updated 9/14/2024
Resources
Overview of Resource Pages Section
Garden clubs are very diverse critters. Who knows what you'll need to know? In order to address these issues there are several pages of resources, listed below:
This page has Help and How-to resources from FFGC, NGC and the University of Florida. There is a How-to document to help you use this website and the FFGC site. There are also links to Gardening sites and organizations.
Program ideas contains a list of program topics and activities suggested by FFGC as well as speakers and topics suggested by District IV members.
Promotional ideas to help your club get noticed and increase your membership.
Meeting Archives lists useful outputs from past meetings, events, and classes.
Publications include magazines, newsletters and gazettes from our District IV, FFGC, Deep South, and NGC
Dig in and enjoy! And if you have any suggestions or questions, contact the webmaster.
Help and How-To
Gardening and Floral Arrangement Help
Gardening Help from the FFGC Help Desk Use the FFGC Directory Search feature to list the committee Chairmen available to answer your horticultural or flower arranging questions by email.
UF/IFAS Master Gardener Help Desks - The UF/IFAS extension offices have volunteer Master Gardeners to help the public in person or over the phone with gardening and horticultural issues. See the Master Gardener Resources link to locate an extension office near you.
Update on UF/IFAS Resources (October 2023) from Connie Gladding, Master Gardener Liaison for District IV.
Updated version of the NGC Flower Show Handbook is available for FREE. Download the handbook, Digital Flower Show Handbook - Revised January 2022, at the NGC Flower Show School Forms and Information page.
Organizational Resources
Two sections on this website provide information on our member clubs and our umbrella organizations and their leadership.
Leadership - District IV Officers and Chairmen and information on FFGC, Deep South, and NGC.
Clubs - member clubs in District IV and their officers.
Resources for Club Officers
Parliamentary Procedures from the National Garden Clubs:
Guide for Club Presidents from NGC if this link doesn't work go to the NGC website and use the search feature to find th guide
Website Orientation: How-To
Orientation to Websites for New Officers (updated for 2021). The guide to using important functions in the District IV website and the FFGC website.
New District IV Website Overview. Provides a site at-a-glance explanation of each page.
Resources for Club Leaders on the FFGC Website. Highlights important pages and information for club officers and Chairmen.
Amazon Smile for FFGC. If you shop at Amazon you can direct Amazon to donate a portion of the purchase total from their Smile Account to FFGC. This document tells you how to set your Amazon account up to benefit FFGC.
Gardening Organizations & Information:
University of Florida, Institute of Food and Agriculture Sciences: County Extension Offices
UF/IFAS Master Gardener Webinar Archives - these webinars are made available to the public several weeks after they are recorded
Clay County Master Gardener Blog
Guana, Tolomato, Matanzas River National Estuarine Research Reserve
St. Johns River Water Management District - subscribe to Newsletter, or view Webinars.
The Florida Native Plant Society
Invasive Florida Plants from the Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council
Online Guide to the Plants and Plant Life of Florida
Florida Exotic Pest Plant Council
Florida Statewide Endangered and Threatened Plant Conservation Program
North American Butterfly Association
Butterflies and Moths of North America
Association of Florida Native Nurseries FANN is an industry resource for Florida native plants and native landscape and restoration services.
Creative Floral Arrangers of the Americas An organization dedicated to the continuation of the study and expansion of the creative art of flower arranging.
Florida Microplastic Awareness Project Are you plastic aware?
Bringing Nature Home Books and lecture series about the benefits of native plant gardening by University of Delaware professor Doug Tallamy
Sustainable Gardening Slideshow by Ginny Stibolt, Florida Native Plant Society
UF IFAS Nature Knowledge Webinar Archives
2021 UF/IFAS Master Gardener Conference Webinar Archives
The Great Water Odyssey - a series of family-oriented games developed by the St. Johns River Water Management District (SJRWMD) to help children understand the nature of water
See additional pages in this section: Program Ideas, Promotional ideas, Meeting Archives, and Publications.