AVGC Mission & Goals
Our Mission
- Promote the love of gardening and floral design and to cultivate their best practices through regular meetings, special programs, and scholarships – working alone and in tandem with local, state and national organizations
- Learn about, practice, and teach gardening methods and plant selections that emphasize low water use and low environmental impact
- Build friendships and alliances through shared interests and experiences in gardening, civic beautification, and conservation
Our Goals
- Enrich our community with trees, shrubs, and flowering plants
- Share our gardens and their surpluses: seeds, plants, fruits and flowers
- More effectively cultivate and use decorative plants in house and garden
- Learn about and support the roles that birds, pollinators and other beneficials play in our gardens
- Promote the benefits of preserving and propagating wildflowers and native plants
- Preserve and augment the natural beauty of our civic environment and that of our planet
- Make lasting friendships as we pursue common goals
in front of a recently planted tree at a Habitat for Humanity site.