Selection of the Month – May 2019

May 2019 Selection of the Month

Liz and Ed Mummert of Ellsworth Drive have been recognized as May 2019 Selection of the Month by The Garden Club at Palm Coast.

They moved to Palm Coast in 2005 from Virginia. They bought their house in 2011 which was originally a rental that needed much renovation as well as their landscape became a complete makeover.

The Mummert yard was recognized Selection of the Month 7 years ago and have continued to make much progress to enhance their landscape with native plants, bamboo, and many varieties of succulents planted on top of rocks even inside a beautifully decorated cement waterspout!

Their yard is located on a corner lot and due to deer eating their plants they have chosen to make a large part of their landscape with beautiful rock gardens and several palm trees.  The terra cotta edging compliments the rock gardens and the beautiful large copper statues, flower pots, a Buddha meditating and a boy sitting on the ground enjoying all the beauty that surrounds him.    Mrs. Mummert loves frog statues and turtles as there are many shapes and sizes scattered throughout the gardens including three on top of each other as if playing leap frog!  The front yard welcomes you to a peaceful waterfall with baby turtle statues climbing up the rocks.

They grow Century plants in pots to control their size and propagate the babies to make more!  They have several Pony Tail palms throughout their landscape and have planted all their palm trees such as Queen Palms, Sylvester and European Palms.

The driveway has a welcome bird sign surrounded with Blue Daze and a striking blue Delphinium.  The colors continue with purple and pink Phlox, pink and white Daisies, Firecracker bush, Vincas, yellow Coreopsis with an Armadillo statue grazing.  On the left corner of garage you have a bench with a frog sitting under a tall canopy in deep thought while the youngsters are frolicking around.

Submitted by Nancy Iandoli                           Selection of the Month Committee

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SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS – 2019

SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS – 2019

The Garden Club at Palm Coast Scholarships were awarded to two students from Palm Coast High School, both students will be attending college in the fall.

The club will meet the recipients at their Annual Picnic on May 13, 2019.  Congratulations to Sarah Baugher and Abigail Miner.

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Spring Festival 2019

Flagler Palm Coast HS

On April 13, 2019, the Garden Club at Palm Coast held its annual Spring Festival at the Flagler Palm Coast High School. The Festival was again bigger than the previous edition and many visitors were welcomed.

 

 

 

 

Important component of the festival is the Plant Sale. The Propagation Guild produced more than 600 plants and another 600 were purchased from growers. A wide variety of plants was available for purchase.

From the propagator………

….to the Plant Sale

Advice was given often and free

 

The money collected is used for scholarships

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A warm thank you to the many club members who contributed in any way or form to the success of the Festival.

Also a big thank you to the sponsors who donated to the Festival.

Another big thank you to the many vendors who participated in the event.

See you all at the Spring festival 2020.

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Hear Ye! Hear Ye!

Last year’s ceremony

Hear Ye! Hear Ye!   The  Garden Club at Palm Coast is awarding two scholarships this year in the amount of $1,000 each.

The Scholarship Ceremony will be held at the Flagler Auditorium on Thursday,  April 18, 2019 at 6:00pm.  You are invited to attend.

The official presentation of the checks will be at our annual picnic scheduled for May 13, 2019, at Herschel King Park.

Article by Dani Little, Chair Scholarships Committee

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General Club Meeting – April 2019

Dear Club Members,

Monday, April 15, 2019, is our next Monthly General Meeting.  NOT April 8th. The meeting was moved one week forward to avoid conflict with the FFGC Convention in St Augustine April 7-9. Members are encouraged to attend the convention.

We are looking forward to seeing you all on April 15th at our next Club meeting.

Guest Speaker:    Erin E. Alvarez (Lecturer), UF/IFAS Environmental Horticulture.  She will present “Propagating Pollinator Habitats”.

Description:  Most of our food and ornamental plants rely on some kind of critter to get the next generation going. Gardeners can help pollinators like bees, butterflies, beetles, birds, bats, and more in a myriad of ways that can be adapted to any kind of garden or landscape.

Registration and the Plant Sale start at 12:30 pm and the meeting kicks off at 1:00 pm.

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