Seagrape Circle’s December meeting, featuring our annual Make, Bake and Grow sale, was packed full of music, delicious food, laughter and celebration. Seagrape had some special guests as well and a very special announcement – honoring Arlene Brosnan who received the very prestigious Pillar of Pride award. Riptide band members, Tom Talley, Julianne Talley, BonnieContinue reading “A Seagrape Christmas”
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November Meeting: 10 Tips to Growing a Healthy Herb Garden
What a treat we had today during our special Seagrape Circle program led by Chris from ๐ฅ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐บ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ก๐๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐. Chris had a fantastic selection of herbs and is PACKED with knowledge. I always bring my iPad with me to meetings to take notes and today I brought home four pages of digital scribble that was beggingContinue reading “November Meeting: 10 Tips to Growing a Healthy Herb Garden”
September Meeting: Florida Native Plants
We kicked off the year with a program on Florida Native plants taught by Fran Robinson of Carissa Circle. Each member was tasked with trying to match the plants up with their correct name. The meeting ended with a plant exchange with a wide variety of beautiful clippings from memberโs gardens. Here are a fewContinue reading “September Meeting: Florida Native Plants”
Lyons Succulent Garden
Seagrape circle visits Kevin and Lanette Lyons’ beautiful succulent garden. What a treat we had today touring the lyons’ incredible succulent garden, starting with homemade muffins and fresh PH balanced water. Kevin and Lanette were so welcoming to us! As Kevin took us on an extensive tour of their garden, you could see their creativityContinue reading “Lyons Succulent Garden”
10 Tips for Successful Propagation
September Meeting and Workshop Recap Garden Club season is back in action and we kicked off our new year with a fun hands-on workshop during our first Seagrap circle meeting. Our special guest was Julia Dechants, Master Gardener of Poinsettia Circle, who led a wonderful educational workshop on cuttings, seeds and propagation. We had aContinue reading “10 Tips for Successful Propagation”
May Seagrape Circle Welcomes New Leaders
Today was the day we celebrated a wonderful Garden Club season with Seagrape members over a delicious potluck lunch. It was also the day of the installation of officers. The new officers for the next 2-year term are: President: Janine ToeppVice President: Marion NewboldRecording Secretary: Sarah MorleyCorresponding Secretary: Marilyn RichardsonTreasurer: Arlene BrosnanParliamentarian: Nat Jackson AContinue reading “May Seagrape Circle Welcomes New Leaders”
2022 Flower Show, Vero Beach
Here is a little glimpse into the Flower Show. This was my first year attending (and participating in) the Show. The Flower Show is a National Garden Club Flower Show event that happens every two years and this year’s theme was “A Glimpse Back in Time“ Flower Shows From the Past. You will see theContinue reading “2022 Flower Show, Vero Beach”
The Art of Bonsai: 7 Lessons We Learned from BamBam Bonsai
In our March Seagrape Circle meeting, we had the pleasure of having Joe Winkler of BamBam Bonsai in Ft. Pierce educate and entertain us with the incredible art of Bonsai. It was a great demonstration packed with great lessons we can all apply, most of which would be considered best practices for all of ourContinue reading “The Art of Bonsai: 7 Lessons We Learned from BamBam Bonsai”
Seagrape’s February Meeting: Flowers for Seniors
It was a wonderful and productive February Circle meeting. Everyone is gearing up for Gardenfest this weekend and we are also getting ready for the Flower Show coming up in March. We socialized, sipped coffee and enjoyed yummy treats while meeting some of our new guests Linda, Taylor and Sarah (if I can remember correctly!).Continue reading “Seagrape’s February Meeting: Flowers for Seniors”
Garden Club’s Winter Blooms
Members of the Garden Club have done a wonderful job cleaning up the Garden Club’s beautiful grounds and planting flowers in the back garden. Here just a few photos from last week’s Seagrape Circle meeting, showing off some of the beautiful blooms.
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