Join 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 interesting history, too.

Phil and Wendy moved to North Port in 2014, and immediately started planting their large vegetable garden, fruit trees and pineapples. They now have over 40 fruit trees and 130 pineapple plants!