District IV is your local link to our state organization, Texas Garden Clubs, Inc. Its purpose is to advance the fine art of gardening, landscape design, and the study of horticulture and floral design; to offer scholarships for horticultural and floricultural education, conservation, and landscape design; to promote involvement of youth in gardening activities; and to coordinate TGC and NGC activities at the local level. We are a 501(c)(3) organization. Texas Garden Clubs, Inc. has divided the state of Texas into 10 Districts based on soil & climatic similarities, problems, and plant material: #1 Panhandle, #2 The Blacklands, #3 East Texas, # 4 Coastal Prairie, #5 Central, #6 Lower Valley, #7 South Texas, #8 Plateau,#9 Mountain Plains, and #10 Blacklands. District IV is in the Coastal Prairie section and is made up of the 23 counties of Austin, Brazoria, Calhoun, Chambers, Colorado, DeWitt, Fayette, Fort Bend, Galveston, Gonzales, Hardin, Harris, Jackson, Jefferson, Lavaca, Liberty, Matagorda, Montgomery, Orange, Victoria, Waller, Washington, and Wharton. District IV gives a scholarship each year to a deserving student studying either in the horticultural, landscape, or conservation area. We also donate money to the Brookwood Community. Our donations go directly to fund their gardening needs. We plant trees in honor of Arbor Day in the winter months at locations in our District like the Fisher House at the Veteran’s Hospital or a local school campus. Also, our funds are donated to worthwhile projects such as Disaster Relief and Seeds for Life which is a program started by District IV that sends money and seeds throughout the world.