serving our community through

Our Projects

The Augusta Garden Club has participated in many community projects with the goal of promoting a love of gardening, protecting the environment, and enhancing the beauty of our community.

ongoing projects

Historic Garden Week

Each spring, The Garden Club of Virginia welcomes visitors to over 250 of Virginia's most beautiful gardens, homes, and historic landmarks during "America's Largest Open House."

Project Dogwood

In 1935, Staunton’s City Manager James C. Ruff aspired to make Staunton the dogwood capital of Virginia to rival Washington, D.C.’s reputation for their cherry blossoms.

Rawlinson Collection

The Rawlinson Collection memorializes a former member who was not only an able gardener but also editor for many years of the Garden Club of Virginia’s Garden Gossip.

As a part of its effort to promote and create public awareness of conservation in the Staunton and Augusta County area, the Augusta Garden Club initiated a series of signs to educate the public about the Lewis Creek Watershed.

Past Projects

Woodrow Wilson Presidential Library archaeological dig
Gypsy Hill Park restoration project
Ramsey’s Draft Nature Trail
Gate Flanders Memorial Garden at Greenthumb Park
Gardens at the former Kings Daughters Hospital

September 11, 2001 Memorial Trees at the Staunton Fire House
GCA Centennial Tree Project, Amelanchiers (serviceberry trees) planted in Gypsy Hill Park and at the Frontier Culture Museum
Installation of cigarette receptacles in Gypsy Hill Park
Monetary support for the City of Staunton Landscape Plan

The Augusta Garden Club is a 501(c)(3) organization. Donations are tax deductible when no goods or services are provided in consideration of the contribution.