FFGC District VI, which includes the Garden Club at Palm Coast, is invited to
“Open Program from the Garden Club of the Halifax Country”
on January 14, 2020 at 11:00am.
Program: “Pollinator Friendly Plant Research”
Speakers: Heather Kalaman and Cindy Sigler, the GCHC Scholarship Winners for 2018/2019 and 2019/2020 from the University of Florida.
Location: Volusia County Lifeguard Headquarters,
515 S. Atlantic Ave. Daytona Beach, FL.
Flagler county is located in the Agricultural “North” Region of Florida.
If you are a Florida based ornamental gardener, you might want to know what is blooming in December:
Flowering: Beauty Berry, Camellia Japonica, Camellia Sasanqua, Poinsettia, Powderpuff, Tea Olive.
Poinsettias galore
Or if you love fresh vegetables and are growing your own veggies, then these Edibles planting projects may interest you:
Easily Survives Transplanting: Arugula, Beets, Broccoli, Brussels Sprouts, Cabbage, Cauliflower, Chinese Cabbage, Collards, Kale, Kohlrabi, Swiss Chard.
Survives Careful Transplanting: Carrots, Celery, Mustard, Spinach.
Use Seeds: Onions (Green, Shallots), Radish, Turnips.
Enjoy!!!
The Infographics are produced by the University of Florida, IFAS Extension and can be found here online: http://gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu/plants/plant-of-the-month/infographics.html.
PDF versions of the Infographics can be downloaded and printed if you are interested.
Doris and Joel Houslander of Clearview Court North have been recognized as December 2019 Selection of the Month by The Garden Club at Palm Coast.
The Houslanders, originally from Illinois, bought their home in 2014 and were snowbirds for 2 seasons before moving to Palm Coast in 2017. The couple enjoys gardening, boating and playing adult ice hockey in a league in Jacksonville.
Walking up the driveway on the left side is a small garden that has a Loquat tree, Oyster plants, Soap Aloe and rose Penta. There is a Phoenix Robellini palm, yellow Hibiscus, Crotons, Gerbera daisy, pink Star Penta, and Liriope. The front door area has several pots with Spider plant, Mamy Croton and orange Mums.
In the front of the house are Xanadu Philodendron, red Coleus, ribbed Elephant ear, Hawaiian Ti and Petra Crotons. There is a large coquina boulder that has a blue fish and 2 blue turtles sunbathing. On the right side is a large Palatka Holly along with some Hydrangea, variegated Agave, yellow Coreopsis, red Penta and Gazania. Going around the corner there is a multi-trunk Robellini palm with some pink Vinca and several white and yellow Mums that circle around the curbing.
This lovely curb appeal landscape was also showcased in our recent Garden Tour of 2019 and they were presented with a beautiful stepping stone made by our Garden Club volunteers!
Submitted by Nancy Iandoli
Selection of the Month Committee
The Holiday season is here and one of the annual Palm Coast traditions is the Palm Coast Public Library Festival of Trees. Many local organizations decorate a Christmas tree to showcase their club, their good cause, or just display a beautiful tree.
Preparations for this year’s Garden Club tree started two months ago. Kelley Callery organized a workshop where club members created ornaments for the tree. A variety of spiders, bees and bugs were made of plastic spoons and other everyday items. The results were amazing and amusing.
On November 21 Andrea Rogers and her team of Arrangers and other club members decorated the Garden Club tree. This year’s theme is “Diversity in the Garden”. The tree displays Birds of many species, Lady bugs, Spiders and Dragonflies.
Last Saturday Margaret and I took a peak at the library. Here are some impressions. I forgot to count the number of trees, but I guess there are at least 50.
I encourage you to go and take a look yourself at the Flagler County Public Library – Main Branch, you will love the show.
The library is located at:
2500 Palm Coast Pkwy NW, Palm Coast, FL 32137.
Phone: 386-446-6763
Thank You! to the ornament creators and tree decorators. Great job!!
Article and photos: Marínus Grootenboer
The Arrangers Guild met today (11/19) for our November class.
Pamela Lace was in charge of the meeting today and made the announcements as our Director Linda Hensler was away at school to learn how to be a judge at a flower show!
Linda also gave Edwina an Easter wreath made out of pastel ribbons to put on display.
Pamela introduced our very own member Edwina Tabit who was our trainer on how to decorate holiday and other various wreaths including a succulent wreath!
Edwina had made wreaths with apples, some had sea shells, some made with pine straw and a beautiful wreath made with Magnolia leaves and one with pine cones and various greens. She also made a smaller ring wreath to put a candle in the middle.
Edwina and Kathleen Terlizzo also showed the students tips on how to make bows and ribbon inserts.
Soon after the class was very busy creating our own wreaths. At the end of class we all admired each other’s creation. Everyone did a fantastic job!
Article by: Nancy Iandoli
Photos by: Nancy Iandoli
