“Plant a Seed and Grow a Friendship”
The Group Objective is to create, promote and develop an interest in gardening by sharing knowledge and experience. Feel free to participate by posting your gardens ideas, tips, project and questions on our Facebook page. We are always willing to learn new ways to keep our garden growing. https://www.facebook.com/groups/419131141784330/?ref=bookmarks
Who: Anyone interested in gardening and plants are welcome to attend!
What: Sharing gardening and plant information, educational speakers, educational field trips, lunch with friends.
Where: Wedgefield Club House Conference Room
When: The first Thursday of every month at 11:00 am
On Thursday, April 4th our guest speaker was Robert Bowden, Director of Leu Gardens. He spoke to us about trees, perennials, shrubs, and vines that are insect and disease free, and are new and under utilized plants for the Florida landscape. He shared that these are plants that are not usually found at local gardening shops but some can be found online and ALL of these plants can be found at Leu Gardens. He encouraged anyone trying to locate a source for one of these plants to contact Leu Gardens for help. He talked about the specialty gardens at Leu Gardens – the Bog Garden, the Butterfly Garden, the Children’s Garden, the Accessible Garden, and the Rose Garden.
The Rose Garden is being redone reducing the number of different rose varieties to 16 – those types of roses most easily grown in Florida. He brought 2 passes to Leu Gardens that were included in our monthly raffle of door prizes and they were won by Linda and Sylvia. The notes below were provided by Cheryl Samarjia and Lee Breedlove and should give you some idea of the wide range of plants presented by Mr. Bowden. He is a very knowledgeable and entertaining speaker and we thoroughly enjoyed his presentation.
****You may also get assistance at the IFAS Extension where Master Gardeners are available from 8 am-noon and 1- 5 pm weekdays; or call 407-254-9200.
