For years, China purchased 70% of the world’s recyclables and repurposed them for profit.  Put another way, they accepted seven million tons of recyclables annually, 700,000 tons from the US alone.  However, in January of 2019 they reduced the amount of imported recyclables to less than one percent of the amount they took in 2016 […]

“Gardening – to Sustain and Beautify Our World” Dear Winter Park Garden Club Members, Welcome to the 2019-2020 Garden Club year, our ninety-eighth year! It will be an exciting time as we work with the City to “Keep Winter Park Beautiful”, address environmental initiatives, have programs to increase our personal knowledge of gardening, and plan […]

Games Day 2019 was a success!  It was a full house this year with over 100 attendees.  We kicked off the day with breakfast and mimosas, played our favorite games including bridge, scrabble and cards, enjoyed lunch with our friends, and some very lucky winners went home with some great gifts from our sponsors.  All […]

The park looks great.. the vincas were replaced with Lemon Sizzler plants ..the new bed makes for better balance of the area.  Our incredible City employees prepped the beds, dug the holes, laid out the plants…we will spray for weeds and put down mulch. We are so spoiled and it is wonderful!

Every FFGC member should see “The Swamp” by PBS American Experience for the history of what man has done to our natural resource! The Everglades is not a Swamp but a “River of Grass” and the lifeline to all Floridians, water! PBS VIDEO:  https://www.pbs.org/video/the-swamp-ij97wu/ YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvlt9hENFVM