Safety Harbor Garden Club

April 2022

Safety Harbor Garden Club April meeting
Moccasin Lake Nature Park 
Wednesday, April 20th
9:30 AM 

         

Meet our April speaker.....Master Gardener Liza Ryan.

Liza will be speaking about The Florida Wildlife Corridor and what your yard and garden can contribute!  

   

Bio: Bachelor of Science in Biology from Indiana University of Pennsylvania (1983). Worked in biomedical research until Masters in Public Health in Epidemiology (2003) from the University of South Florida. Worked for the Florida Department of Health and St. Petersburg College as an adjunct professor in the Natural Science Department. UF Advanced Florida Master Naturalist and Master Gardener volunteer. 

MEETING NOTICES / SIGN-UPS
Get involved!

Our meetings are getting a little greener.

We are transitioning to reusable plates and silverware.

We'd like you to bring your own drink container. 

we'll supply the coffee, lemonade, water and other drinkables!

There will be a sign-up for our Moccasin Lake Nature Park Earth Day table.

The event is Saturday April 23 10:00 AM til 2:00 PM at the Moccasin Lake Nature Park. 

Always fun to be a part of the Moccasin Lake events!

Our award winning Folly Farm Gardens just got bigger!

The Safety Harbor Garden Club Folly Farmers recently added a new garden at Folly.

It is called the Rainbow Garden.

Over 160 native plants were installed amongst the 23 Rainbow Eucalyptus trees previously planted by the city.

Here's your chance to get in on the Folly magic and stake your claim to a piece of the action. Set your own hours, be your own boss and experience the magic of Folly!

See any Folly Farmer for more gardening details.   

March was a BUSY month!

Cardboard Campout

What's a cardboard campout got to do with gardening you ask?  We needed the cardboard, silly!

One of the gardening techniques we use at Folly is using cardboard as a weed barrier. 

Similar to the black weed cloth you see used in landscape installations only the cardboard breaks down after the weeds are eliminated leaving only soil.

So, the morning after the campout, our intrepid campers recycled their shelters into weed barrier for our new Rainbow Garden!  

Building Inspector Leslie checks out Kelsy and Brittney's chalet

Raw Materiels ready for the architect

Cardboard practice night

around the campfire with smores

It was one bright full moon!

Architect/Artist Chris Dotson likes a challenge 

At first, there were just boxes...

and there was dancing...

model home

looks cozy!

morning after breakfast

Celeste was cooking up mountain pies - Pizza and cherry pie for dessert -umm umm good

Campfire cooking

Rainbow Garden Installation

Cardboard barrier from the cardboard campout 

Leslie Zambito and Nancy McClelland put in untold hours
working on native plant lists for the rainbow garden 

composted mulch used to cover cardboard

Mulch spreading

Plant delivery from Wilcox

Like Christmas morning!

A beautiful day for beautification!

Emotive Gardening 

SHGC volunteers enjoying their lunch break

And there was breakfast too!

Come out and see the finished product!

Kiss the Ground
Movie showing 

One of our city partners, Recreation Superintendent Shannon Schafer, was able to arrange a Films at Folly presentation of the widely acclaimed documentary "Kiss the Ground".

We made it a movie night with a BYOB dinner and snacks supplied by Harbor Dish.

Thank you, also, to Donna Mack and staff for setting us up!

Butterfly Gardening 101 class

The SHGC partnered with our City Master Naturalist Autumn Reich to offer an introductory class on butterfly garden tips.

It was a little wet out but that didn't stop this dedicated group of gardeners.

Look for more classes to be offered and posted in the Safety Harbor REAL magazine and on our Facebook page and website.

An exploratory walk through the Folly butterfly gardens

Class attendees left with starter plants

Yes, it was a busy month of planting, propagating, pruning and having some fun with garden friends.

We have another month of planting projects coming up and then we will settle back and get on the garden tour circuit. Stay tuned for trip sign-ups!

Safety Harbor Garden Club T-shirts will be distributed at the May Picnic meeting.

To qualify for a t-shirt you must be a member in good standing: 

Dues paid and at least one volunteer activity! 

Check with any board member on how to satisfy your volunteer activity requirement. 

Thank you for all of the support!

Garden, Smile, ... repeat 😀

More photos from the month.....