Garden Club News
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.
Renovation at Touchton Park to begin in Dade City
INFORMATIONAL MEETING
Friday, September 15, 2023
Dade City Garden Club
13630 5th Street
Dade City, FL 33525
1 pm
An Informational Meeting about the Touchton Park Renovation Project will be held at the Dade City Garden Club, 13630 5th Street, Dade City, on Friday, September 15, 2023, at 1 pm. The purpose of the Informational Meeting is to inform as many citizens as possible about this project. Tom Touchton, who is funding the Project and Jason Warrenfeltz, Dade City Public Works Director, will be in attendance. Images of the proposed Park will be available for viewing, and questions will be encouraged.
Dade City residents know the park across 5th Street from the Dade City Garden Club (and bounded by Southview Avenue, 5th Street, Bougainvillea Avenue and 7th Street), as the Ruth Embry “Miss Polly” Touchton Park. “Miss Polly” was a Charter Member of the Garden Club and was active in it until her death in 1986 at the age of 99. She was much-admired in the community because of her many interests and involvements, and Dade City’s Commissioners named the Park in her memory soon after her death. The Park is maintained by the City, and the Garden Club has participated with the City in certain ways over the years—especially with the planting of Memorial Trees from time to time and in hosting the Dade City Monarch Butterfly Festival at the Park.
Welcome Back Teacup Plant Swap
The Dade City Garden Club will kick off its 2023-2024 program year with a Welcome Back Teacup Plant Swap on Monday, September 18, 2023. Members are asked to bring their favorite teacup and a small plant and will be given the opportunity to trade and then plant up the teacup to take home. In addition to the swap, members will review programs for the upcoming year and discuss plans for the newly introduced community event, Holiday Magic in the Gardens, scheduled for December 10th.
Flower Show depicts Dade City--Still Growing!
The Dade City Garden Club is proud to present a National Garden Club (NGC) Small Standard Flower Show on Saturday, March 25, 2023, from 10 am to 3 pm at the garden club center, 13630 5th Street in Dade City. Free and open to the public, “Dade City—Still Growing” is the theme that will be interpreted through judged horticulture, floral design, and educational displays created by members of the Club.
The purpose of an NGC Flower Show is to educate club members and the viewing public; to stimulate interest in horticulture and floral design; to provide an outlet for creative expression; and to communicate NGC goals and objectives. The Design Division of the show will present floral designs interpreting the “Gems of Dade City”, which focuses on the places and things to see and do in town. The Horticulture Division will feature places in Dade City to experience plants, flowers, and gardening. An Educational Division will depict Dade City’s special designations.
Visitors to the Show will be able to cast their vote to choose the winner of the 2023 People’s Choice Ribbon in Design. In addition to the Flower Show attraction itself, attendees will also be able to shop at the Garden Market Bazaar, which will be held in conjunction with the flower show on the garden club grounds from 10 am to 3 pm. The Bazaar will feature assorted vendors, crafts, food, and prizes. Club members also want to tell everyone to bring their knives, scissors, yard and other tools for professional sharpening at the event.