December SHGC News

Happy Holidays! 

Monday, December 5

Mullet Monday!

We added plants to the beds and did some pruning and weeding
at Mullet Creek Park

8:30 start-up 

Sunday, December 11th

Kiwanis Plant Sale on Main Street
8AM - 4:00PM

Donations topped $1200! 

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SHGC Christmas Party

Moccasin Lake Nature Park

Thursday, December 15
11:30 AM

Thank You to our Hospitality Team 

led by Jennifer Rothe 

for a Beautiful Party!

Sharen Kuckhan,
Karen Bredow,
Carol Zieres,
Linda Howard
Paula Harvey
Karen Isak 

You even worked through a tropical storm and a 

tornado watch! 

The decorations, centerpieces, food, program!

everything was truly magical.

Jennifer, you really know how to throw a party!

It takes a lot of time, energy and patience 

Thank You!

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An open letter to our members...

We are blessed with such an amazing group of volunteers. 

(I started to list you all by name but...) 

We have great talent in every position!

And the work being done by our "Folly Farmers" and the Twins in our gardens at Folly Farm and Mullet Creek is nothing short of amazing!

Thank you all! 

I am inspired by everyone's commitment to our projects to make Safety Harbor beautiful. 

Every day we are thanked by
visitors to the parks we garden.

I am so proud of every single member for their efforts making our club great. 

Congratulations to our "Person of the Year"

Nancy McClelland

Truly, well deserved!

Gary Sawtelle, Nancy McClelland, Leslie Zambito

Nancy is a fine example of the spirit of volunteerism that we have in our club. She is cheerful, hard-working and forever sharing her knowledge!

An unstoppable force in the pursuit of creating a garden for all to enjoy.

A Master of Folly, indeed!

Thank You!

And thank you to my wife, Celeste,
She is the reason I have been able 

to give my time and energy to our club. 

She is the garden of my soul.

Thank you, my dear, for your inspiration and support. 

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 Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah,
Happy New Year
However, you celebrate 
I hope you experience holiday magic!

Looking Forward:

2023 is going to be a busy year
for our club.
 IMPORTANT DATES / ANNOUNCEMENTS

Sunday, January 8 

Sandy Huff will be celebrating her
80th trip around the sun!

Her husband Bill and crew are hosting an open house from 1 pm to 5 pm at their house located at 3530 Fairview Street, Safety Harbor. (If you get lost call Sandy at 727-420-6184)

There will be food and birthday cake with ice cream! 

Please come, either for the whole time, or whatever time you can spare. She doesn't need any presents, but a chance to visit with you will make it a precious day, so do bring a big smile.

 PS to help the party organizers, rsvp to Huffsandy@aol,com 
727-420-6184 

Extra guests are welcome.

Saturday, January 14th

2nd Saturday Plant Sale at Folly Farm
9-noon

Volunteers needed at 8:30 please  

SHGC Membership Meeting

Moccasin Lake Nature Park

Wednesday, January 18 

9:30 AM 

James B Stevenson

Education & Outreach Supervisor
Brooker Creek Preserve

 January topic “The Buzz on FL Pollinators”

 His specialty is Botany and Native Plants

James is an Extension Specialist with the University of Florida IFAS Extension Services in Pinellas County; he works out of the Brooker Creek Preserve Environmental Education Center in Tarpon Springs.  There he teaches classes on a variety of natural resource conservation topics, including plant identification, botany, entomology, ecology and particular groups of native plants such as orchids.  Exploring the natural world has been James’ passion since growing up in Clearwater.

He received his bachelor’s degree in Plant Ecology from the University of the South in Sewanee, TN and then worked in botanical gardens around the world, from North Carolina to Europe & Israel.  Before returning to Florida in 2006, James worked in the UK on his advanced degree at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and as the Assistant Curator at the University of Oxford Botanic Garden. 

Saturday, January 28  

Seed Swap

10AM - Noon

Folly Barn

Safety Harbor Garden Club is sponsoring a seed swap! This is an opportunity for gardeners to organize their seed collections and get rid of the ones they don’t want. 

Bring your seeds in envelopes, we will provide bins to sort them into. If you do not have seeds, still come, pick out your seeds and leave a cash donation in its place.

Saturday, January 28 

Volunteer Appreciation Cookout and Firepit

4:00PM- 6:00PM Gazebo Cookout

6:00PM Firepit 

A big thank you to all of our volunteers!

If you volunteered your time to our club, in any capacity, 

you are invited to come join the fun!  

Big Foot sighting?
No!
It's our very own giant gnome "Gnomeo"
Now under construction by Chris Dotson!

Thank you for a great year!

Safety Harbor Garden Club is Awesome!