Our 2023–2025 Executive Committee and Board of Directors
Executive CommitteeMDGC officers are elected by ballot at the district's fall meeting in even-numbered years and serve for 2-year terms. The Parliamentarian is appointed.
INTERIM DIRECTOR - DIANE OLSEN gunga_din13@hotmail.com – 414-578-2513 (h) 262-894-5323 (c) Town & Country Garden Club 1st VICE DIRECTOR - MARSHA CAPORASO mcaporaso@wi.rr.com – 262-551-5538 Four Seasons Garden Club 2nd VICE DIRECTOR - NICHOLAS LEMUS nicholassunset@yahoo.com – 414-719-6424 Garden Club of Greater Milwaukee RECORDING SECRETARY - JANET WINTERSBERGER jwintersberger@wi.rr.com – 262-879-0391 Garden Club of Greater Milwaukee TREASURER - KERRY KROKOS krokos.L4030@sbcglobal.net – 414-628-4545 Western Acres Garden Club CORRESPONDING SECRETARY - NORMA MCREYNOLDS normamcreynolds@gmail.com – 608-215-3030 Town & Country Garden Club ADVISORY COMMITTEE CHAIR - CHERYL LAUSTEN lausten4@sbcglobal.net – 262-781-6220 Elm Grove Garden Club PARLIAMENTARIAN - KITTY LARKIN kittysltr@wi.rr.com – 262-295-2922 Western Acres Garden Club |
Board of DirectorsThe MDGC Board of Directors consists of the Executive Committee, the following chairpersons of the Standing and Special Committees and the president of each garden club in the Milwaukee District.
AWARDS CHAIR - KERRY KROKOS krokos.L4030@sbcglobal.net – 414-628-4545 Western Acres Garden Club BLUE/GOLD STAR MARKER CHAIR - NANCY GREGORY enjaygee@yahoo.com – 414-933-9167 Town & Country Garden Club HABITAT FOR HUMANITY CHAIR - JUDY NEWMAN newman9641@aol.com – 414-861-7134 Elmbrook Garden Club HISTORIAN - JUDY NEWMAN newman9641@aol.com – 414-861-7134 Elmbrook Garden Club ORGANIZATIONAL STUDIES CHAIR - KITTY LARKIN kittysltr@wi.rr.com – 262-295-2922 Western Acres Garden Club REGISTRAR - Open SCHOLARSHIP CHAIR - Open |
Our Mission
Our mission is to provide education, resources and opportunities for our members to promote and share the love of gardening, floral design, and civic and environmental responsibility.
We are a not-for-profit educational organization focused on promoting and sharing the love of gardening. In addition to horticulture and landscapes, we offer educational opportunities to learn about floral design through our classes taught by experts in their fields. We promote civic and environmental responsibility and our non-profit status gives our clubs the ability to apply for grants to help fund projects.
We are a not-for-profit educational organization focused on promoting and sharing the love of gardening. In addition to horticulture and landscapes, we offer educational opportunities to learn about floral design through our classes taught by experts in their fields. We promote civic and environmental responsibility and our non-profit status gives our clubs the ability to apply for grants to help fund projects.
Our Purpose
The purpose of the Milwaukee District Garden Clubs (MDGC) is to:
- Coordinate and promote the interests and activities of the member clubs of MDGC.
- To operate on a non-profit basis solely for charitable, educational and scientific purposes conducive to the well being of the community and the public at large.
- To aid in the conservation of all natural resources and to participate in public movements for the protection of the environment.
- To promote civic beauty and to stimulate interest in the improvement of roadsides, parks, landmarks and the scenery incidental thereto.
- To advance the fine art of gardening, of floral design, of landscape design and the study of horticulture through education and example.
- To further horticultural education, conservation, landscape design and related fields through the gift of scholarships.
- To cooperate with other organizations in the promotion of the foregoing objectives and activities as may be determined by the Board of Directors. To remain absolutely nonpolitical.
MDGC Meeting Minutes
Meeting minutes are posted here as PDFs to view and download.
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District Meetings
The Board of Directors meets at least two times a year.
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Executive Committee Meetings
The Executive Committee meets at least twice a year and at the discretion of the District Director.
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Our Procedures
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Milwaukee District Garden Clubs (MDGC) was founded in 1932 as a part of the Wisconsin Garden Federation which is a member of the National Garden Club and its Central Region. A not-for-profit educational organization, we serve gardeners in Dodge, Jefferson, Kenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine, Walworth, Washington and Waukesha counties who are gardening for good in our communities.
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