New England Garden Clubs

Photography Group Newsletter

June 14 2025

NE Regional Director's Message


Our robust New England contingent cheered Susan Miner as she was installed as 3rd Vice President for National Garden Clubs at the Annual Convention.


As your new Regional Director, I promise to celebrate your Federations,’ clubs,’ and members’ accomplishments. 


In this season of growth, I encourage you to stretch, and take advantage of both opportunities described below.


Photography has developed (I love groan-inducing puns) as an incredible option for us. As we enter the 2nd quarter of the 21st century, how many new roles will photography have in our organization?


Let’s find out together !


Our NER Photo Show:

We Grow Gardens & Gardeners, is my theme .

The classes feature the themes of our NE state presidents.

The photo show schedule classes are posted below along with

the links to the registration form Please enter!


Our Photo Workshop: I plan to Zoom with Lisa Cuchara August 14th 4:00pm. 

Here is the link to sign up for the Lisa's Zoom photo workshop


I look forward to greeting you at the NE GC Annual Meeting, and seeing the photo competition winners’ work displayed!

October 14-15, 2025 (Save the Date- details available soon),


Polly Brooks NE Regional

Director 2025-2027

 


THE 2025 NEGC PHOTO SHOW

 

"WE GROW GARDENS & GARDENERS"

Entries open April 1, 2025 and close August 31, 2025


Finalists' images will be displayed at the Annual Meeting of

The New England Garden Clubs, Inc.

October 14-15, 2025

at the Sheraton Hartford South Hotel

100 Capitol Boulevard Rocky Hill CT 06067-3575 tel 860-257-6000


THE SCHEDULE

“We Grow Gardens & Gardeners”

This is the theme for NER Director Polly Brooks(2025-27)

The Class Titles are the Themes of our NE State Presidents 

Class 1 Bee Resilient: Garden for Nature” - CT

A close-up or macro photograph featuring pollination


Class 2 “Invasives Out - Natives In” - ME

A monochromatic or black & white photograph of New England native plant(s)s or animal(s)


Class 3 “It Takes a Village” Communication, Cooperation and Working Together is Key” - MA

A landscape photo of an example of rewilding, wildlife corridor, homegrown national parks


Class 4: “Sharing: Plant Seeds of Friendship” - NH

A creative photo of mutualism in the garden, habitat, or ecosystem


Class 5: "Cultivate Your Strengths - Share Your Knowledge” - RI A nature photograph featuring an example(s) of resilience and/or adaptation in nature


Class 6: “Gardening Fosters Connections” -   VT

A still image or still life photograph featuring gardening tool


RULES:

Any member of a federated garden club in the New England Region may submit entries.

The images submitted are the exclusive work of this photographer.

Images submitted to this competition may be used by the Region to further the mission of National Garden Clubs, Inc. “The NGC mission is to provide education, resources and national networking opportunities to its members, to promote the love of gardening, floral design, civic and environmental responsibility.

·       please submit your digital photo by filling in the registration page including your name, email, garden club, address and telephone number.

·       Please select the class you wish to enter and give each image a title.

Your registration goes automatically to Arabella Dane arabellasd@aol.com Please contact her if you have any questions.

·       Your Image file size should be no larger than 5 mb and no smaller than 1 mb. You may only submit 2 images.

·       6 images in each class will be selected to be the finalists and will be printed by the committee and displayed at our October 14-15, 2025, Regional Meeting

Here is the link to the photo contest registration page  for the photo contest

Here are the definitions of the terms in the schedule

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Please join us for

the NEGC 's


2025 photography zoom webinar-workshop






FLOWER PHOTOGRAPHY

Mastering Composition, Exposure, and Depth with Your Camera and Smart phone

with

LISA CUCHARA

internationally renowned photographer-writer,


cost: $10

August 14, 2025 Time: 4:00 pm-5:30 pm EDT

on Zoom - to be recorded

Here is the link to Lisa's workshop



REGISTER & Pay NOW


After registering, you'll receive an e-mail with the link for joining the webinar. You'll receive a reminder one week, one day and one hour before the webinar starts.


You can log on from your computer and view the webinar from the safety and comfort of your home.



To enjoy learning more about

Lisa Cuchara,


here is the link to her bio


and

here is the link to more information about this course




Here is the link to our NE GC website

NECCC - New England Council of Camera Clubs - update from Susan Mosser, NECCC Steering Committee Chair


www.neccc.org 


To enjoy all the images here is the link to the NECCC's gallery

All members of New England's federated garden clubs are welcome to participate in the NEGC Photography Group. We will showcase the work of our garden club photographers, in furtherance of the mission and programs of National Garden Clubs.

Our NEGC garden club members will have access to learning about the art and science of photography thru our activities and publications.

Our New England Garden Club members will have access to online and in-person workshops with noted photographers, thru the Photography Group's membership in NECCC - New England Council of Camera Clubs, a member group of the Photography Society of America PSA.

We will provide photographic educational information to our garden club members; opportunities for dialogue and discussion; image critique and evaluation of members’ images; information about photography exhibiting opportunities; and information about photography judging.
Additional Photography Links - click on the icons below
Enjoy the NGC photography page! We will be adding photographic tips and articles here; hosting a facebook page and a blog featuring discussions about photography
The New England Camera Club Council (NECCC) is a nonprofit umbrella group for 70 camera clubs and photography groups in the New England states (CT, RI, ME, MA, NH, and VT). 
Consider taking advantage of PSA's extensive educational opportunities and free programs that are exclusive to individual members.
This remarkable organization offers its members great opportunities for workshops. lectures and field trips for nature photography
They, like PSA, offer contests too.

NEGC Photography Group Coordinators

Arabella Dane, arabellasd@aol.com, Chair

Susan Miner, Advisor

suzanne Bushnell, Assistant

Michelle Mensinger, Derry GC

Polly Brooks, New England Garden Clubs, Inc. Director

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