2008 (No course scheduled for September 2007). Visit the Southern Garden section of the Aggie Horticulture web site for information on dates and registration forms when available.
Chair: Suzanne Milstead Smilstead@texasgardenclubs.org
GARDENING STUDY SCHOOLS:
All gardeners can become accomplished horticulturists. The Gardening Study School courses offered by TGC, Inc. and NGC, Inc. can assist members in achieving this goal! They are designed to stimulate interest in growing plant materials to their peak of perfection. Subjects covered are soils, weather conditions, pest and disease control agents, growth regulators, plant propagation, plant identification, growing techniques for garden plants, vegetables, fruits, houseplants, trees and shrubs, and specialized styles of gardening. One can learn more about gardening than they thought possible. Anybody interested in gardening will enyoy attending these courses and becoming a "Gardening Consultant". Chair: Jane Cohen
Registration Form Garden Study School II
ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY SCHOOLS:
The Environmental Studies Schools are designed to help the general public become aware of, and concerned about, the total environment and its associated problems. It will give the knowledge, attitude, motivation, skill and commitment to work individually and collectively toward solutions of current problems and the prevention of new ones. Chair: Ina Brundrett IBrundrett@texasgardenclubs.org
