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District VI News
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(left to right) Shirl Phillips, Phyllis Bourdon, Madge Trick & Pat Lopex.
(left to right) Lillie McGhee, Ann Proctor, Cozette Merritt, Dee Fronk, Laura Ginn, Judy Stephan, Debbie Sadler, Anne Schwanda
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To help celebrate NATIONAL GARDEN CLUB WEEK, Spade & Trowel Circle of the Cocoa-Rockledge Garden Club
purchased 225 flowering potted plants from Rockledge Gardens. These
blooming plants were to help brighten up the homes and hearts of many
meals on wheels recipients in our area.
Members of the Dirt Daubers Circle met at the Cocoa-Rockledge Garden Club Center and
created floral designs which were delivered to the cities of Cocoa and
Rockledge City Hall, Police Departments, City Works Departments,
Wuesthoff Hospital and the Cocoa and Merritt Island Libraries.
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Melbourne Garden Club
has helped out Habitat for Humanity with landscaping by donating money.
This year deciding to do something a little different, giving the new
homeowners a basket with basic garden tools…gloves, clippers, trowel,
and a hand cultivator. They also added flower seeds and the booklet
Planting a Refuge for Wildlife. At the house dedication, a member of
the club is there to present the new homeowners with the basket.
Melbourne Garden Club understands that for some this is the first home
they have ever owned and that their funds are limited. They hope that
this basket of tools will help them get started with a love of plants
that all gardeners share
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The DeLeon Springs Garden Club
helped form a group called “Save Our Springs” in 1972, dedicated to
bring Ponce DeLeon Park into the state park system. It took ten
long, frustrating years, watching the park move upward trhough each
vote of the State’s land-purchasing committee.Finally, in June of 1982,
the part became a state recreation area, and later, a state park.
This year DeLeon Springs State Park is 25 years old.The park has grown
from the original 54 acres to more than 600 acres. and is adjacent to
the 20,000 acre Lake Woodruff National Wildlife Refuge, creating a
fantastic wildlife corridor. Sixteen million gallons of water
flow from the spring each day, and the park boasts of 6,000 years of
history, from Mayacan and later the Seminole Indians.
On August 4th, the members helped with a plant sale during the park’s
annual “A Day in Florida History”. Proceeds will be used to keep the
park’s butterfly garden always looking its best. The club
members, in partnership with the Glenwood Trailblazer 4-H club, help to
maintain the butterfly garden, and also volunteer in the park’s plant
nursery, where the replacement plants are propagated. The club
members, in partnership with the Glenwood Trailblazer 4-H club, help to
maintain the butterfly garden, and also volunteer in the park’s plant
nursery, where the replacement plants are propagated.
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New Smyrna Beach Garden Club
held Floral Design Classes 1-6 this summer; 7, 8 and 9 will begin in
September. They also maintained their little spot in Riverside
Park. They have wonderful grounds chairman who has been busy this
summer. & their garden center has never looked so beautiful
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The Island Garden Club
(Melbourne Beach, FL) continues to work as usually on the 2 Habitat
Houses a year and upkeep on Douglas Park in Indialantic. They are also
still doing beach cleanup for Keep America Beautiful.
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