July 2025 Photo Newsletter

Directors' Message

Polly Brooks

NEGC Director 2025-27

Susan Miner

NEGC Director 2023-25 

NGC 3rd Vice President 2025-2027

O-YEZ! O-YEZ!

WE NOW OFFER A PILOT PROGRAM

For

PHOTO JUDGE CERTIFICATION

Arabella Dane has promoted such a program for years. She and we just received permission to offer this 1^st ever beta program within New England Garden Clubs.

Who is eligible? –

• Any member who is a NGC student*, accredited, life, master or Emeritus judge (an NGC student* judge has successfully completed 3 Flower Show School Courses- see p. 114, Handbook)
• And now any garden club member who meets the requirements on the attached form is also eligible....

What are the NGC rules now?

*Currently, at our NGC Standard Flower Shows with photography sections, 3 judges are required:

two of whom are Photography Professionals, Camera Club Judges or Garden Club of America photography judges

and the third may be an accredited or master NGC flower show judge.

But what about YOU???? Here is your chance!

You exhibited, You worked, you served, you wrote, you ran… now here is your chance....

Read the requirements below and click on the link to submit the form to Arabella Dane…

New England Garden Clubs Pilot Program

to certify Photography Judges

As of July, 2025

Any New England GC flower show judge (student, accredited, life, master, emeritus), who is a member of a federated club in the New England, or garden club member who meets these requirements is eligible to become certified as an NEGC Photography Judge.

Please provide information about sufficient training in Photography as described below:

Requirements:

• You exhibit successfully in photography shows: won 5 (five) blues, or 5 (five) 90+ or been a finalist in 5 juried shows or any combination of these - in garden club, camera club, community, local, regional, national, international photography competitions.

• You worked on or ran 3 photography shows/ photo exhibits/ social media site /photo workshops for your club, camera club, state or other

• You served on 3 photography judging panels as a clerk

• You served on 3 photography judging panels as a National Garden Club, Inc. flower show judge
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• You wrote a photography show schedule

• You attended 5 photography workshops in person, or via zoom offered by garden clubs, camera clubs, photography groups, photography instructors, National Organizations 

• You ran or presented photography lectures, programs, workshops at a garden club, camera club, symposium, or other venue

• you have attended 2 NGC flower show schools

• You submitted the attached form to Arabella Dane arabellasd@aol.com

For certification, please fill in and submit this jotform (or paste this link into your browser) https://form.jotform.com/250743990362057



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