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Celebrate FFGC’s 100th Anniversary 97th Convention

Posted on November 7, 2023 by Chris Austin

“Celebrating 100 Years” will be held at the SouthBank Marriott hotel in Jacksonville. A state flower show will be held in conjunction with this convention. The state flower show will be held remotely at the Garden Club of Jacksonville club house on River Street. We will have tours of the Cummer Museum next door to the garden club on River Street. We will have the first Member’s Art Show. We will celebrate the 4 original garden clubs that started FFGC (Garden Club of Jacksonville, Garden Club of Halifax Country, Winter Park Garden Club and Miami Garden Club) and we will celebrate any 100-year-old member born in 1924!

For those wishing to attend on Thursday (04/11), we are planning a day bus trip to the FFGC convention in Jacksonville on Thursday, April 11 only. There are 55 seats available on the bus. Forty-five people need to sign up to move forward with the planning. The cost of the bus is $30 per person. The trip is open to non-members. The state flower show is free. If you are interested in the bus trip, you must pay $30 by cash or check at the February meeting so the bus can be reserved. If anyone has questions or concerns, please contact Kenetha Kilmurray at kenetha@hotmail.com or call 201-916-4492.

State Flower Show 2024 will be held at the Garden Club of Jacksonville during the convention. This is a major flower show.

For more details visit: https://ffgc.org/Convention

Palm Coast Founder’s Day

Posted on November 1, 2023 by Chris Austin

The Garden Club at Palm Coast was invited by the Historical Society at Holland Park to participate in Founder’s Day on October 28, 2023.

The Garden Club is one of the first organizations established in 1975. In 2020, our club sponsored a Boy Scott to create and plant the landscape design to beautify the area in front of the Museum, home of the “Garfield” turtle, as part of his Eagle Project. In 2021, the Museum featured the club, and we provided exhibits depicting our history with many photographs and a timeline documenting the club’s growth and participation in the community.

The club had three booths on Founder’s Day: The Arrangers’ Guild, who made fresh floral arrangements for sale and sold them all. The Propagation Guild displayed several varieties of plants for sale and did very well. They also had some items for sale made by “The Creative Team.” There was also a Membership booth for anyone wanting to join the club or just to get information.

The Arrangers’ Guild donated an arrangement, and the D.J. Vern of Surf 97.3 announced the winner to be whoever had the closest birthday and gave it to a very nice young lady as her “25th” birthday was the day before.

There were also food trucks, community organizations, and vendors. All in all, it was a wonderful sunny day outside at Holland Park Historical Society.

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Arrangers’ Guild Meeting October 17, 2023

Posted on October 20, 2023 by Chris Austin

Linda Hensler, Director

Announcements:
Founder’s Day Saturday October 28, outside by the Historical Society Museum at Hollands Park, 11:00 – 2:00
Arrangers’ Guild will have a tent as well as Propagation Guild (Jane Villa-Lobos) and Membership (Ellen Werner).
Volunteers needed to help man the booths during these hours. Contact Linda Hensler, Jane Villa-Lobos, or Ellen Werner to volunteer at their booths.

Future Classes 2024 – Advanced Classes 7, 8, and 9 perhaps in Feb., March, and April 2024

12 are needed to sign up for each. More information to come soon.

A motion was made that classes would be $25 to observe 3 classes, $50 for members, and $65 if you are not a member.
Andrea Rogers made the first motion to approve, Jeanne O’Donnell made the second motion, and all members approved the motion.

Today’s Instructor was Becky Lindhorst. She focused her training on Petite Design as some will be doing Petite Designs for our Flower Show on November 16, 17, and 18, 2023.