Safety Harbor Garden Club: June

June 2022 Newsletter

Garden Club Award

Do you have a neighbor or know of a home that has a beautiful landscape?

It's time to present our garden club award to a deserving home. The award is presented to a local homeowner that has gone above and beyond in landscaping their property. The homeowner must be the person responsible for the gardening and landscape. Landscaping done by a commercial company does not qualify.

Send a note to Gisella Bennie with the address of your nomination. giselab@tampabay.rr.com

June Meeting @ Mullet Creek park

Our June general meeting is scheduled to be a planting day at Mullet Creek led by MG Janice Corbett starting at 8:00am Wednesday June 15. The city is providing lunch!

Finance: $5,506 in our account. This is after the annual picnic. Expenses: $690. Income: silent auction- $262, T shirts, hats, aprons- $140. There are no outstanding bills

Membership: 90 current members. 54 attended the annual picnic. Current member list is posted on our web site. Go to the list and check your contact info for accuracy. Member info sheet

Our new magnetic name badge with temporary member name is a chance to explore your creativity!
Simply wipe off your name with a damp cloth and create your own design using permanent markers, stickers, whatever you like! But! Leave room for our logo sticker.

It a approximately 3/4" in diameter. Can't wait to see your personal design!

JUNE ACTIVITY DATES

June 10, Friday Follies at Folly Farm

June 11, Saturday at Folly Farm.

2nd Saturday Plant Sale at Folly Farm: 9 - Noon
Volunteers arrive around 8
Always Fun!

Meet the Pollinators Event June 11 from 9-12 pm

This will be a little educational event (not as big as Enchanted Garden), but we need your help! The purpose of this event is to educate the public on the importance of our pollinators! There are plans for some native plant vendors to be on site, honey educators and vendors, crafts focusing on our bees and butterflies, a seed give away or swap, and other educational give aways!

Our garden club will do Butterfly safari’s. If a participant ID’s at least 10 butterflies they will get a certificate from Wings over Florida. We will also have an info table and possibly garden tours.

June 15, Wednesday at Mullet Creek Park

Our June general meeting is scheduled to be a planting day at Mullet Creek led by MG Janice Corbett starting at 8:00am Wednesday June 15. The city is providing lunch!

We will be planting and watering in as we continue to build our, "Pollinator Wildlife Corridor," stretching from Folly Farm to Mullet Creek Park.

Many plants will come from our Folly nursery! A team led by MG Janice Corbett will pick plants from our nursery. Leslie/Nancy will act as advisors. Additional plants will be purchased from Wilcox.

This is a great gardening event and it will really enhance an already beautiful park!

More summer schedule activities:

July

Moccasin Lake 40^th year Anniversary Celebration is Saturday, July 30th from 10:00 – 1:00pm (counts as our July general meeting so make plans to attend, enjoy, and help out at out tables!) We would like to help them celebrate.

There will be music, bird and reptile presentations, a food truck, face painting AND, hopefully, YOU!!

SHGC Moccasin Lake Project plan (by Jennifer) Seed planting for the children. 4 stations: a. cups, markers for child to write their name on the cup b. bins of soil to fill the cups c) choose and plant seeds (can use chopsticks to make holes)

Native plants will be displayed- educational: Pictures, Safety Harbor wildlife corridor info, ..

AUGUST month OFF

SEPTEMBER: Moccasin Lake. Pruning talk. Marquette or maybe John and Harriet

LATER IN MONTH-hands on pruning at Folly (assign leader- John and Harriet, Art, …)

OCTOBER: Moccasin Lake. Container Gardening. Barbara Nelson volunteered to do the talk and Gisela Bennie assisting.

NOVEMBER; Moccasin Lake; Perennials for Pollinators, Theresa Badurek

DECEMBER; Christmas party

Kawanias - December plant sale.

May Photos!