Monthly meeting
Botanical Collage
Lisa's House 2210 Viera St., North Port, FLThis 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 […]
Rare and Unusual Succulents
McKibben Park 5500 Trekell St, North Port, FLThe 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 […]
Allamanda Garden Club Meeting
McKibben Park 5500 Trekell St, North Port, FLCome 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.
Spring Social – Earth Day
McKibben Park 5500 Trekell St, North Port, 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! Our event will be a "potluck" luncheon at McKibben Park on Friday, April 22 at Noon. […]
Allamanda Garden Club Meeting
McKibben Park 5500 Trekell St, North Port, FLWondering how you can get land in your neighborhood protected from development? Learn about The Environmental Conservancy of North Port and their efforts to protect wild areas in our community. Director, Barbara Lockhart will discuss the mission of the organization and the "neighborhood" approach they're using to based on the City of North Port's neighborhood […]
Growing Vegetables in Florida
Shannon Staub Library 4675 Career Lane, North Port, FLIf you grew a vegetable garden "up north," you may have to rethink your strategy in Florida. Phil Sollecito will speak about growing a successful, mostly organic vegetable garden in the hot, humid and sometimes frosty south. He will share his experiences with vegetable varieties, timing your plantings, soil preparation, bugs, diseases and more. Phil has […]
Post-Hurricane Ian Social
Carol Swanson's Home 6563 Pitomba St, North Port, FLPlease join us as we get together to talk about how Hurricane Ian has affected our lives and our gardens. We'll discuss how we move forward with future events. Carol Swanson has graciously offered to host our meeting at her home - address below.
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 […]