Award Application Procedure
The Garden Club of New Jersey’s application format complies with current NGC requirements and is to be used for all Garden Club of New Jersey Awards with the exception of the Flower Show Achievement Award, the Garden Club of the Year Award, the Publicity Press Book Award and the Perennial Bloom Award. The process has been streamlined.
- CLICK HERE to access the Award Application Form
- CLICK HERE to access the Perennial Bloom Rules and Application Form
- CLICK HERE to access the Yearbook Scoring Sheet
- CLICK HERE to access the GCNJ Awards Booklet
- Officer Information is posted on Members Login – Section VI: NGC, CAR-SGC & GCNJ “At a Glance.”
The PDF format allows you to complete the application on-line. Save the completed application on your computer, print a hard copy/copies and mail to the GCNJ Awards Chairman or Flower Show Evaluation Chairman as indicated below.
To give you an idea of what is considered an appropriate 3 page application for a GCNJ award, go to the NGC website at www.gardenclub.org, click “Awards” on the opening page and select “Awards Applications” on the dropdown menu. Then click on “Sample 3 Page Book of Evidence” for the NGC’s completed application. It may be used as a reference to help you in assembling your club’s application.
AWARDS DEADLINE DATES
The deadline for submission of GCNJ Awards applications is February 15th. Please note: THREE paper copies of each submission required. Please forward all applications to:
Peggy Morrissey
142 Osborne Avenue
Bay Head, NJ 08742
Email: peggymorrissey67@yahoo.com
Phone: 732-330-3636
Any questions: please call or email Peggy.
NGC Awards Year: January 1 – December 31
GCNJ Awards Year: February 1 – January 31
PRESIDENT’S PROJECT GRANT FOR 2024 & 2025:
Message from 2023-2025 President
Beverly Kazickas
- President’s Theme – Plant America: Gardening for a Healthy Mind, Body and Soul.
- Description: Establish a program (or garden) that promotes and encourages the benefits of gardening to support physical and mental health.
- GCNJ Affiliated Clubs will apply for a $1,000 Grant in order to enact the aforementioned program (or garden).
- Three clubs will be selected per year for two years during the term 2023 – 2025. Total Grants $6,000.
PERENNIAL BLOOM AWARD:
Mail to:
Peggy Morrissey, 142 Osborne Ave., Bay Head, NJ 08742
phone: (732) 330-3636 | email: peggymorrissey67@yahoo.com
YEARBOOKS:
Mail 3 copies to:
Peggy Morrissey, 142 Osborne Ave., Bay Head, NJ 08742
phone: (732) 330-3636 | email: peggymorrissey67@yahoo.com
These copies are disseminated as follows:
1) Evaluation
2) State President
3) If merited, consideration for higher award.
One copy of your Club’s Current Yearbook should be sent directly to your District Director.
NATIONAL GARDEN CLUB AWARDS:
Mail to:
Peggy Morrissey, 142 Osborne Ave., Bay Head, NJ 08742
phone: (732) 330-3636 | email: peggymorrissey67@yahoo.com
STANDARD FLOWER SHOW ACHIEVEMENT AWARD:
Send to:
State Flower Show Evaluation Chairman: Jane Bersch, 386 Tavistock Drive, Medford NJ 08055
Phone: (609) 923-8427 | Email: janebersch@aol.com
PUBLICITY PRESS BOOK:
Mail to:
Peggy Morrissey, 142 Osborne Ave., Bay Head, NJ 08742
phone: (732) 330-3636 | email: peggymorrissey67@yahoo.com
GCNJ AWARDS including Youth Awards and American Horticulture Society Award
Mail to:
Peggy Morrissey, 142 Osborne Ave., Bay Head, NJ 08742
phone: (732) 330-3636 | email: peggymorrissey67@yahoo.com
Applications for NGC Awards are made through the GCNJ Awards Co-Chairmen.
Those applications will be forwarded to the NGC Awards Chairman.
Peggy Morrissey, GCNJ Awards Chair
email: peggymorrissey67@yahoo.com
FROM THE AWARDS DESK
Key upcoming deadlines:
- September 30 – YEARBOOKS: Submit 4 copies of your Club’s Yearbook for review.
- November 15 – NATIONAL AWARDS: Submit all club applications for review.
- February 15 – GCNJ AWARDS: Submit 3 copies of each GCNJ Awards application
All Yearbooks and Awards applications should be sent to:
Peggy Morrissey
142 Osborne Avenue
Bay Head, NJ 08742
Email: peggymorrissey67@yahoo.com
Phone: 732-330-3636
Any questions, please email me or call me.
Let’s have a great year!!!
Peggy
PERENNIAL BLOOM AWARD, 2021
GARDEN CLUB OF NEW JERSEY Presents to Diane Nelson, Rockaway Valley Garden Club the 2021 PERENNIAL BLOOM AWARD and celebrates her many accomplishments.
- 50 years as a member of the Rockaway Valley Garden Club
- Chairperson of the Hammond Wildflower Trail Committee
- Educational efforts to include a book entitled COME HUG A TREE WITH US; BIG, INTERESTING AND HISTORIC TREES, BOONTON TOWNSHIP
- Developed and narrated a video, “New Jersey Highlands-Native Plants and their Habitats”
- An accomplished photographer and Environmental advocate
- Lifetime Membership status in the Rockaway Valley Garden Club
June 9, 2022
Cecelia Millea,
President Garden Club of New Jersey (2021-2023)
PERENNIAL BLOOM AWARD, 2022
GARDEN CLUB OF NEW JERSEY Presents to Vivian Morrison, Basking Ridge Garden Club the 2022 PERENNIAL BLOOM AWARD and celebrates her many accomplishments.
- Member of the Basking Ridge Garden Club for twenty-eight years and a Life Member since 2010
- President of the Basking Ridge Garden Club for three terms
- District Director for District V of Garden Club of New Jersey
- President of the Garden Club of New Jersey 2011-13
- Co-chaired many committees for the Basking Ridge Garden Club, including the most recent – One Hundred Year Celebration, 2023
- Served on several GCNJ committees, including the Headquarters and Endowment committee, the
- Advisory Council, presided at both Garden State of New Jersey and the National Garden Club Annual Meetings, and served on special projects for pollinator gardens
- Has earned ribbons at the Montclair Art in Bloom and the Garden Club of New Jersey Flower Show
June 6, 2023
Cecelia Millea,
President Garden Club of New Jersey (2021-2023)
CELEBRATING OUR GCNJ CLUB PROJECTS
Kudos to Country Garden Club for their involvement in the Holly Trail House Tour, an important Holiday Community event and fundraising activity in Hunterdon County for the past 50 years. The event raises funds for the Brightside Adult Day Care Facility. This year Country Garden Club, and all of its 18 members, volunteered to decorate a house on the tour. The challenge in decorating each home is that all decorations must be handmade. The Country Garden Club increased the challenge by using only recycled and/or plant-based materials. The home they decorated was an historical home built in 1760 and the decorating needed to be consistent with the age and history of the home.
It was a substantial undertaking for a club with 18 members, who made several hundred handmade ornaments that adorned Christmas trees, table centerpieces, window swags and mantles. Egg cartons were used to make beautiful centerpieces and recycled hangars were used to create the large snowflakes lining the gardens. In total five rooms were decorated. Club members also harvested greens from their own gardens to complement the handmade decorations. See the pictures attached to enjoy this lovely creation.
When I asked how such a small club could accomplish such an outstanding endeavor, President Michele Liana told me, “ Well, this was an important event in our community that raised monies for a very worthy cause. Sadly, this will be the last year that the County will host this tour and we wanted to be a part of this final tour.”
Again, congratulations to Country Garden Club and their members!!
Providing beauty, creatively presented and giving back to our communities are values for which the Garden Club of New Jersey proudly stands. This project clearly embodies all of these values!!
