“Flowers are the music of the ground, from earths’s lips spoken without sound.

— Edwin Curran

Our Mission

The Salt Lake City Garden Club is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization comprised of volunteer members devoted to promoting greater understanding of the interdependence of conservation, floral design, horticulture, and photography, for the purpose of restoring, improving, and protecting the quality of the environment for action in community affairs and civic improvements.

The Salt Lake City Garden Club is a registered Utah nonprofit corporation with tax-exempt status under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.

SALT LAKE CITY GARDEN CLUB
P.O. Box 58003
Salt Lake City, Utah 84158

Established January 18, 2018. •. Incorporated on March 14, 2019
A Utah Non-Profit Corporation. •. Designated Exemption: 501(c)( 3)

Community Affairs & Philanthropy

Brain Chemistry Labs

Brain Chemistry Labs, located in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, seeks to discover new treatments for brain diseases by studying patterns of wellness and disease from indigenous peoples. Highly awarded scientist and environmentalist, Dr. Paul Alan Cox, serves as the Executive Director of this not-for-profit research institute focused on finding new treatments for ALS and Alzheimer’s disease.

The Salt Lake City Garden Club has contributed to Brain Chemistry Labs to continue funding research for new medicine utilizing native plants to treat neurodegenerative diseases.

Great Salt Lake Institute

The Great Salt Lake Institute at Westminster University strives to connect people to the Great Salt Lake through research and education.  Established in 2008, their initial work involved running community field trips and developing high school and college curriculum concerning the Great Salt Lake. Shortly thereafter, a Great Salt Lake Institute undergraduate research program was inaugurated.

Director of the Great Salt Lake Institute, Dr. Bonnie K. Baxter, conducts collaborative research with students by focusing on the lake’s extreme microbiology, especially the foundation of the ecosystem. The Salt Lake City Garden Club has contributed funds to continue their research on the largest saltwater lake in the Western Hemisphere.

Red Butte Garden

Red Butte Garden is one of the largest botanical gardens in the Intermountain West. Together with the University of Utah, it is a state arboretum located on 100 acres in the foothills on the eastern edge of the campus. Their mission it to connect people with plants and the beauty of living landscapes.

The Salt Lake City Garden Club has partnered with Red Butte Garden to raise funds that benefitted graduate students at the University of Utah, whose focus is Environmental Design.

Utah Native Plants

There is a strong and growing movement across the United States recognizing the importance of native plants to our environment and for building sustainable ecosystems. Native plants are essential for healthy and diverse ecosystems, and play a critical role in cleaning air, filtering water, and stabilizing soils.

During April 2024, a Native Plant Proclamation was issued by Governor Spencer J. Cox. The proclamation encouraged Utahns to celebrate the importance of native plants by planting more native trees, creating pollinator gardens, removing invasive plants, and educating the public about the many advantages of native plants.

It is important to encourage public awareness about the benefits of native plants to pollinators and other wildlife, to the economy, and to the health and sustainability of Utah’s fragile ecosystems. To this end, the Salt Lake City Garden Club is raising funds to establish and maintain a Native Plant Community Garden that will enhance our local cityscape.

SLCGC contributions have been made to the following organizations:

  • Brain Chemistry Labs/Institute of Ethnomedicine

  • Conservation Garden Park, West Jordan

  • Cottonwood Canyons Foundation

  • Great Salt Lake Institute

  • National Audubon Society, Utah Chapter

  • 9-Line Neighborhood Outreach Project

  • Red Butte Garden

  • The Nature Conservancy of Utah

  • University of Utah: Academic scholarship awards given to graduate students studying environmental sustainability

  • Utah Native Plant Initiative

  • Utah State University’s Botanical Center

Our History

The Salt Lake City Garden Club (SLCGC) was established in 2018 by a group of Utah women with shared interests in gardening, conservation, floral design, horticulture, and photography. Its members are representative of many professions, educational backgrounds, and skills, all of whom are highly involved in their communities. Members share a passion for gardens, as well as a commitment to beautify, conserve, protect, and restore the sustainability of Utah’s diverse ecosystems. To this end, members’ efforts have ranged from creating and maintaining a local community garden, to supporting existing environmental organizations with volunteers and resources.

With an emphasis placed on education for both its members and the community at large, the SLCGC endeavors to positively advance and expand the scope of its outreach and impact to improve Utah’s environmental landscape, now and in the future.