The Garden Club of Palm Coast will host its annual Treasures in the Attic Rummage Sale at Shepherd of the Coast Lutheran Church.
If you have any items to donate to the sale, please drop them off on March 9th, between 9:00 AM and 6:00 PM, at the Shepherd of the Coast Lutheran Church, 101 Pine Lakes Pkwy, Palm Coast, FL 32164.
If you need assistance picking up donations, please call or text Susan McConnell at 215-872-7107.
Kathleen Bolanos of Bayside Drive has been recognized as February 2023 Selection of the Month by The Garden Club at Palm Coast.
Kathleen lived in Tennessee before moving to Palm Coast in 2019. In Tennessee, she owned 79 acres of farmland near the Tennessee River.
She moved to Palm Coast because of her love for Washington Oaks Gardens State Park, where she volunteers at the greenhouse. She is an organic gardener, pulls her own weeds, uses no chemicals, grows food crops, and concentrates on providing a suitable environment for pollinators. She enjoys growing many plants from seed, particularly her vegetables.
The front entrance has several potted succulents, bromeliads, jade, red dragon flower, ground orchid, bird’s nest fern, aloe, flapjack, and lipstick plant.
The center island has several bromeliads mounted on a palm tree, other bromeliads planted in the ground, and a princess flower.
The front yard contains blue and coral porter weed, several shrimp plants that she propagates and has in several gardens, along with mint for a ground cover. There are pagoda plants, lipstick plant, small potted ponytail palm, bougainvillea, bleeding heart vine, assorted baby sun rose, and thornless crown of thorns.
Native plants abound with Carolina jasmine, scarlet sage, button sage, lantana, scorpion tail, creeping sage, Maypop passion vine, coral bean, salt bush, and beauty berry. Several beds have her hand-made beautiful pottery planters, pottery dolls, and fountains. At night she has lighted wine bottles for her edging.
The large backyard has various bromeliads, variegated liriope, several fruit trees, red maple, a Chinese fringe tree, and an orchid tree, to name a few. She had an impressive vegetable garden with tomatoes, lettuce, kale, arugula, peas, beans, asparagus, onions, peppers, beets, cucumber, watermelon, and plantain.
Submitted by Nancy Iandoli
Selection of the Month Committee
Inside this issue:
The Garden Club of Palm Coast’s
10th Annual Spring Festival and Plant Sale
Join us for:
Plants – Crafts – Music – Kid’s Activities – Food Trucks
Saturday, April 8, 2023
9 am to 4 pm
Flagler Palm Coast High School
5500 E. Highway 100, Palm Coast
Proceeds benefit The Garden Club’s Scholarship Program
For more information email to info@gardenclubatpalmcoast.org
Joy of Bonsai will have an event on February 3-5, 2023 at Schley’s Bonsai and Supplies, 2745 Audubon Avenue, Deland, FL. 32720. This is an excellent event for Garden Club Members to participate in.
Bonsai is a combination of horticulture and art. At the event, there will be a bonsai exhibit with a critique of each bonsai on display and workshops and demonstrations by bonsai artists. The entrance fee for all three days is only $15.00/per person. The daily fee for Saturday or Sunday is $10/per person. That entitles the attendee to observe both workshops and demos, participate in auctions and raffles and purchase from vendors.
