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National Garden Club School courses are open to everyone. Garden Club members may take courses for credit to become an Environmental, Gardening or Landscape Design Consultant or a Flower Show Judge. Consultants and Judges may also refresh their accreditation with course attendance. Master Gardener Volunteers often take courses to gain needed continuing education credits. All are welcome to attend for the joy of learning.
Flower Show Symposiums
Symposium is an in-depth course of design, horticulture and allied subjects pertaining to flower shows that is more advanced than presented in Flower Show Schools. Visit the Symposiums page for more information. See the Flower Show School page for more information on becoming a Flower Show Judge.
None Scheduled
May 31 -
Jun 01,
2022
Tacoma, WA
Topics: Multi Rhythmic & Angular Designs
Allied Topic: Design Mechanics
Topic: Flowering Branches & Conifers
Allied Topic: Creative Staging for Horticulture
Jun 03 -
Jun 05,
2022
Lancaster, PA
Topic: Color in Design
Allied Topic: Ethics at the Flower Show
Topics: Collections & Displays
Allied Topic: Horticulture Specialty Show
Jun 14 -
Jun 15,
2022
Independence, OH
Topics: Spatial Thrust & Parallel Designs
Topics: Container grown Herbs & Roses
Allied Topics: Planning a Horticulture Specialty Flower Show
Jun 15 -
Jun 16,
2022
Poughkeepsie, NY
Topic: Multi-Rhythmic & Featured Plant Material Designs
Allied Topic: Design Techniques & Mechanics
Topics: Hostas & Cut Ferns
Jun 15 -
Jun 16,
2022
Columbia, SC
Topic: Designs- Creative Abstract Creative & Tapestry Designs
Allied Topic: Exploration
Topic: Roses & Collections and Displays
Allied Topics: Botanical Arts Horticulture
Jun 28 -
Jun 30,
2022
Paducah, KY
Topics: Multi-Rhythmic & Cascade Designs
Allied Topic: Floral Design Mechanics
Topics: Hollies & Hydrangeas
Allied Topic: Looking Plant Material as Art
Jul 18 -
Jul 19,
2022
San Diego, CA
Topics: Transparency & Multi- Rhythmic Designs
2 Hour Allied Topic: Contrived Flower Forms & Judging Ethics
Topics: Fruits/ Vegetables & Pelargonium
Jul 29 -
Jul 30,
2022
Albuquerque, NM
Topics: Traditional, Creative, and Floor Designs
Allied Topic: Comments & Techniques in Design (2 hour Allied)
Topics: Combination Plantings & Evergreen Shrubs
Aug 02 -
Aug 03,
2022
St. Louis, MO
Topic: Creative Mass & Grouped Mass Designs
Allied Topic: BA Botanical Arts
Topic: Cut Ferns & Asteraceae
Allied Topic: Botanical Arts Schedule
Aug 03 -
Aug 04,
2022
Birmingham, AL
Topics: Creative Designs
Allied Topic: Exploration
Topics: Ferns & Coleus
Allied Topic: Grooming Mechanics for Horticulture
Aug 22 -
Aug 23,
2022
Manchester, NH
Topics: Cascade & Abstractive Creative Designs
Allied Topic: Pollinators in the Garden - Presented by: Michelle Mensinger & Arabella Dane (One Hour)
Topics: Collections & Displays
Allied Topic: Botanical Arts Horticulture
Sep 09 -
Sep 11,
2022
Milwaukee, WI
Topic: Assemblages & Armature Designs
Topics: Tomato Plants, Composites, Fall Blooms
*In place of Allied Topics for Design & Horticulture: Will Radler on Growing Roses, plus a 2 hour tour
Sep 13 -
Sep 14,
2022
Great Falls, MT
Topics: American Traditional Design vs. Creative Design
Allied Topic: Fantasy Forms
Topics: Succulents & Composite Flowers
Allied Topic: Making a Topiary
Sep 13 -
Sep 14,
2022
East Lansing, MI
Topics: Assemblages & Transparency Designs
Allied Topics: Botanical Arts Decorated Object
Topics: Summer Annuals & Fall Composite
Allied Topics: Are Our Comments Written Correctly
Sep 28 -
Sep 29,
2022
Little Rock, AR
Topic: Cascade & Multi-Rhythmic Designs
Allied Topic: Design Techniques
Topic: Pelargoniums & Chrysanthemums
Allied Topic: To be decided later
Oct 02 -
Oct 04,
2022
San Antonio, TX
Topics: Table Designs
Allied Topic: Judging Etiquette & Handbook Updates
Topics: Butterfly and Pollinator Plants
Oct 12 -
Oct 13,
2022
East Windsor, NJ
Topics: Abstract Creative Designs & Cascade
Allied Topic: Flower Show Evaluation
Topics: Ilex & Cactus
Allied Topic: Creative Staging for Horticulture
Oct 24 -
Oct 26,
2022
Bowie, MD
Topics: A Comparison between Traditional & Creative Designs
Allied Botanical Arts Design: Exploration
Topics: Fall Flowering Plants & Combination Plantings
Allied Topic: Every Plant has a Story
Nov 01 -
Nov 02,
2022
Meridian, MS
Topic: Exhibition Tables
Allied Topic: Petite Designs (two hour topic)
Topics: Ilex & Euphorbias
Nov 06 -
Nov 08,
2022
Parrish, FL
Topic: Cascade & Grouped Mass Designs
Allied Topic: Botanical Arts - Collage & Plaque
Topics: Araceae & Marantacae
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