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The Wellington Garden Club, located in Wellington, Florida, has been an active part of the local community and the Florida Federation of Garden Clubs (FFGC) since 1982, the year we became a federated club. 

We have ‘beautified’ many areas in the village including the gardens at the Wellington Community Center.  For the past several years, we have awarded college scholarships to students pursuing horticulture and environmental science degrees at Palm Beach State College. 

We also sponsor Elementary school through Jr. High students at FFGC’s Wekiva Youth Camp in Central Florida, and sponsor a high school student at the FFGC SEEK , (Save the Earth's Environment through Knowledge), annual environmental conference.

Our junior gardening group is mentoring several schools this year, including Wellington Community High School, Wellington Landings Middle School, Wellington Elementary, and St. David's Pre-School, where students are learning the importance of conservation, wildflowers, and wildlife.

We are active in many civic and local events, including Wellington’s Adopt-A-Street program, the Mounts Botanical Garden Plant Sales, National Garden Week, Earth Day Celebration, and the Festival of Trees.  The Wellington Garden Club together with the  Elks Lodge #1352 built a new community vegetable garden on the Elks property in West Palm Beach.

Our club has been raising funds for Habitat for Humanity Landscape Projects over the years and has been sponsoring, designing, and installing landscapes at Habitat Homes since 2004.   To help these proud new homeowners, we recently expanded our donation program to include needed household items.

Our monthly meetings feature local experts in the areas of landscape design, horitculture, floral design, ecology, and nature.  A variety of programs are offered to educate the beginner, intermediate, and seasoned gardeners.

The Wellington Garden Club is a member of District X, one of twelve districts in the Florida Federation of Garden Clubs (FFGC).  The FFGC is part of the Deep South Region, which is made up of garden clubs from Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Missippi, and Tennessee, and is part of the National Garden Clubs Inc. (NGC). The NGC is recognized as the largest volunteer gardening organization in the world, and provides garden club members with educational opportunities in all aspects of gardening and floral design.  The NGC aids in the protection and conservation of natural resources, promotes civic beautification, and encourages the improvement of roadsides and parks.








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