East Central District Welcome Letter

Welcome to the East Central District Home Page. The Federated Garden Clubs of Missouri became a member of the National Garden Clubs on January 3, 1952. The National Garden Clubs is divided into eight regions. Missouri is located in the Central Region. It includes the following States: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, and Wisconsin. The Federated Garden Clubs of Missouri, FGCM, is comprised of ten districts. The East Central District (ECD) includes   St. Louis City and St. Louis County. Our ECD is comprised of nineteen clubs. Each club is located in the St. Louis County area. 

The purpose and vision of the ECD is to uphold the precepts, mission, and goals of the FGCM and the NGC. These precepts include protection and conservation of our natural resources, to promote NGC sponsored schools,  to give us the tools to be  caretakers of our air, water, forest, land, and wildlife.  The mission of the FGCM is to promote the love of gardening, floral design and environmental responsibility.  The current FGCM President's Project is "Let's Talk About Water".  ECD Clubs and members are teaching, learning, and sharing water conservation information and habits.

Each of the nineteen clubs in the East Central District is a unique body of members dedicated to the precepts mentioned above. Each club determines how best to fulfill the vision of the NGC and the FGCM. There are nearly 300 collective members of the ECD. The ECD has an elected Executive Board,  Standing Chairmen , and zone directors in place to help each club fulfill their goals. Dues are collected to help manage  projects and programs. A portion of those dues are shared with the ECD, FGCM and the NGC. Clubs donate time, talent and money to many different organizations, charities, and select programs that work to beautify, maintain, and improve our communities.

All members of ECD enjoy attending garden club meetings, going on field trips in the area, holding flower shows, garden tours, attending gardening schools provided by the NGC, as well as landscape design schools, and environmental schools. There are opportunities for College level scholarships, children's programs, awards, citations, honors, and much more. An important aspect of the Garden Clubs is the comradery, friendships, and mutual interests that are developed by members of every club.

Welcome to the FGCM ECD District and hope you will join us in making our world a better, safer, place for all mankind, animals, and plant life.