Mary Jo and Jerry Davis will host our spring Cocktails in the Garden at their lovely home and garden, 3390 Nansen Ave., North Port.

Our garden has two areas that we especially enjoy, the pond and the shade garden. The pond has waterfalls and a stream with two small stone bridges. Growing in and around the edges are Waterlilies, Cattail, Taro, Pickerel, Canna and Iris. Around the pond we have Hong Kong Orchid Tree, Sabal and Queen Palms, Oleander, Jatropha, Gardenia, Plumbago, Bougainvillea, Snowbush, Beautyberry, Crown of Thorns, Bird of Paradise, Blue Daze, Penta, Milkweed, Geranium, African Iris and some really ugly Flax Lily. The paths in our shade garden meander under a canopy of Oak and Sabal Palms. Some of the plants growing beneath are Beautyberry, Fire Spike, Fire Bush, Arboricola, Dracaena, Porterweed, Walking Iris, Orchids, Turk’s Cap, Starburst and several varieties of Crotons, Bromeliads, Philodendron and Fern. There’s also a volunteer Sago Palm and a volunteer Crinum Lily!