The Allamanda Garden Club of North Port, Florida

Board Meeting
2024-10-18 14:00 - 16:00, 2024-09-20 14:00 - 16:00, 2024-04-16 14:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | FL
This meeting will be a Zoom meeting. Board members will receive a Zoom link a few days prior. Board meetings are always open to the public. If you are interested in attending, request the Zoom link through the contact form.

Success with Succulents in SW Florida
2024-10-04 13:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | North Port Public Library, 13800 Tamiami Trail, North Port, FL, 34287
Our rescheduled September program title is “Success With Succulents in SW Florida”. Florida Master Gardener Joyce Laubach will share information gained from her years of experience growing succulents in our area of SW Florida. The primary focus will be on outdoor growing – in ground and in containers, including information on optimal plant varieties, design considerations, tools and materials. Many online resources provide information most relevant to growing succulents in California and Arizona. You will learn that you CAN be successful in Florida, and Joyce will help you understand how “Right Plant – Right Place – Right Site Preparation” applies to a wide range of succulent plant types. Handouts with the information presented will be provided.

Joyce’s research into gardening in Zone 10A began even before the move. She excitedly anticipated the expanded opportunity to pursue her passion for succulents – being able to grow them outdoors as well as indoors. She arrived with a scrapbook of ideas only to receive some feedback from pro landscapers discouraging the use of many of the succulent plants that interested her. Sample comments: too rainy, too hot, property too small! But her research indicated a path forward that she pursued – of course learning more along the way based on research, trial and error.
Joyce’s home is now surrounded by a wide array of succulent plants along with many varieties of Bromeliads, which became her second love in the garden. Having identified the succulent varieties best suited to the local climate, Joyce was able to expand beyond her own home to design succulent beds at the Punta Gorda Nature Park, the Master Gardener Demonstration Gardens and the Punta Gorda History Park. She has delivered presentations that share her developed expertise with audiences sponsored by both Charlotte and Collier County Master Gardener programs as well as teaching a class online for the Succulents and Sunshine.com community.
Her presentation will concentrate on the plants and techniques that are appropriate to having success with succulents in Southwest Florida outdoor gardens. She is now able to tell those pro landscapers that their original input was inaccurate as long as optimal knowledge is applied , and she delights in sharing that knowledge with others!

Potluck and Plant Exchange
2024-05-31 12:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Shannon Staub Library, 4675 Career Lane, North Port, FL, 34289
Please mark your calendar for our next meeting on May 31st @ 12:00PM at the Shannon Staub Library, 4675 Career Lane, NP. This meeting will begin with a potluck lunch. Please bring something to share that requires no heating. (Finger-foods, appetizers or desserts) and bring your own beverage.
This meeting will feature a plant exchange. Bring a potted plant from your yard to contribute to the exchange. Be prepared to talk about the plant – what it is and how to care for it.
Please note the earlier time for this meeting!

Allamanda Garden Club Board Meeting
2024-05-24 14:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | FL
Board meetings are open to all members.
Location to be announced.

Allamanda Garden Club Board Meeting
2024-04-12 14:00 - 16:00, 2024-02-16 14:00 - 16:00, 2024-01-19 14:00 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | North Port Public Library, 13800 Tamiami Trail, North Port, FL, 34287
Board meetings are open to all members.

Fairy Garden Workshop
2024-04-05 10:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | FL
Join us in making unique, whimsical Fairy Gardens that everyone can take home at the end of the workshop.
Please bring something you’d love to turn into a Fairy Garden: a pot, saucer, basket or any shallow container.

All other materials will be provided including soil, live and artificial plants, stones, and accessories. Follow along instructions and examples will be provided and everyone is guaranteed to have fun. Limit 12 members.

Cocktails in the Garden
2024-04-02 17:30 - 19:30 UTC | Carol Lazzeri’s Garden, 4131 Cuthbert Ave, North Port, FL, 34287
Carol Lazzeri & Frank Casey
Cocktails in the Garden will be hosted by Carol Lazzeri & Frank Casey, 4131 Cuthbert Avenue, North Port on Tuesday, April 2nd from 5:30 to 7:30. Members are invited and spouses are encouraged to attend.
Their gardens consist of border plantings and an “island” garden as well as two vegetable gardens. Lots of variety!!!
They would love to have you join them.

What’s Cocktails in the Garden?
“Cocktails in the Garden” is held in a member’s garden from 5:30 to 7:30 PM. It is for members only and spouses are encouraged to attend. The host provides beverages – wine, water, soda and iced tea or lemonade. Four or five members co-host by providing ready-to-eat finger foods that don’t require refrigeration or heating. After members gather, get a beverage and a tidbit to eat, we have “the tour” – we walk around the yard while the host talks about their garden, plants, success, failures and plans for the future. It’s an opportunity to get ideas and advice. It’s also a great way to have fun and get to know each other better. Please bring a chair.

The Tale of Atala and Coontie
2024-03-22 13:00 - 15:30 (America/New_York) | North Port Public Library, 13800 Tamiami Trail, North Port, FL, 34287
The Tale of Atala and Coontie: FFL Success Story, Forest Hecker, Community Educator with the University of Florida Sarasota County Extension will present a program about the Atala butterfly that is back from the brink of extinction in part due to our Florida-Friendly Landscaping™ choices. The history of the Atala’s host plant and our colonization of Florida is an interesting one. Veranda Room @ NP Public Library, 13800 Tamiami Trail, NP

Plant and Garden Equipment Sale
2024-03-16 08:00 - 13:00 (Asia/Dubai) | Jerry and Mary Jo Davis’s Yard, 3390 Nansen Lane, North Port, FL, 34286
The Allamanda Garden Club of North Port will be having a BIG PLANT SALE on March 16 from 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM. The plant sale will be at Jerry and Mary Jo Davis’ yard.

3390 Nansen Lane, North Port (Off of S. Cranberry Blvd – behind Cranberry Elementary School)
Find Trees, Shrubs, Houseplants, Perennials, Native Plants, Vines, Succulents, Books, Garden Art, Tools & Supplies.
Again this year we’re stocking up on many
HARD-TO-FIND TROPICAL PLANTS!!!
Master Gardeners will be on hand to assist.

Plant Sale Set-up and Board Meeting
2024-03-15 08:00 - 14:00 (America/New_York) | Jerry and Mary Jo Davis’s Yard, 3390 Nansen Lane, North Port, FL, 34286
This is the day that all members assist with setting up our annual plant sale.
Members only.
Please check your email for updates.
Board meeting will begin immediately after plant sale set-up – noonish.
Board members please bring a chair and a brown bag lunch.

Mosaic Birdbath Workshop
2024-03-08 09:30 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Lisa’s House, 2210 Viera St., North Port, FL, 34286
Join Gail Miller, Deb Dekeulenaere, and Lisa Colburn as they guide you in making decorative mosaic birdbaths. The saucer, glue, and all materials needed to create something fun, whimsical, and truly unique will be included.

We’ll provide tiles, glass nuggets, and stones. If you have something else you’d like to add, feel free to bring it along to include in your design. We will not provide a pot for the stand. This birdbath can be placed on a stump or on the ground for all critters to use.

This will be a two-day workshop.The first day, Friday, March 8th you’ll be applying your decorative elements. 9:30AM to 1:00PM. We will grout the birdbath the next day, March 9th at 10:00PM. The grouting process will take about an hour. Limit 12 members. Cost $25.00.

Garden Party Fundraiser
2024-02-23 11:30 - 16:00 (America/New_York) | Morgan Family Center Multi-purpose Room, 6207 West Price Blvd, North Port, FL, 34291
Join the fun at the Allamanda Garden Club’s Second Garden Party Scholarship Fundraiser on Friday, February 23rd at 11:30AM at the Morgan Family Community Center. Enjoy a light lunch featuring a variety of croissants, fruit and vegetable platters, lovely homemade desserts, and beverages. The event will feature a large silent raffle, a 50/50 drawing and surprise entertainment! All proceeds go to scholarships for students pursuing a degree in agricultural, horticultural, or botanical sciences. The Allamanda Garden Club is a 501(c)3. This year they will award $5,000 in scholarships.
Guests will be seated at tables draped in lovely linens and set with beautiful dinnerware. Every table features a different theme! Wear your floral outfits to enhance the festive garden party atmosphere!
The silent raffle promises to be exciting and entertaining. Raffle items include steppingstones, pottery, paintings, garden-related decor, jewelry and gift certificates to local museums, restaurants, garden centers and cultural events. Almost everyone walks out with a prize!
To purchase tickets, contact JoJo Lucibello. Call (203) 506-3740 or email: jlucibello@msn.com
Tickets are $25. Buy them early! Judging from the popularity of last year’s garden party, we suspect this year’s event will sell out weeks before the garden party. No tickets will be sold at the door.
Click here to download a printable flyer of the event.

Succulent Wreath Workshop
2024-02-09 10:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Dallas White Park, 5900 Greenwood Ave, North Port, FL, 34287
Join us as we make beautiful living wreaths. Each person will be given a grapevine wreath to create their own succulent wreath to take home. A variety of succulent plants and moss will be provided so each person’s wreath will be unique. Easy follow along instructions and examples will be provided so the process will be simple and fun.
Limit 12 members.

Newcomer's Day
2024-02-03 10:00 - 12:00 (America/New_York) | George Mullen Activity Center, 4950 City Center Blvd., North Port, FL
Newcomer’s Day is February 3, 2024 from 10:00 AM to Noon.
This is an opportunity for the club to promote the existence of our organization and possibly get new members!
Set-up begins at 8:00AM and must be completed by 9:30AM

Palms – Why is My Palm Sick?
2024-01-26 13:00 - 15:30 (America/New_York) | Shannon Staub Library, 4675 Career Lane, North Port, FL, 34289
It wouldn’t be a Florida landscape without a palm tree swaying in the breeze, but what can potentially make your palm tree sick? Donna Worthley, a 30-year University of Florida Master Gardener volunteer, will present a power point regarding palm nutrition needs, diseases that can infect palms in your landscapes, as well as insects that can attack your palms. Any of these issues might be why your palm is looking “under the weather” and why your palm might be sick!

Holiday Luncheon
2023-12-06 12:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | FL
Allamanda Garden Club
Holiday Luncheon – 2023
Wednesday, December 6th – 12:00PM – 3:00PM
Join us at The Grill at 1951 in Port Charlotte
Everyone will have the opportunity to order off the menu.
Click here to see the lunch menu.
Let the Gift Swapping begin…with a Deal or Steal Gift Swap. To participate in the fun, you must bring a wrapped gift preferably in an unmarked gift bag – $20 value. Please bring something you would want to receive yourself: a nice plant, beautiful garden pot, baked goods, Christmas ornament, garden tools, artwork, or something silly or quirky we can fight over. Try to be creative!
Please RSVP directly to JoJo so she can let the restaurant know how many will attend.
For more information contact JoJo Lucibello, (203) 506-3740 jlucibello@msn.com
or Terri Day, (317) 908-8699 terriday@sbcglobal.net

Topiary Christmas Tree Workshop
2023-11-29 10:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Dallas White Park, 5900 Greenwood Ave, North Port, FL, 34287
Join us for this festive workshop. We’ll be making topiary Christmas trees that can be brought home and used as a centerpiece for the holiday season. The forms, seasonal greenery, and pinecones will be provided. Please bring any festive accessories, ribbons, greenery, branches, flowers, pinecones, etc. you would like to include in your tree. Bases may be provided or you can bring a favorite bowl, container or pot to use. Instructions and examples will be provided.
This workshop is guaranteed to be social and lots of fun! A great way to get into the holiday spirit! Limit 12 members.

Cocktails in the Garden
2023-11-28 15:30 - 19:00 UTC | Phil and Wendy Sollecito’s Home, 3220 Elias Circle, North Port, FL
Phil and Wendy Sollecito
Phil and Wendy’s gardens spread across 5 lots along a freshwater canal that provides continuous wildlife viewing. Phil cultivates “stuff to eat” including two areas of vegetables, a “pinery” of over 100 pineapples, many varieties of fruit trees including multiple avocadoes, bananas, grapes, jaboticaba, mangoes, papayas, peaches, pitayas, pumelo, and tangerine.
Wendy’s landscapes focus on Florida-friendly flowering plants, and natives, plus anything she sees that strikes her fancy. With a continuing effort to reduce areas that need mowing…

What’s Cocktails in the Garden?
“Cocktails in the Garden” is held in a member’s garden from 4:30 to 7:00 PM. It’s for members only and spouses are encouraged to attend. The host provides beverages – wine, water, soda and iced tea or lemonade. We ask everyone attending to bring a dish to share. Ready-to-eat finger foods that don’t require refrigeration or heating are best. After members gather, get a beverage and a tidbit to eat, we have “the tour” – we walk around the yard while the host talks about their garden, plants, success, failures and plans for the future. It’s an opportunity to get ideas and advice. It’s also a great way to have fun and get to know each other better. Please bring a chair.

Alter-Natives
2023-11-17 13:00 - 15:30 (America/New_York) | Shannon Staub Library, 4675 Career Lane, North Port, FL, 34289
What you plant in your landscape matters. Invasive plants compete with native plants for nutrients, light, water, and space. They have the potential to cause harm to the environment and economy. Learn which plants in our area are invasive and what to plant instead for a Florida-Friendly landscape that can be both beautiful and environmentally friendly.
Presentation by Sue Watts, Chair of the Master Gardener Speaker’s Bureau in Charlotte County.

Allamanda Garden Club Board Meeting
2023-11-10 14:00 - 16:00, 2023-10-20 14:00 - 16:00, 2023-09-15 14:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | FL
This board meeting will be conducted over Zoom. The link will be emailed to board members.
Board meetings are open to all members. Members, to receive a link please request it from President, Lisa Colburn

DIY Drip Irrigation
2023-10-27 13:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | North Port Public Library, 13800 Tamiami Trail, North Port, FL, 34287
Learn about Do-it-Yourself Drip Irrigation
Jackie Lebouitz, Program Assistant from the Sarasota County Extension Water Resources Program will present a program about how to transition from high-flow spray heads to low-flow drip irrigation, just one of the ways you can conserve water in the landscape.

Pumpkin Wreath Workshop
2023-10-18 10:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York) | Dallas White Park, 5900 Greenwood Ave, North Port, FL, 34287
Join us in making a beautiful holiday wreath in the shape of a pumpkin! The pumpkin form and seasonal materials will be provided. Feel free to bring your own bows or seasonal accessories to include in your wreath. Everyone will take home a wreath that they can use for the holiday season. Instructions and examples will be provided but everyone will be certain to make something unique and individual. This will be a fun and easy workshop. Limit 12 members.

Cocktails in the Garden
2023-10-17 17:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | Emily Panek’s House, 13061 Steinhatchee Loop, Venice, FL, 34293
The next Cocktails in the Garden will be at Emily Panek’s home.
Emily lives in a “gated community” called Grand Palm… but that hasn’t stopped her from gardening! Come see a fabulous example of how to surround yourself with plants. Emily has done it well!

What’s Cocktails in the Garden?
It’s a combination of a garden tour and a cocktail party held in a member’s garden. It’s for members only and spouses are encouraged to attend. Four or five members, volunteer to co-host by providing ready-to-eat finger foods that don’t require refrigeration or heating.

Please BYOB. After members gather, get a beverage and a tidbit to eat, we have “the tour” – we walk around the yard while the host talks about their garden, plants, success, failures and plans for the future. It’s an opportunity to get ideas and advice. It’s always a lot of fun!

Hawaiian Luau & Growing Pineapples in Your Garden
2023-09-22 13:00 - 15:00 (America/New_York) | Shannon Staub Library, 4675 Career Lane, North Port, FL, 34289
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!
