Our Mission is to preserve our gardens and historic landmarks while promoting the environment, conservation and civic bueautification through education and programs
Objectives
To support the aims of the National Garden Clubs, Inc., Deep South Garden Clubs, Inc., Florida Federation of Garden Clubs, Inc., and District VIII of FFGC.
To encourage and develop, among gardening amateurs, knowledge and specialized skill in the art and practice of gardening, horticulture, and the floral arts.
To encourage the education of the community in the study of ecology, horticulture, conservation, and floral arts; To cooperate with others in the beautification of our community.
To support The Bay in maintaining the brilliance of the Garden Club Building and Botanical Gardens as a teaching tool and showcase.
Proceeds for events and donations to the Sarasota Garden Club go to the Garden Club and its community projects
- College Scholarship Program
- Maintaining the Sarasota Botanical Gardens (by volunteers each Friday 8-11am) – which are open to the Public.
- Civic Beautification Awards for businesses that have done an outstanding job of landscaping and maintaining their properties
- Planting and maintaining the plants at the Doughboy Statue in Hamel Park
- Refurbishing and maintaining the surrounding plants of the Blue Star Marker (dedicated to the men and women in the armed forces)
- Maintaining The Secret Garden on the Ringling grounds
- Horticulture and Design programs that are open to the community
- Coral Reef Restoration
- Supporting Conservation
Organized: May 6, 1927
Federated: November 13, 1933
Incorporated: April 22, 1955
History of the Sarasota Garden Club
Organized May 6, 1927 with Mrs. John Ringling as one of its founders.
Membership was organized in Circles with the first Founder’s Circle President being Mrs. John Ringling.
On November 14, 1933, the “Federated Circles of the Sarasota Garden Club” joined the “Florida Federation of Garden Clubs, Inc.” and thereby became a member of “National Garden Clubs, Inc.”
More Circles were formed, and in 1947 the name changed to the Sarasota Garden Club, which became incorporated in 1955.
In 2008 the Circles of the Garden Club became one club without circles.
In 2016 Celebration of the Club’s 50th year of Civic Beautification by recognizing the community for landscaping excellence.
In 2018 the City Commission rubber-stamped a mega-million $ redevelopment concept of THE BAY PROJECT, of which SGC is part of.
In 2022 our SGC building was listed on the National Historic Register, and in 2023 our building was awarded the Marker for Sarasota County’s Register of Historic Buildings.
In 2027 we will celebrate Sarasota Garden Club’s 100th year Anniversary!
