Garden Club News
Make and Take FUN WITH FLOWERS for Valentine’s Day
SOLD OUT
To be put on the waiting list, email Becky Maxwell at
Thursday, February 8, 2024; 6 pm to 7:30 pm
Dade City Garden Club
$15 per person for members
$20 per person for non-members and guests
Your Valentine’s Day table will never be the same!
Gather up some friends and come on out to the Dade City Garden Club for our next Make & Take program. Our instructor is Diane Scott who will teach you fun, easy techniques to turn a simple flower arrangement into a unique, artistic design to wow your sweetheart this Valentine’s Day! Diane serves as Hibiscus Circle president, is a past President of the garden club and comes with great experience in creating unique designs. Anyone who has attended one of her programs knows attendees are in for a treat!
Using simple grocery store flowers along with greenery and sticks or other natural elements from your yard, you will learn how to create a composition that is an eye-catching, balanced work of art. You will take home not only your exquisite centerpiece, but new knowledge to use again and again at home or to create a unique gift.
Enhancing your Landscape
The Dade City Garden Club will present Enhancing Your Landscape at its January general membership meeting on Monday, January 22, 2024, at 9:30 am at the garden club. The program comes as the result of a survey taken among members to identify issues that are important to them and will focus on simple and unusual ways to make your Florida yard more beautiful.
The presenter is Jim Moll, serving the residents of Pasco County since 2013 as the Florida-Friendly Landscaping Coordinator. Jim teaches Florida-Friendly gardening classes, answers gardening questions, and is an integral part of the Master Gardener Volunteer training. Whether you are interested in completely redesigning your landscape or simply making a few changes, Jim is sure to share some important factors to consider before you start planting.
We will also have a special guest, Shelby Mander of the Camellia Circle, who will come and talk about Camp Wekiva. The Dade City Garden Club recently established a camp scholarship. Shelby has been the camp director for several years and will share some exciting opportunities for us and campers.
Holiday Magic in the Gardens
The Dade City Garden Club invites the community to celebrate an inspired Christmas in Dade City!
The Dade City Garden Club is inviting the community to experience a little holiday magic this Christmas season and has planned a holiday event close to home for families to get in the holiday spirit! Planned as a thank you for the support shown the garden club throughout the years, all are invited to visit on Sunday, December 10, 2023, to stroll through the festively decorated gardens, visit Santa and Mrs. Claus, and take part in the FREE family-oriented activities that have been planned by garden club members.
Holiday themed activity stations will be set up throughout the gardens, each offering the garden club’s guests unique opportunities for holiday fun. Santa’s Workshop helpers will be busy in three locations: Guests can visit the Camellia Circle elves and the Poinsettia Circle elves to create one-of-kind custom crafts or ornaments to take home as mementos of the day’s outing. The Hibiscus Circle Santa’s Workshop elves have been busy planning a kids’ craft activity using recycled materials for all to enjoy. At Reindeer Crossing, located near the Butterfly Garden, families will be educated on how to blend the perfect mix of environmentally friendly Reindeer Dust to take home to feed Rudolf and his gang on Christmas Eve. Santa’s Mailbox will be in the Azalea Circle garden, where children will be able to write and mail a letter to Santa just in time for special delivery before Christmas. The Holiday Farm Petting Zoo will be set up by the Hollyhock Circle, where Scooter (mini bunny), Jeffrey (goat), Callie (foal) and chickens will be looking to meet new friends who come to the event.
Succulent Wreath MAKE & TAKE
Monday, December 4, 2023; 9 am to 10:30 am
Dade City Garden Club
$20 per person for members
$30 per person for non-members & guests
Add life to a holiday tradition by making a succulent wreath!
Join us at the Dade City Garden Club for our latest MAKE & TAKE on Monday, December 4, 2023, at 9 am and learn how to create a true living masterpiece for the holiday season.
You will be provided with all the supplies and plants needed to make and bring home your own customized succulent wreath. And, you will also leave with new techniques and gardening knowledge you will be able to expand upon again and again at home for yourself and for gift giving.
Sustainable Gardening
The Dade City Garden Club will present a program on Sustainable Gardening at its November general membership meeting on Monday, November 20, 2023, at 9:30 am at the garden club. The program comes as the result of a survey taken among members to identify issues that are important to them and will focus on simple ways to be more sustainable in your Florida garden.
The presenter is Amira Mata, Inventory Manager at The Gardens Nursery and Rock Yard in Dade City. She will talk about how we can integrate simple practices in container or small space gardening, and will cover plant selection, watering efficiency, upcycling and supporting our local pollinators! Amira comes filled with a passion and knowledge that attendees should find not only informative but inspiring.
Herbs Make & Take
Monday, October 16, 2023; 9 am to 10:30 am
Dade City Garden Club
$10 per person for members
$15 per person for non-members and guests
Herbs! Grow them--Dry Them--Mix Them
Come on out and learn something new at the Dade City Garden Club's October MAKE & TAKE, scheduled for Monday, October 16, 2023, from 9 am to 10:30 am.
Diane Scott, garden club past president and well-respected local gardener and cook, will be on hand to share her secret recipes for dried herb mixes from the home garden.
Diane will talk about what herbs grow well here in Central Florida, how to pick and dry them right in your own home and mix them for specialty herb mixes to use in your own kitchen or for gifts.
TERRARIUM and Botanical Cocktails Make & Take
EVENT IS SOLD OUT!
Friday, September 29, 2023; 6 pm to 8 pm
Dade City Garden Club
$10 per person for members
$15 per person for non-members and guests
You don’t have to be a “Dig in the Dirt” person to enjoy gardening!
Come out to our MAKE & TAKE program, scheduled for Friday, September 29, 2023, at 6 pm at the Dade City Garden Club. Not only will you learn how to make a beautiful mini garden, you will also savor a delicious botanical cocktail while enjoying the company of friends.
This workshop is the perfect get together for friends or a fun date-night. Space is limited so purchase your ticket(s) today.