2020s

 

·      LRGC voted in 2020 to increase the number of active members from 70 to 75 

·      Partners for Plants (P4P)/The Covey "The Covey" and Growing Gardeners were added as official LRGC community projects

·      In 2020, Chris Norwood became an honorary member of the Garden Club of America and the Little Rock Garden Club

·      In 2020, Terry Garden and Arboretum received a $2,150 grant from the Arkansas Department of Agriculture to purchase native plants for the butterfly garden

·      In 2020, The Covey received a $2,400 grant from GCA

·      Growing Gardeners received a $500 grant for its work at Bale Elementary from the Greater Little Rock Council of Garden Clubs

·      In 2020, Dunbar Garden received a $15,000 grant from the Arkansas Community Health and Education Foundation to fund two AmeriCorp workers to work at the garden

·      In August 2020, Congress passed the Great American Outdoors Act, which LRGC participated in supporting through grassroots efforts 

·      In 2021, The Covey received a $1,600 grant from GCA for seed collecting, seed cleaning, and planting

·      In September 2021, LRGC adopted a new logo

·       In September 2021, LRGC made a $1,000 donation, in appreciation of Susan Borné, to the Arkansas Nature Conservancy to assist in the purchase of Blue Mountain, the westernmost peak of the Maumelle Pinnacles

·       LRGC planted five Black Gum trees (nyssa sylvatica) in 2021 along the River Trail in Murray Park

·      Dunbar Garden received a $5,000 grant in 2021 from the Arkansas Community Health and Education Foundation

·       In 2021, Terry Garden and Arboretum received a $2,150 grant from the Arkansas Natural Resources Commission and a $1,100 in-kind match from the Pulaski Conservation District to plant native plants in the butterfly garden 

·      In 2022, LRGC received a $10,000 GCA Common Ground Collaborative grant for The Covey at Gillam Park 

·      LRGC celebrated the anniversary of Frederick Law Olmsted's 200th birthday with a series of events

·      LRGC Pilgrimage to Crested Butte, Colorado, summer 2022

·       Zone IX Chairs Beth Whitney (ZCP) and Nancy Montgomery (ZCC) visited LRGC and attended a General Meeting

·       In 2022, Dunbar Garden received a $20,000 grant from Arkansas Community Health and Education Foundation

·       In 2022, The Covey received a $2,000 grant from GCA

·       Awarded LRGC Community Grants to Mount Holly Cemetery and Forest Park Elementary School, spring 2023

·       LRGC approved four Centennial grants for the community totaling $104,000 in celebration of the club's milestone 100th anniversary

·       Theo Witsell became an honorary member of the Little Rock Garden Club, spring 2023

·       LRGC Pilgrimage Trip to Cashiers and Highlands, North Carolina, summer 2023

·       LRGC presented four Centennial Grants in November 2023

·       LRGC was awarded a $10,000 GCA Restoration Initiative Grant for tree replacement at Murray Park after an EF3 tornado devastated parts of Little Rock on March 31, 2023

·       December 2023, GCA President Marilyn Donahue presented the meeting program and GCA 100 Year Club Certificate to the membership

·       December 2023, GCA Corliss Knapp Engle Scholarship recipient, Joshua Tebow, spoke to LRGC membership

·       February 2024, Zone IX Chairs Lyn McMillin (ZCP) and Frannie Corzine (ZCC) visited LRGC to attend the Community Garden Lecture

·       In 2024, The Covey received a $2,000 CGC grant from GCA

·       LRGC presented two Community Lectures in honor of our Centennial, February 2024 and April 2024

·       In 2024, LRGC was Seconding Proposer for GCA Founders Fund Finalist Memphis Garden Club

·       In 2024, LRGC was Seconding Proposer for GCA Honorary Member, Dwayne Estes

·       Dunbar Garden received a $5,000 Grant from the Arkansas Community Health and Education Foundation

·       LRGC Membership approved 2024-2029 Strategic Plan

·       In 2025, LRGC Community Grant awarded to Tree Streets, Inc. to plant 10 trees

·       Janet Carson became an Honorary Member of the Little Rock Garden Club, spring 2025

·       In May 2025, Adopt-A-Street Litter, Community Gardening Lecture and the War Memorial Woodland Trail Garden became official projects of LRGC