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Fort Lauderdale Garden Club, Inc.
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October 2023 - May 2024
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OCTOBER 2023
4

Plant Sale 9:30 - 12:00
(Help Needed)
Glenn F. Bates Garden
9:30
4


District XI Design Guild Meeting
Glenn F. Bates Garden


9:30
4

Grounds Gardening
(Help Needed)
Glenn F. Bates Garden Center
8:30
11

Board of Directors Meeting
via ZOOM
4:00
12

THURSDAY
Night General Meeting
Public and Guests Invited

Garden Tour 4:30 pm; Refreshments 5:30 pm
Meeting & Program 6:15 pm
Glenn F. Bates Garden Center

Program: “”Technology and Science in Bloom”,
an NGC Standard Flower Show

Design: presented by District XI Design Guild

Horticulture: “Flowers in Your
Florida Garden” by Agnes Gallo & James Miller

Host Garden Circle: Bayberry
5:30
19

FFGC District XI Fall Meeting
“FFGC 100th Birthday Party”
Pompano Beach Club Host

23


Shade House Gardening (Help Needed!)
Glenn F. Bates Garden Center 9:30 am
9:30

 

 

   NOVEMBER 2023
1

Plant Sale 9:30 - 12:00
(Help Needed)
Glenn F. Bates Garden
9:30
1


Grounds Gardening
(Help Needed)
Glenn F. Bates Garden Center
8:30
1

Moringa Green & White Sale
Glenn F. Bates Garden Center
4PM
6

Shade House Gardening
(Help Needed!)
Glenn F. Bates Garden Center


9:30
8

Board of Directors Meeting
via Zoom
4:00
9

District XI Design Guild Meeting
Glenn F. Bates Garden Center
9:30
10

General Meeting
Public and Guests Invited
Glenn F. Bates Garden Center

9:30 am Refreshments
10:00 am Meeting & Program

Program: “Celebrating Hugh Taylor Birch State Park (History and Future Goals)”
presented by Michelle Schnitz,
Executive Director Friends of Birch
and Shane Zigler, Birch Park Manager

Design: Presented by District XI Design
Guild Horticulture: “Native Plants” by Rose Bechard-Butman & Pilar Londono-Cortes
Host Garden Circle: Cordia

10:00
11
Plant Sale 10:00 - 3:00
(Help Needed)
Glenn F. Bates Garden
10:00
16

Field Trip to
Flamingo Gardens, Details TBD
3750 Flamingo Rd, Davie 3333

 

DECEMBER 2023
4

Shade House Gardening
(Help Needed)
Glenn F. Bates Garden Center

8:30
6

Grounds Gardening
(Help Needed!)
Glenn F. Bates Garden Center

 8:30
6

Plant Sale 9:30 - 12:00
(Help Needed)
Glenn F. Bates Garden
9:30
6

District X1 Deisgn Guild Meeting
Glenn F. Bates Garden Center
9:30
6 Board of Directors Meeting
via Zoom		 4:00
9

Holiday Luncheon (SATURDAY) 11:30 - 2:30
11:30

 

 

 

JANUARY 2024
3

Plant Sale 9:30 - 12:00
(Help Needed)
Glenn F. Bates Garden
9:30
3

District XI Design Guild Meeting
Glenn F. Bates Garden Center

9:30
3

Grounds Gardening
(Help Needed)
Glenn F. Bates Garden Center

 8:30
8

Shade House Gardening
(Help Needed)
Glenn F. Bates Garden Center

8:30
10 Board of Directors Meeting
via Zoom
4:00
12

GENERAL MEETING

Kristin Hines
Author & Photographer

"Wild Florida"

Kristin's website: https: //kirstenhines.com/

Books will be available for purchase at our meeting.

Host Garden Circle: Parkinsonia
10:00
15

Shade House Gardening
(Help Needed)
Glenn F. Bates Garden Center

9:30
18

Standard Flower Show “Science & Technology In Bloom”

In Bloom” Horticulture Entries and Design Setup
9:00 am to 4:00 pm
Glenn F. Bates Garden Center
9:00
19


Standard Flower Show “Science & Technology In Bloom”

Cut Specimen Entries 7:30 to 9:00 am ONLY

Glenn F. Bates Garden Center
7:30
19

Standard Flower Show “Science & Technology In Bloom”

Judging 9:00 am Glenn F. Bates Garden Center

Judges Breakfast Host: Bayberry Circle

Judges Luncheon Host: Cordia Circle
7:30
19

Standard Flower Show “Science & Technology In Bloom”
Preview Party

Glenn F. Bates Garden Center
6:00 – 9:00 pm

Host: Parkinsonia Circle / MAL
6:00
19

District XI Abor Day Tree Planting

All Clubs and Circles 11:00 am
11:00
20-21

Standard Flower Show “Science & Technology In Bloom
Open to the Pubic: Saturday 9 am to 4 pm

Sunday 12 noon to 4 pm (Help Needed!)

FLOWER SHOW BREAKDOWN:
Pick up all entries 4:00 PM


9:00
20-21

Plant Sale 10:00 - 3:00
(Help Needed)
Glenn F. Bates Garden
10:00

 

 

 

 

FEBRUARY 2024
5

Shade House Gardening
(Help Needed)
Glenn F. Bates Garden Center
8:30
7

Grounds Gardening
(Help Needed!)
Glenn F. Bates Garden Center

9:30
7 District XI Design Guild Meeting
Glenn F. Bates Garden Center
10:00
7

Plant Sale 9:30 - 12:00
(Help Needed)
Glenn F. Bates Garden
9:30
7

Board of Directors Meeting
via Zoom

 4:00
9

General Meeting

Glenn F. Bates Garden Center Refreshment 9:30 Meeting 10:00 am Public and Guests Invited.

Program: “Our Florida Trees: The Big to the Small, We Love Them All!” presented by Mona Johnston
Design: Presented by District XI Design Guild

Horticulture: “Marigolds and Companion Plants in theVegetable Garden by Gene Cain & Beth Waldorf

Host: Members at Large
24

2024 SECRET GARDEN TOUR
(Help Needed)
Garden Tours of Fort Lauderdale
Homes & Gardens

 

 

 

 MARCH 2024
4

Shade House Gardening
(Help Needed)
Glenn F. Bates Garden Center
9:30
6

Grounds Gardening
(Help Needed)
Glenn F. Bates Garden Center

8:30
6

Plant Sale 9:30 - 12:00
(Help Needed)
Glenn F. Bates Garden
9:30
6

District XI Design Guild Meeting
Glenn F. Bates Garden Center
9:30
6

Board of Directors Meeting
via Zoom

 4:00
8

 

General Meeting
Public and Guests Invited
Glenn F. Bates Garden Center

Refreshments 9:00 am
Meeting 9:30 am

New Program:

Invasive Plants of Florida
Michel Therrien,
County Environmental
Project Cooprdinator

Design: Presented by
District XI Design Guild

Horticultural: “Grafting”
by Julieta Ross & Geo Tomczyk

Host Garden Circle: Board of Directors


 
10

Youth BFF Standard Flower Show
Glenn F. Bates Garden Center
13

Youth In-School Standard Flower
Shows, Harbordale
Virginia Schman Young
Elementary Schools

25

Shade House Gardening
(Help Needed)
Glenn F. Bates Garden Center
9:30

 

 

 

 

APRIL 2024
3
Plant Sale
(Help Needed)
Glenn F. Bates Garden Center 10:00-3:00
10:00

3

District XI Design Guild Meeting
Glenn F. Bates Garden Center
9:30

3

Grounds Gardening
(Help Needed)
Glenn F. Bates Garden Center

9:30

8

Shade House Gardening
(Help Needed)
Glenn F. Bates Garden Center
4:00

10

Board of Directors Meeting
via Zoom
4:00
18

General Meeting - NIGHT MEETING
THURSDAY
Public and Guests Invited
Glenn F. Bates Garden Center

Garden Tour 4:30
Refreshments 5:30 pm Meeting 6:15 pm

New Date:, now April 18, 2024
Program: “Spring Into Spring Floral Design”
Presented by Neya of Saucha
Floral Design Design:
Presented by District XI Design Guild

Horticulture: Presented by
Roswitha Sidelko &
Inger Jones TBD

Host: Moringa

19-21

Florida Federation of
Garden Clubs Convention

Jacksonville, Florida

22

Earth Day

27

National Arbor Day
29

Shade House Gardening
(Help Needed)
Glenn F. Bates Garden Center

 9:30

 

 

 

MAY 2024
1

Grounds Gardening
(Help Needed)
Glenn F. Bates Garden Center

 8:30
1

Plant Sale 9:30 - 12:00
(Help Needed)
Glenn F. Bates Garden

 9:30
1


District XI Design Guild Meeting
Glenn F. Bates Garden Center
9:30
3

Annual Meeting and Installation Luncheon
Time and Place TBD

TBD
6

Board of Directors Meeting
via Zoom

4:00
6

Shade House Gardening
(Help Needed)
Glenn F. Bates Garden Center

 9:30
16


Reorganization Meeting
Via ZOOM

 4:00
17


District X1 Spring Meeting
Fort Lauderdale Garden Club Host

 
19-23


National Garden Club (NGC) Convention
Denver, Colorado

 

 

 

 

 

JUNE 2024
2-8

National Garden Week

  
5

Grounds Gardening
(Help Needed)
Glenn F. Bates Garden Center

 8:30