2023 Events
January
20 – Smokey Bear/Woodsy Owl poster due to State Chairman.
31 – Deadline for the Garden Forum Spring Issue deadline
February
1 ECD “Welcome Aboard Meeting” (postponed to March 1)
1 ECD Club yearbooks deadline, send to ECD Director Connie Lohse and ECD Awards Chair, Sue Reed
1 President’s report deadline, send to ECD Director Connie Lohse and State Ratings Chair Sherry Wilson
1 Scholarship applications to state deadline
7 ECD Winter Board Meeting – Moolah Shrine Temple
March
21 Bird Appreciation Day
20-23 Environmental School 4th course – afternoon Zoom classes
April
17-20 FGCM 90th Annual Convention – Frontenac Hilton, St. Louis, MO
29 Missouri Arbor Day
30 Garden Forum – Summer issue deadline
May
6 WGWGA Plant Sale – First Congregational Church parking lot
8:30a.m.-12:30 a.m.
17-20 National Garden Clubs, Inc. Convention, Orlando, Florida
June
1-10 National Garden Week, See NGC for ideas. https://www.gardenclub.org/national-garden-week
July
31 Garden Forum Fall Issue deadline
August
10 -20 Missouri State Fair
15 Bird Sanctuaries/Bluebird Trails to State Chair
17 Federation Day/Flower Show, Missouri State Fair
29 ECD Fall Board Meeting – Moolah Shrine Temple
September
15 Butterfly/Hummingbird applications due to District Director or
District Chairman
20-22 NGC Fall Board Meeting
October
12 ECD Annual Awards Luncheon – Location TBD
28 Make a Difference Day
31 District Dues and Roster due to ECD Treasurer Karen Halla, State dues and contributions due to State Treasurer Josephine Goodenow; roster to Jackie Reynolds.
31 Garden Forum Winter issue deadline
31 Butterfly/Hummingbird applications to State Chair
31 Youth Contest applications to Esat Central District Chair
November
31 Books of Evidence to designated Awards Chairs
31 Project Award Applications to Designated State Chair
31 Smokey Bear/ Woodsey Owl entries to District Chair or District Director
31 Youth Contest Applications to respective FGCM Chair
December
20 All Holiday Flower Show Books of Evidence to FGCM Chair
20 Award of Honor Nominations to State Award of Honor Chairman