David Sand, bromeliad specialist at Michael’s Bromeliads in Venice and owner Michael Kiehl will talk to us about how to grow and care for terrestrial and epiphytic bromeliads. Come learn about this diverse plant family. Michael’s Bromeliads sits on ten acres of wooded property in Venice. Their nursery has 15 greenhouses, with over 50,000 square feet under shade cloth. More […]
Ray Lemieux, succulent specialist at Tropiflora in Sarasota will speak to us about the fascinating and sometimes wacky world of succulents we can grow in Florida. Come hear about Agaves, Yuccas, Aloes, unusual Pachypodiums like Madagascar Palms, Adeniums, Ponytails Palms, and interesting cactus forms. Plants will be available for sale.
Rick Belisle from Venice Area Orchid Society will give us a presentation about growing orchids successfully. He'll also contribute a couple of orchids for a raffle.
Program to be announced.
Susie 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! We want this to be fun! Everyone has at least one plant that they take particular pride in! Go for it! It's easy! For design you can: 1) […]
This is going to be a fun, make-it and take-it workshop/meeting. Everyone will be able to create and bring home a unique, framed botanical collage. The meeting is at Lisa Colburn's house and she will be the presenter. Here's a recording of the Zoom meeting Lisa gave on Nov. 22nd It discusses the basics of […]
The speaker for our next meeting on February 25th will be Jason Stockman, President of the Sarasota Succulent Society. Jason is a succulent enthusiast and owns a collection of succulent plants that includes some rare and interesting specimens. He'll be bringing some of his personal collection to display at our meeting, along with some plants […]
Come join us as we discuss committee assignments and how you can assist the club. We'll discuss our plant sale success and raffle off a few mosaic pots. Please note we'll be meeting at McKibben Park @ 1:00PM on Friday, March 25th.
Our 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! Our event will be a "potluck" luncheon at McKibben Park on Friday, April 22 at Noon. […]