The Garden Club at Palm Coast

The Garden Club at Palm Coast proudly announces Gloria and Raj Vohra of Florida Park Drive as the Selection of the Month for November 2025.

The Vohras have lived in Palm Coast for 24 years. Gloria was originally from Puerto Rico, and Raj from India. Raj owned an HVAC company for 22 years. He serviced, repaired, and installed heat pumps in the area. Gloria provides residential cleaning services and assists Raj with his business operations.

Raj’s retirement hobby is making wooden furniture, as well as wooden pictures and mirror frames. He is also an artist and loves to paint.

Their front yard has curb appeal with its manicured landscape. For color, they have Crossandra firecracker flowers, pink curcuma gingers, mammy crotons, canna lilies, Mexican heather, Egyptian star cluster pentas, agapanthus, and dracaena.

There are two sabal palms, a European fern palm, a papaya tree, two crape myrtles, dark pink and light pink, as well as a Japanese photinia topiary. They also grew a magnolia tree from seed, which is now about 40 feet tall.

Submitted by Nancy Iandoli
Selection of the Month Committee

The Garden Club at Palm Coast proudly announces Angela and Vinny Yacuzzi of Feling Lane as the Selection of the Month for October 2025.

The Yacuzzis moved to Palm Coast 7 years ago from Worcester, MA. Angela was formerly an accountant, now retired, and Vinny was self-employed as a stone mason and now works full-time for Bass Pro Shops in Daytona.

Angela’s friend Andea lived here in Palm Coast, and the last time they visited her, Vinny said, “Put the house on the market, we are moving to Florida”. When they bought their house, the front yard was totally empty. Angela became a member of The Garden Club at Palm Coast, where she acquired much knowledge on how to grow succulents and other varieties of cactus. She also joined the East Coast Bromeliad Society, where she procures the plants and Vinny plants and maintains them.

Vinny’s really the one who plants everything! He enjoys creating and designing new garden areas. He even has an area out back dedicated to his potted plants, and it features a sign that reads, “Vinny’s Pot Herb Garden…Plant Smiles…Grow Love.”

The front island features a pygmy date palm, prickly pear cactus, a myriad of succulents, a large variety of bromeliads, pink, red, and yellow crown of thorns, three dracaena trees, and yellow and red roses.
Going towards the back yard, there are golden dewdrops, Texas bluebells, tillandsia, oyster plants, ponytail palm, large starfish cactus, crimnum lily, palm lily (Cordyline Rubra), agapanthus, angel trumpet, scarlet firespike, and bird of paradise.

Vinny has also made a workbench where he propagates plants to add to his gardens!

Submitted by Nancy Iandoli
Selection of the Month Committee

The Garden Club meets monthly on the second Monday of the Month at 1:00 p.m. at Club 51.
51 Old Kings Road No. Palm Coast, Sept. through May. The plant sale is open to the public from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.