Monthly meeting
What’s Wrong with My Orchid?
Shannon Staub Library 4675 Career Lane, North Port, FLAt the next meeting of The Allamanda Garden Club, Rick Belisle, orchid expert from the Venice Area Orchid Society will give a presentation on dividing, repotting, and mounting orchids. He’ll also conduct a problem-solving “clinic”. Participants are encouraged to bring in their orchids for diagnosis and problem solving. Come learn the secrets for success with orchids on […]
Spring Has Sprung – 2023 Flower Show
Shannon Staub Library 4675 Career Lane, North Port, FLSusie Cochran, our Flower Show Chair, and her crew have planned a simple horticulture and design show that will let all of you shine! Don’t be shy! Go for it! It’s easy! There are several ways to participate. The design theme is Spring Bouquet If you’ve taken one of the recent workshops, you can enter […]
Spring Social Luncheon
The Twisted Fork 2208 El Jobean Road, Port Charlotte, FLOur next meeting will be a social event with plenty of opportunity to socialize, get to know each other a little better and say goodbye to our "snow bird" members before they make their way back to the North! Spring Social Luncheon at Farlow's on the Water in Englewood, (2080 S McCall Rd) on April 21st […]
Potluck & Plant Exchange
Shannon Staub Library 4675 Career Lane, North Port, FLPlease mark your calendar for our next meeting on May 26th @ 12:00PM at the Shannon Staub Library, 4675 Career Lane, NP. This meeting will begin with a potluck lunch. Please bring something to share that requires no heating. (Finger-foods, appetizers or desserts) and bring your own beverage. This meeting will feature a plant exchange. […]
Hawaiian Luau & Growing Pineapples in Your Garden
Shannon Staub Library 4675 Career Lane, North Port, FLJoin the Allamanda Garden Club for a Hawaiian Luau - complete with leis! Phil Sollecito, Master Gardener from Charlotte County, will speak about Growing Pineapples in Your Garden. Learn Phil’s secrets of success with growing everyone’s favorite tropical fruit – the pineapple! From propagation to gauging ripeness for harvest - with a little of its […]
DIY Drip Irrigation
North Port Public Library 13800 Tamiami Trail, North Port, FLLearn about Do-it-Yourself Drip Irrigation Jackie Lebouitz, Program Assistant from the Sarasota County Extension Water Resources Program will present a program about how to transition from high-flow spray heads to low-flow drip irrigation, just one of the ways you can conserve water in the landscape.
Alter-Natives
Shannon Staub Library 4675 Career Lane, North Port, FLWhat you plant in your landscape matters. Invasive plants compete with native plants for nutrients, light, water, and space. They have the potential to cause harm to the environment and economy. Learn which plants in our area are invasive and what to plant instead for a Florida-Friendly landscape that can be both beautiful and environmentally […]
Palms – Why is My Palm Sick?
Shannon Staub Library 4675 Career Lane, North Port, FLIt wouldn’t be a Florida landscape without a palm tree swaying in the breeze, but what can potentially make your palm tree sick? Donna Worthley, a 30-year University of Florida Master Gardener volunteer, will present a power point regarding palm nutrition needs, diseases that can infect palms in your landscapes, as well as insects that […]
The Tale of Atala and Coontie
North Port Public Library 13800 Tamiami Trail, North Port, FLThe Tale of Atala and Coontie: FFL Success Story, Forest Hecker, Community Educator with the University of Florida Sarasota County Extension will present a program about the Atala butterfly that is back from the brink of extinction in part due to our Florida-Friendly Landscaping™ choices. The history of the Atala's host plant and our colonization […]
Potluck and Plant Exchange
Shannon Staub Library 4675 Career Lane, North Port, FLJoin us for a fun meeting where we share plants, food and great conversation among friends.