Floral City Garden Club - who we are
The Floral City Garden Club was founded in 1956 and became part of the Florida Federation of Garden Clubs (FFGC) in 1958. But we’re not your grandmother’s garden club any more. Nearly 40% of our members are men! We are a non-profit organization serving our community. We welcome anyone to join us who has an interest in learning more about growing things in central Florida.
We planted and maintain three gardens in Floral City, we decorate the town with bows on the Avenue of the Oaks for the holidays, we have been an Adopt-a-Highway partner for over 30 years cleaning litter from Orange Avenue and part of CR 48, we pack weekend food for children from Floral City Elementary School twice a month through Citrus County Blessings, we donate to Camp E-nini-hassee and Stock up for Seniors. We raised funds to replace oak trees in the Historic District. We encourage youth to learn about the environment by annually sponsoring two elementary age children at FFGC’s Camp Wekiva and two high school age students to attend S.E.E.K, an FFGC environmental conference. We cooperate with the Heritage Council to continue beautifying and promoting Floral City. We meet once a month, September through May, with a program focused on a gardening topic plus a plant of the month talk. We have a website that includes articles each month on our plant of the month and general gardening tips. We go on field trips and attend classes provided by the National Garden Club. We hold a plant sale each spring as our major fundraiser. We support our District and State organization. We have fun!
We planted and maintain three gardens in Floral City, we decorate the town with bows on the Avenue of the Oaks for the holidays, we have been an Adopt-a-Highway partner for over 30 years cleaning litter from Orange Avenue and part of CR 48, we pack weekend food for children from Floral City Elementary School twice a month through Citrus County Blessings, we donate to Camp E-nini-hassee and Stock up for Seniors. We raised funds to replace oak trees in the Historic District. We encourage youth to learn about the environment by annually sponsoring two elementary age children at FFGC’s Camp Wekiva and two high school age students to attend S.E.E.K, an FFGC environmental conference. We cooperate with the Heritage Council to continue beautifying and promoting Floral City. We meet once a month, September through May, with a program focused on a gardening topic plus a plant of the month talk. We have a website that includes articles each month on our plant of the month and general gardening tips. We go on field trips and attend classes provided by the National Garden Club. We hold a plant sale each spring as our major fundraiser. We support our District and State organization. We have fun!
Gardens Installed and Maintained by FCGC
A word about the Memorial Garden & Labyrinth: The Memorial Garden was constructed and dedicated in 1995 and is maintained by the Floral City Garden Club. It is not only a beautiful garden adjacent to our local library - it's a labyrinth, listed with the Worldwide Labyrinth Locator. For more information, and to see those located both in our state and worldwide visit: https://labyrinthlocator.com/labyrinth-links/categories/1354-usa-canada. In addition to being a labyrinth, our garden is a certified wildlife habitat.
Floral City Garden Club Officers 2021-23:
Left to right: Jane Stewart, Vice President; Sandy Van Tassel, Corresponding Secretary; Chris McIntire, Recording Secretary; Mary Graff, Treasurer; Carol Wood, President; Donna Thomas, past President and current District V President
FCGC Annual Plant Sale
Every spring, the Floral City Garden Club gears up, and members (and others) bring all their excess "homegrowns" and other plants together to sell to the public. We always have lots of natives and Florida-Friendly exotics, fruit plants of all kinds, annuals, perennials, shade and sun, and sometimes anything else you can think of. The sale for 2020 will be March 28, from 8-2, 8255 East Marvin in Floral City, at the Pavilion across from the Church of Christ. Our plant sales are always well-attended, so come early for the best selection.
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2019 Camp Wekiva
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Camp Wekiva 2019 was the 49th summer at Camp Wekiva. The camp was at 100% capacity this year. Ingrid Velez volunteers for Camp Secretary first and fifth week, which means a lot of unpacking and setting up, along with her other duties. Carol Wood and Donna Thomas volunteered for fifth week again this year. They worked in 'Nature', which means they were outside hiking most of the day. The campers studied trees this year, and so learned to identify common trees found in the park and throughout Florida. There was a fire in the camp area in April that destroyed the office/clinic. The loss of this building put a bit of a strain on accommodations for the volunteers and staff, but in usual Wekiva “can do” attitude, it worked just fine. |