COCOA-ROCKLEDGE GARDEN CLUB, INC.

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Cocoa-Rockledge Garden Club is affiliated with The Florida Federation of Garden Clubs, Inc., that has 19,000 members. Members of The National Council of Garden Clubs, Inc., this organization has members totaling over 265,000. Member of the Deep South Region.

OUR PURPOSES ARE
Advancing & stimulating the love and knowledge of gardening. Promoting and encouraging civic roadside planting & beautification. Supporting world-wide ecological efforts.

COCOA-ROCKLEDGE GARDEN CLUB SPONSORS
The Early Bloomers (Junior Gardeners)
Junior Clubs include children between the ages of three to twelve or pre-school to fifth grade.

The Lady Bugs (Intermediate Gardeners)
Intermediate Clubs include children between in grades six through ninth grade.

Wekiva Youth Camp for girls & boys who have completed school grades 3 through 8, are helded mid-June through July. Wekiva Youth Camp is located in Wekiwa Springs State Park near Orlando. Nature & environmental experiences high-light the camp activities, qhich include swimming, crafts, sports & evening programs. A special primitive (in tents) campting program is offered for the 7th grade campers and an EE (environmental education) program is attended by the campers selected for this special 8th grade experience. This group also enjoys leaning how to canoe. Each week 104 campers are housed in thirteen cabins where eight campers reside with two counselors. Adult volunteers (usually garden club members) direct the environmental education, nature and craft programs and also run the office, clinic and canteen. The staff includes a Director, Assistant Director, Food Service, Waterfront Instructor, Security, Junior and Senior Counselors and Counselors-in-Training.

S.E.E.K. “Save the Earth’s Environment through Knowledge”, is an Environmental Conference for high school students who are going into the 10th, 11th or 12th grades. The students are sponsored by their local garden clubs. The conference provides and opportunity for participants to attend lectures and "hands-on" workshops at the University of Florida in Gainesville.

WE OFFER
Chance to learn through Workshops & Lectures
Floral Design Classes
Home and Garden Tours
Flower Shows
Field Trips to Gardens, Parks & Nurseries
New Friends