District XI Broward County Garden Clubs "E  L  E  C  T  R  I  C     X  I"

Calendar

If you would like more information about an event,
click on the link that corresponds to the abbreviations with the event.

CLUBS:
CS :	Coral Springs Garden Club	Meets 2nd Thursday of the month. Click here to contact Coral Springs Garden Club
FLGC:	Fort Lauderdale Garden Club	Meets 2nd Friday of the month, (Birch State Park) Click here to contact Fort Lauderdale Garden Club
HLYWD:	Hollywood Garden Club	Meets 3rd Monday of the Month, Fred Lippman Multi Purpose Center 7:00-9:00pm.  Click here to contact Hollywood Garden Club
LBTS:	Lauderdale-By-The-Sea Garden Club	Meets at Jarvis Hall Click here to contact Lauderdale-By-The-Sea Garden Club
GCLHP:	Lighthouse Point Garden Club	Meets 3rd Thursday of the month at St. Paul’s Educational Hall,  Click here to contact Lighthouse Point Garden Club
POMP:	Pompano Beach Garden Club	Meets 2nd Monday at Emma Lou Civic Center Click here to contact Pompano Beach Garden Club

Circles
BAY:	Bayberry	Click here to contact Bayberry Circle
CASS:	Cassia-Jacaranda	Click here to contact Cassia-Jacaranda Circle
CORD:	Cordia	Click here to contact Cordia Circle
MOR:	Moringa	Click here to contact Moringa Circle
PACH:	Pachira	Click here to contact Pachira Circle
PARK:	Parkinsonia	Click here to contact Parkinsonia Circle
PLUM:	Plumeria	Click here to contact Plumeria Circle

Mark your calendars now. The following events are currently scheduled for the
2009-2010 Calendar Year.
Please check back in often as additional events are continually being added.

January, 2010
6          Design Guild, 9:30 am Garden Center
8          FLGC –“Save Rain and A/C Runoff” Rain Barrels, Art Costantino, Master Gardener
10         Miniature Floral Designs, Ann Schandelmayer
11         POMP - “Miniature Designs” Ann Schandelmayer, Accredited Flower Show Master Judge
12         LBTS – Horticulture Know How for Flower Show
12         HLWYD - Field Trip, Same time, same place
             Contact: Susan Berry 954.922.9379
15         FLORIDA ARBOR DAY – ALL CLUBS
15         PACH - Bonnet House Tour, Field Trip
15         CORD – Mini Miniature Flower Show & FLGC Garden clean-up
15         PLUM - Flower Arranging
16         HLWYD - FIELD TRIP: EVERGLADES HOLIDAY PARK "Air Boat Ride", 
            COST $16.50 PP. Contact: Susan Berry 954.922.9379
20         MOR - Business Meeting (Members Only)
21         GCLHP – “Floral Designs” and Plant Clinic
21         BAY – Floral Design by Ann Schandelmayer
22         PARK – "Florida Palms"
22         CASS – Crafts/Garden Jewelry, at Garden Center
23         Environmental Fair & Plant Sale
             For more information, contact Taryn Palo or phone 561-789-4318
26 & 27  Tropical Short Course (application on-line) Mounts Botanical Garden, WPB
             Contact person: Sandra Arlund
30         LBTS – Rummage Sale, 8:30 am – 4:00pm Jarvis Hall 

 
February, 2010
TBA      HLYWD - Field Trip R.F. Orchids; Contact Susan Berry 954.922.9379
3          Design Guild, 9:30 a.m., at  FLGC Garden Center
5          CORD – Card Party, Garden Center
6          POMP - Annual Luncheon Fundraiser, 11:30 AM, at the Emma Lou Olson Civic Center,
            1801 NE 6th Street, Pompano Beach, FL; 
            Advance Reservations required: call Carol at 954-782-7712 or Karen at 954-532-5602
8          POMP “Fancy Hibiscus” Winn Soldani, Owner of Fancy Hibiscus
8          LBTS – “Design Flower Show Know-How” Cindy Rieger, MFSJ
12        FLGC “Joy of Floral Design, Gloria Blake, Past FFGC President and Master FSJ 
            and Instructor
13        FLGC “Fun With Flowers” Valentine’s Arrangement, 10:00 a.m., Garden Center
15        HLYWD – “Trade A Plant”
18        GCLHP – “Annual Salad Luncheon & Chinese Auction”, Reservations Required, 
            Non Members/Guests $10; Guest Speaker, Gene Joyner, New & Old Plants
            More information in the flyer on News page.
18        BAY - Love With Flowers”, Dottie Noll
19        PACH – “Ranger led Auto/Walking Tour, Hugh T. Birch State Park
19        CORD - Field Trip to Wildlife Care Center
19        PLUM - "Exploring Orchids"
20        FLGC - Secret Garden Tour of Ft. Lauderdale; 10AM-3PM; 
            For further information, send an email or leave a message at 954-561-8475
20 & 21 CS - Gardenfest at Riverside Park.  Click here for more information.
24        MOR- “Bamboo-Palooza”, Robert Saporito, owner Tropical Bamboo Nursery
26        PARK- “Ferns”
26        CASS - “Butterfly Host and Nectar Gardening”
27        LBTS  - “Flower Show” 1:00 – 4:00 pm Jarvis Hall

March, 2010
3          Design Guild, 9:30 am at FLGC Garden Center
8          POMP – “Topiaries” Sandra Lynch, Past District XI Director, Kim Swistoski
8          LBTS – Edible Gardens, Karen Fields
7,8, 9   “Living and Growing on the Mississippi” Deep South Region Convention, 
            Natchez, MS, Reservations Required
12         FLGC Growing Beautiful Begonias, Doris Happel, Past President PB Begonia Society
13         WATER MATTERS DAY – Tree Tops Park, Davie
15         HLWYD – “Trade A Plant”
17-18     FLGC - YOUTH FLOWER SHOW: “Olympic Games” sponsored by the Ft. Lauderdale 
             Garden Club to include horticulture, design and educational entries of Broward 
             County schoolchildren - Pre-Kindergarten through Twelfth Grade. Open and free to the 
             Public,
             March 17, 2-5 p.m., and March 18, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. at the Garden Center, Birch State Park,
             3109 E. Sunrise Blvd., Ft. Lauderdale. 
             Jackie Schoettle Youth Coordination:  954.763.3513, 
             Maggie W. Dunn, General Chairman 954.764.4390
18         BAY - Get set for the Plant and Flower Show
18         GCLHP - Field Trip "Morikami Museum"
19         PLUM -  Field Trip TBA
19         PACH - Field Trip “Flamingo Gardens & Wildlife Sanctuary Tour”
19         CORD  - Make the Most of Your Herbs
20         GCLHP - Fun With Flowers, Cindy Rieger, $15.00 Reservations required
21,22,23 Spring Symposium, Dayton Beach – Reservations Required
22         LBTS – Field Trip “Bonnet House” Reservations Required
24         MOR - New Members Induction Dinner
26         CASS - The Tropic Nursery, "Tabletop Water Gardens"
26         PARK - Field Trip, TBA
27         MOR - Satellite Workshop and Luncheon, Table & Floral Design judged by 
             Ann Schandelmayer

April, 2010
 7         Design Guild, 9:30 a.m., at FLGC Garden Center
 8         FLGC – How to Attract Butterflies and Keep Them In Your Yard”
            Gene & Lillian Cain, MG 7:00PM
11         POMP – “Landscaping: Right Plant-Right Place”, Bill Reeves President of Botanical 
            Visions of Boca Raton
12         LBTS  – Make and Take, Nancy Leslie
15         GCLHP “Off Shore Drilling”, Kristin Jacobs, Broward County Commissioner
15         BAY - "What's New in the Plant Kingdom", Roxie, at Wonder Gardens at Sears
16         CORD - Attracting Birds to Your Yard
16         PACH - Knox Village Garden Walking Tour
16         PLUM - Fund Raiser
21         MOR - "Grafting Hibiscus Techniques", Eddie Griffith
23         PARK - “Tropical Fruit”
22-23-24  “Tropical Treasures” FFGC 84th Annual Convention 
             an Advanced Standard Petite Flower Show, Reservations Required, Boca Raton
23         CASS - Herbs When to Pick & When to Plant, at Garden Center
23         PARK -  "Tropical Fruit
30         CORD – Tour of Jean Rohrbaugh’s Native Garden” with David McClean
30         NATIONAL ARBOR DAY – All Clubs 

May, 2010
3         POMP – “Care of Orchids”, Speaker from American Orchid Society (TBA)
5         Design Guild, 9:30 am Garden Center
10       LBTS – District XI Spring Meeting RSVP required, 
          Guest Speaker, Diana Guidry, BC NatureScape, “Create a Garden Hat for Yourself”
13       GCLHP – “Sex Lives of Butterflies”, M.E. De Palma Installation of New Officers & 
           Luncheon, LHPY&RC, Reservations Required
14       FLGC Installation of Officers and Annual Luncheon at Coral Ridge Country Club, 
           Reservations Required
17       HLYWD – “Trade a Plant”
20       BAY - Installation Dinner
21       CORD -Installation Luncheon
21       PACH- Installation Luncheon
21       PLUM - Installation Luncheon
26       MOR - Installation Dinner
28       CASS - Installation Luncheon
28       PARK - Installation Luncheon

June, 2010
6 THROUGH 12 – NATIONAL GARDEN WEEK

2009

October, 2009
7        Design Guild, 9:30 a.m., at FLGC, click here to contact Chairman
8        CS – See Link Above
9        FLGC – “Aquatic Environment of the Sea Turtles, Lou Fisher, Natural Resource Specialist &
          Horticulture –“Araliaceae Family”
12      LBTS –“Native Plants”, Michele Williams FL Public Archeology
13      BAY  “Plant Talk” Richard, Living Color Garden Center
15      GCLHP -  “Updating Your NatureScape Plants”, Victor Suarez, NatureScape Broward
15      CORD – “Healthy Easting from your Garden” Linda Silva
16      PACH – “Nature In Water Colors” Jo Anna Bratt
17      POMP – “Science In Garden” Dan Pestrello Horticulturist, Floral Design, Karen Gott, 
          Exhibitor
19      HLYWD – See Link Above
21      MOR – “Green & White Sale” 

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LHP - District XI Fall Meeting Host: Garden Club of Lighthouse Point RSVP required, Cost $25   More information and Registration form - click here

22       CASS – No Program, See Link Above
23       PARK – “The Wonderful World of Violets”

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LHP - “Fun With Flowers”, Autumn Floral Design, Cost $15.00, Reservations Required,  Cindy Rieger, Designer