Share Your Passion For Gardening With The National Home Gardening Club
Article by Pat Lowe
Perhaps you stumbled across the National Home Gardening Club on Facebook and wonder what they’re all about. At http://www.gardeningclub.com, you can get a free, 30-day trial and issue of their gardening magazine. This is probably the best way to truly know if the site is for you. Members can elect to pay annual dues under or purchase a self-renewing lifetime membership, which comes with special rewards. If your garden is your pride and joy, and you’d like to share your gardening experience with others, then you might enjoy what this national club has to offer.
Regular members of the National Home Gardening Club receive the Gardening How To Magazine, the ability to test new (free) gardening products, full access to the club website, a chance to win club giveaways, gardening tips from other members, professional answers to your gardening questions, free gifts, newsletters, books and videos. Life members of the gardening club receive all the same things as regular members, but with lifetime access. They’ll also get a Life Member ID card, key-ring, gardening mat, gloves and gifts valued at 5.
Premier Life Members receive all the benefits of regular life members, plus get a gift certificate to http://www.createmycookbook.com, discounts from retailers, a free hotline with answers from a gardening expert, discounts on club seminars and garden events, free online vegetable/herb garden planning service for one year and travel discounts.
Some members love the National Home Gardening Club for its members-only garden contests. For instance, their Photo Contest asked members to send in three of their best garden photo shots (plant portraits, borders, beds, garden structures and scenes). Winners could receive a pair of Swift 825 Eaglet Binoculars from Swift Sport Optics (valued at 0), The AeroGarden (valued at 9), a 0 gift card from Lee Valley Tools, or Terra Cycle fertilizers, wild bird seed, deer repellent and flower pots (valued at ). The “Pruned to Perfection” contest asked members to send in their best pruning photos and stories. Three winners won a 9 Fiskers prize package that included a Power Gear Bypass Pruner, Power Gear Hedge Shears, Telescoping Pruning Stick, Power Gear Bypass Lopper, Gardening Multi Tool, Power-Pivot Grass Shears, Garden Knife, 10 Gallon Kangaroo and a 3-piece Scratch Tool set.
The National Home Gardening Club isn’t the only organization you may choose, of course. There is also the Garden Club of America, Gardeners of America, the Men’s Garden Clubs of America, National Garden Clubs Inc and others. You can also find a number of gardening ideas and tips, and friends at social networking sites like http://www.facebook.com or http://www.myspace.com, which are entirely free to join. The problem with many online garden communities is lack of participation, so you’ll want to look around to find one that is thriving. The benefits of a club like the NHGC is that you can receive a number of gifts, discounts, contest giveaways, seeds and free products as you meet new friends and read informative garden advice articles.
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