Among the projects of the national organization are a butterfly garden as part of the National Botanic Garden in Washington, D.C., a world gardening project and scholarship funds for undergraduate students in horticulture. On a local level, the Columbia Garden Club is a Partner in Education with Columbia Public Schools, working on nature and garden activities with special education classes. The club presents a flower show annually, to be held this year on June 17, in the Ellis Fischel Cancer Hospital lobby. The show is open to the public from 1 to 5 p.m. It is the club's chief fundraiser held at Candlelight Lodge and features mostly perennials from members' own gardens.
Visitors are welcome, and membership is open to anyone with an interest in any aspect of gardening.
The Columbia Men's Garden Club, CMGC, has been in existence since 1954. Six meetings consists of a lecture, demonstration or discussion. Lectures are about new species of plants, composting, entomology, pruning, landscaping plants, landscaping design and various other topics. Our speakers are from a variety of agriculture areas. Many are from the University of Missouri campus, growers and garden centers from the area.