The Allamanda Garden Club of North Port, Florida

ANNUAL HOLIDAY BASH
2019-12-06 11:45 - 15:00 UTC | Heron Creek Country Club, 5301 Heron Creek Blvd, North Port, FL, 34287
Allamanda Garden Club Holiday Luncheon 2019
Friday, December 6, 2019
11:45 a.m. – 3 pm
Heron Creek Country Club
5301 Heron Creek Blvd., North Port, FL
$25 all-inclusive luncheon
Included
House salad and dressing, assorted rolls and butter
Choice of:

Atlantic Salmon Dioria made with cucumber dill butter and shrimp

Charbroiled Marinated Chicken Breast finished with artichoke hearts, fresh basil, grape tomatoes, in lemon butter

Vegan Dish – Zoodles tossed in marinara with assorted sautéed vegetables

Chef’s Choice of starch and vegetables
Dessert, Coffee, tea and soda, Tax and Tip included

Let the gift swapping begin…with a Yankee Gift Swap. To participate in the fun, you must bring a wrapped, unmarked gift to exchange. Something you would want to receive. The gift can be a re-gift, a nice plant, beautiful garden pot, baked goods, Christmas ornament, garden tools, artwork, or something silly or quirky we can fight over… Be creative. Suggested $10 to $15 value.
We’ll have a RAFFLE for gift baskets, holiday floral centerpieces, and….we’ll be drawing the winning ticket for the Gourmet Dinner for Four with Chef Paul!
Sign-up at the meeting in November. Payment of $25 is expected at the meeting. Check made out to Allamanda Garden Club.
For more information Contact Christy Glenn 941-423-2267 gardenglenn1@gmail.com
Can’t make the meeting? Mail check and indicate meal selection to:
Christine Glenn
5112 Pine Shadow Lane
North Port, FL 34287

What’s a Yankee Gift Swap? – also called “Dirty Santa”
Suitable for small to large groups, adds an element of excitement and humor to traditional gift giving.
In a Yankee Swap, each participant brings a wrapped, unmarked gift and places it in a designated area. Guests are given numbers as they arrive, or their names are randomly drawn, and they select and unwrap gifts from the pile in that order — with a twist.
The person who receives the number 1 will pick a gift (that is not their own) from the pile and open it for all to see (or models it, reads it, or demos it). During the selection of a wrapped gift, the participant may visually inspect the gifts, pick them up and/or gently shake them.
The person who receives number 2 then chooses a gift and opens it, and then must decide whether to keep it or swap it for the first player’s gift. Each person in order then gets to select a present, open it and decide whether to keep it or swap it for any other gift someone has already opened.
Opening of gifts and swapping takes place until all the presents have been chosen. Finally, the person who picked first gets to choose from all the gifts or keep what he/she has already received. In the end, the gift you are holding is the gift you take home.
Because all the gifts are wrapped or in gift bags, you don’t get people taking the most obvious best gift or leaving the least desirable for last. It also adds an element of surprise! Most of the fun happens as people “steal” gifts from each other!

PUNTA GORDA GARDEN CLUB HOME TOUR
2019-12-06 10:00 - 2019-12-07 16:00 | FL

GIVING TUESDAY
2019-12-03 | FL
Giving Tuesday is a global day of giving fueled by the power of social media and collaboration. Celebrated on the Tuesday following Thanksgiving and the widely recognized shopping events Black Friday and Cyber Monday, Giving Tuesday kicks off the charitable season, when many focus on their holiday and end-of-year giving. It is sponsored locally by KDW Radioin North Port, one of the few campaign locations in the state of Florida.
Money donated to the Allamanda Garden Club will be used directly for our charitable giving. We make annual charitable donations to Backpack Angels, Friends of Little Salt Spring, People for Trees and area food banks. We donate books to local schools and provides financial support to school gardens. Annual scholarships are awarded to college students pursuing degrees in agricultural, botanical or horticultural areas.

CHARLOTTE COUNTY MASTER GARDENER PLANT SALE
2019-11-23 10:30 - 13:00 | Charlotte County Extension Office, 25550 Harbor View Rd Port Charlotte, Port Charlotte, FL, 33980
Charlotte County Environmental Campus
25550 Harbor View Road
Port Charlotte

THANKSGIVING TABLE ARRANGEMENT
2019-11-22 13:00 - 16:00 | FL
Make a beautiful floral arrangement for your Thanksgiving table. Carol Smith, a National Garden Club Accredited Flower Show Judge in Maine and Florida will teach us a few tips, tricks and techniques to create a professional-looking table arrangement for our holiday table. Everyone will go home with a masterpiece.

BOARD MEETING
2019-11-15 14:00 - 16:00, 2019-09-20 14:00 - 16:00 | North Port Public Library, 13800 Tamiami Trail, North Port, FL, 34287
All members are welcome to attend our board meetings.

CLUB TRIP TO PEACE RIVER BOTANICAL & SCULPTURE GARDEN
2019-11-12 09:00 - 16:00 | Peace River Botanical and Sculpture Garden, 5827 Riverside Drive, Punta Gorda, Florida, 33982
Join us for a guided tour of the Peace River Botanical and Sculpture Garden followed by lunch at the Wyvern Hotel, 101 E Retta Esplanade in Punta Gorda. https://www.thewyvernhotel.com/eat-drink/
We’ll be carpooling to the gardens. Meet in the Walmart parking lot at 9:00 AM and leave by 9:15 AM.
Please RSVP to Christy so she can plan garden admission and restaurant reservations.
Admission to the gardens is $9.00.
Lunch on your own.

GOURMET DINNER WITH CHEF PAUL LUCIBELLO
2019-11-11 00:00 - 2019-12-06 00:00 | FL
Win a dinner for four at Chef Paul Lucibello’s home
Lobster Tail & Filet Mignon
Includes: Appetizers, Salad, Vegetables & Dessert
To be drawn December 6, 2019 at our Holiday Bash.
Need not be present to win. Tickets are only $10 each!!
See any Allamanda Garden Club member to purchase tickets.
(Winner will be able to arrange the dinner date with Chef Paul.)

PLANT CITY GARDEN CLUB FLOWER SHOW
2019-11-09 | FL
Time and location to be announced.

COCKTAILS IN THE GARDEN
2019-10-29 17:00 - 19:00 | FL
Janet McMahon will host our next Cocktails in the Garden at her home, 3275 Hyannis Ave., North Port
Join us for refreshments and garden inspiration!
Janet’s yard has a mixture of Florida Friendly plants, both ornamental and native, with a focus on plants that attract and provide food for pollinators, butterflies, birds and other wildlife. Plants include Firespike, Firebush, Wild Coffee, Cocoplum, Beautyberry, Sea Grape, Plumbago, Panama Rose, Bottlebrush, Jatropha, Pentas and several varieties of Ginger and Gardenia, under a canopy of Oaks, Pines and Sabal Palms. She also has a collection of orchids. Her yard has been certified as a wildlife habitat by the National Wildlife Federation, and she hopes it will qualify soon as a Florida Friendly Landscape.
Cocktails in the Garden has been a popular event where we get to know each other a little bit better.
It’s for members only and spouses are encouraged to attend.
Members please provide your favorite beverage.

TROPIFLORA'S ANNUAL FALL FESTIVAL
2019-10-26 08:00 - 2019-10-27 17:00 | Tropiflora, 3530 Tallevast Rd., Sarasota, Florida, 34243

TROPICAL BONSAI
2019-10-25 13:00 - 16:00 | FL
Rick Johnstone will return for an encore presentation to discuss and demonstrate how to create, grow, shape and maintain bonsai. He is a member of Port Charlotte Ichiban Bonsai Kai, a local bonsai club.
https://www.facebook.com/Port-Charlotte-Ichiban-Bonsai-Kai-240554489298500/
Rick will have plants available for purchase.

14TH ANNUAL MASTER GARDENER PLANT SALE AND EDFEST
2019-10-12 08:00 - 13:00 | FL
UF/IFAS Extension Sarasota County
Twin Lakes Park, Green Building
6700 Clark Road, Sarasota
I-75 Exit 205 – Clark Rd.

CLUB TRIP TO THE PEACE RIVER BOTANICAL & SCULPTURE GARDENS
2019-10-09 00:00 | FL
Join us for a guided tour of the Peace River Botanical & Sculpture Gardens
followed by lunch at Perch 360 at the Wyvern Hotel in Punta Gorda
We will be carpooling. Meet at the Walmart parking lot at 9:30am. We plan to leave by 9:40am.
Please RSVP to Christy so we know how many people will be attending.
Admission to the gardens $9.00.
Lunch on your own.

Christmas in Paradise
2018-12-07 13:00 - 16:00 | FL
Join us for our “Christmas in Paradise” Flower Show.
Our gifted members will create award-winning, holiday-inspired arrangements filled with fresh and exciting designs.
See a wide selection of container plants and horticultural specimens.
Help us choose the People’s Choice Award!
This is a fascinating event for anyone interested in Florida gardening.

Our Flower Show "Garden Art"
2018-04-27 | FL
Flower shows are opportunities to express your creativity. Enter a flower arrangement or horticultural specimens from your yard.
This year we’ll use floral designs to interpret original artwork from the North Port Art Center.
Everyone is a winner!
Open to the public.
For members who wish to access the show schedule, click on the following links:
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