2025-2027 President Diane Hunter
Build Community through Beautification, Conservation and Education
What inspires you? Is it working with kids on a school garden? Cleaning up a derelict lot? Growing the perfect daylily? Beautifying your parks? Participating in conservation projects in your city? Educating students and the public about litter and pollution?
Our motto, Beautification, Conservation and Education, reflects your passions whatever they may be. It’s all to the benefit of the places we love so dearly – our homes, our neighborhoods, schools, cities and towns. I can’t think of any other organization that encompasses such a wide variety of programs to feed the souls of our members.
It feeds my soul every time I read of a project that takes a small corner of Georgia and makes it better environmentally and aesthetically. Travelling the state and meeting club members is truly the best part of the job. Please know that your GCG Board is going to work hard to help you continue those projects and make it easier for you to do club business so you can do the important work of building community.
We’ll be focusing on growing our membership with increased stress on social media and all methods of communication. Education is key to helping our members develop the skills they need to have dynamic programs and projects. Look for more classes and short workshops to fulfill this goal.
Our convention committee has evaluated your responses to our spring survey, and you want a two-day convention that provides more learning opportunities. We heard you loud and clear. The next two conventions will be a trial effort to find the best way to attract members, provide more programming and keep costs down.
Our member management database, Member365, has features we intend to exploit in the coming year. We’re looking at an e-commerce feature and more direct access for club members.
Look for training sessions for club and district treasurers and a mid-year leadership-light Zoom session. We’ll also examine all our grant application forms to simplify procedures to continue the work Lisa Hall started.
PLANT AMERICA in Red, White and Blue kicks off this year for a big effort in 2026, our 250th birthday. And don’t forget, we’re planning our own birthday celebration in 2028 as this amazing institution marks its 100th birthday.
To that end, we’ll be emphasizing how to clean up Georgia and live in a more ecofriendly way.
I’m honored to help lead this organization with some pretty amazing board members and dynamic garden clubs. Thank you for the opportunity, and don’t hesitate to call if you need me. My main job is Tending this Heart of Georgia, so you can Build Community through Beautification, Conservation and Education.
Diane Hunter
GCG President
president@gardenclubofgeorgia.org
