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We
are a non-profit organization of about 200 women and
men volunteers. We maintain our
gardens and clubhouse, and offer educational programs
to our members and the community. Program
topics include, among others, horticulture, ecology,
floral design, and landscaping.
Although
our gardening activities run year round, most meetings
run September through May with a welcome back potluck
luncheon in October and a luncheon in April to elect
our new officers for the following club year.
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To
encourage and develop among gardening amateurs knowledge
and specialized skills in the art and practice of
gardening and the floral arts.
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To
cooperate with others in the beautification our community,
state, and nation.
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To
maintain our gardens and garden center as a teaching tool
and to showcase our objectives.
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To study,
support, and practice conservation measures that promote
sound ecological and conservation practices.
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To
help educate members of the community in the areas of
ecology, horticulture, floral design and conservation.
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To
achieve our objectives, our club has regular monthly
meetings with interesting educational programs, field
trips, workshops, fund raisers, and other creative and
interesting projects and events in addition to our
business meetings.
SGC provides a
college scholarship to a high school senior and one for a
college sophmore for advanced study in an area that advances
our objectives.
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Fridays
Sarasota
Garden Club members knowledgeable about plants will be
found working in the botanical gardens until
noon. The Butterfly Club will be in the
Butterfly Garden and they will be happy to talk about
what plants attract butterflies, talk with children
about butterflies, safe insecticides to keep pests out
without killing caterpillars, etc.
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You
are invited to come in and talk with them.
People
who are not sure just what they are growing in their
house or yard can bring tree branches, a stem, or a
potted plant for Plant Identification on Friday
morning, and discuss how best to grow what they have.
There
will be people to answer questions on how to join the
garden club, the requirements of membership, kinds of
membership, and the cost.
SGC
offers workshops open to the community on gardening in
this area, especially the Florida Gardening Series,
the popular Plant Sharing in which members sell plants
from their gardens to the community at below market
price, and as well, a course in Floral Design. The
garden club has programs for children ages 3-18, teas
and tours for ALFs and nursing home outreach.
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