TGOA-MGCA National Events
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Photography Competition
An annual photo contest is held to select Best of Show, First and Second Runners-Up awards, and a Sweepstakes Award which is determined from the total score of up to 20 photos entered into the contest. The contest is judged by professional photographers not associated with the organization. The winners for 2018 are displayed below. You may download the manual which includes all rules and entry forms. |
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Best of Show, Bulbs/Bulblike Section, Victoria amazonica, Richard States, Cortland, Ohio, Men's Garden Club of Youngstown, Ohio
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First Runner-Up, Annuals Section, Solenostemon scutellarioides (coleus), John Eichhorn, Vancouver, Washington, Member at Large
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Second Runner-Up, Landscape Section, Cacti at Saguaro National Park, Arizona, Judy Nighorn, The Gardeners Club of Green Bay, Wisconsin
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This is the national award presented to Judy Nighorn for her Second Place Runner-up photo entered into the 2018 TGOA-MGCA Photography Competition. Shirley Winnes chairs the national photography and calendar committee.
Annual National Calendar
From the photos entered into the national photography competition, an annual calendar is created. Professional photographers volunteer to select the winners from photos entered into the contest. Calendars may be ordered from the TGOA-MGCA website. Two photos in the 2019 calendar were taken by The Gardeners Club of Green Bay members.
From the photos entered into the national photography competition, an annual calendar is created. Professional photographers volunteer to select the winners from photos entered into the contest. Calendars may be ordered from the TGOA-MGCA website. Two photos in the 2019 calendar were taken by The Gardeners Club of Green Bay members.
Hydrangea with Swallowtail Butterfly by Jan van der Wagt of the Gardeners of Central Lake County, Libertyville, Illinois.
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Month of February - Pelargonium domesticum 'Martha Washington', Shirley Winnes
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Month of June - marsh grasses with whooping crane, International Crane Foundation, Baraboo, Wisconsin, Betty Cox
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National Convention
"Gardeners Reign in Fort Wayne" Fort Wayne, Indiana June 27, 28, 29, 2018 
The Gardeners Club of Green Bay members at the banquet on the final day of the convention.
Hostas at the Keith and Karen Trowbridge gardens in Leo, Indiana
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Here is Carl Christensen being installed by Karen Clark as the 2019 President of The Gardeners of America/Men's Garden Clubs of America, Inc.
Gene Stratton-Porter (1863-1924) naturalist and author of children's novels lived in Rome City, Indiana, on Silver Lake. Her property is a state historic site made up of nearly 150 acres of shoreline, fields, woods, and gardens.
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2019 TGOA-MGCA National Convention - WE DIG IT!
Des Moines, Iowa
July 15, 16, 17, 2019
