Others adopt community projects such as gardens for the hungry, litter control, butterfly gardens, or bird sanctuaries. Garden club volunteers might visit nursing homes, day care centers, or work with the disabled. Some teach gardening units in the classrooms at local schools. Others sit on water, solid waste, or county boards, or advocate for legislative change. The list is only limited by your imagination.
Autumn is a great time to start a garden club.
Throughout the chilly winter months, when we have forced all the tulips, hyacinths, and narcissus we can and are ravenously thumbing through catalogs and thirsting for spring, garden clubs offer engaging lectures, discussions, and planning sessions to tide us over. So call a couple of friends or put a message in your local paper. Talk to the members of clubs in neighboring towns and start jotting down a few ideas. It's a wonderful way to keep learning and to share what you know. A good way to get started is to check with your town clerk's office or local nursery to see if there is currently a club operating in your town.