Who We Are
What We Believe
Contact Information
Who
We Are
The National Gardening Association is a nonprofit organization established
in 1972 to help gardeners, and to help people through gardening. More
than 30 years later, we are still doing both. While our goals have
been consistent over time, how we achieve them has shifted in response
to a socially, culturally, and technologically changing world.
No other organization has focused as consistently for
as long on helping people become better gardeners and educators by
providing the best information available and offering meaningful networking
opportunities. Over the years, we've used every medium available:
National Gardening magazine, books, radio, and, since 1996, the Internet,
to help beginners get started and keep old pros inspired.
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Our Mission
NGA's mission is to renew the fundamental links between people,
plants, and the Earth. Through exemplary programs in schools and
communities nationwide, we promote environmental stewardship,
advance standards-based learning and science literacy, and create
partnerships that restore and enhance communities.
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Membership
In 2002 we returned to our roots as a member organization. As members
of NGA, gardeners and educators join a national network of people
who believe in the power of gardening to transform environments, individuals
and communities. Members receive a variety of benefits include members-only,
full-color e-mail newsletters; answers from experts to their gardening
questions; and discounts at our online stores, the NGA
Garden Shop and Gardening
with Kids store. Member dues, as well as store profits, are used
to support our award-winning educational programs.
Web Sites
Our sister Web sites, www.garden.org
and www.kidsgardening.com are
hubs where gardeners and educators find information, inspiration,
and community. Combined, they feature 2,000 articles, 30,000 FAQs,
how-to projects, online courses, seed swaps, a school garden registry,
and much more. Visitors can sign up for free e-newsletters, including
NGA's Regional Gardening
Reports, with the latest gardening news and tips for 12 regions.
The online NGA Garden Shop and Gardening with Kids stores offer easy
shopping for quality plants, supplies, gifts, and educational resources.
All store profits support NGA's educational programs. (Click here
to view Web
site awards.)
Educational Programs
NGA has long been recognized as a national leader in garden-based
education. This includes providing horticultural and teaching expertise,
resources, and networking opportunities to help kids in schools and
communities grow. Our Youth
Garden Grants program, begun in 1982, has helped more than 1.2
million youngsters reap the rewards and vital life lessons that green
oases offer. With support from industry sponsors, we now offer an
array of grants and awards that recognize exemplary school and community
garden projects and leaders and that help launch new programs. Since
1990, our award-winning GrowLab
Science Program has been implemented in 25,000 classrooms. In
recent years, we have created international programs so youngsters
could exchange gardening and lifestyle information, images, and data
with peers in other cultures.
We remain committed to providing educational programs,
publications, and resources to help educators and parents use gardens
and habitats to:
