Front end of my career in horticulture I lectured at local garden clubs. Decades later, still lecturing at local garden clubs, in addition to key note lecturing in auditoriums, ballrooms, tents... Why? Old school, paying it forward. I owe the Garden Clubs. . Garden Club ladies 'made' my career. More, I see & experience what Garden Clubs do for their individual neighborhoods. What? Garden Clubs are the last bastion of civility in the tapestry of community. They keep neighborhoods informed of…