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The group enjoyed getting down and dirty with Kokedama. Dirt, ferns, twine and voila… you have a botanical creation!

Wekiva Youth Camp is a nature camp for grades 3-8 and sponsored by the Florida Federation of Garden Clubs, Inc.(FFGC) for the purpose of instilling a love and respect for the REAL Florida in our youth through nature study, conservation and protection of our environment for the future of our state and our planet. Accredited by the American Camp Association, […]

A group of us went on field trip to walk on the Cady Way Trail to see the Edible Garden last week. This Civic Awareness project has been in the works since 2018! Our membership voted to award $3,000 to the City of Winter Park to create this orchard (located behind the tennis courts). The […]

We were fortune to have Charlie Pioli, Founder of O-Town Compost give a presentation at our general meeting about composting in Central Florida. Charlie was full of such wonderful information. If you would like to learn more, please visit their website at www.o-towncompost.com or you view his presentation here Composting-101-O-Town-Compost.pdf

Written by: Blanche Lowe HirshbergApril 7, 1960 Grace Osborne Edwards was born in Lacrosse, Wisconsin, November 16th, 1871, daughter of Benjamin Eugene and Ella Osborne Edwards. She attended elementary schools in Lacrosse, boarding school in Amherst, Massachusetts, and received her B. A. from Wellesley College in 18940 In 1898 she graduated from the Library School […]

Welcome to the start of another WPGC year!  Please accept my heartfelt thanks for your flexibility, optimism, and commitment during this pandemic, which has caused us to flip-flop our meetings from in-person to Zoom, back to in-person, and now to Zoom again.  I would especially like to thank my entire Board for adapting to our […]

This Civic Awareness project has been in the works since 2018! Our membership voted to award $3,000 to the City of Winter Park to create an Edible Orchard on Cady Way Trail behind the tennis courts. The objective being to plant fruit trees that walkers, runners, bikers, and families who are pushing strollers can pick […]

The WPGC general meeting has been moved from online to in-person outdoors at the Mead Botanical Gardens Pavilion located at 1300 S. Denning Drive, Winter Park, FL 32789 on Wednesday, April 14th at 10:00am Program: YouTube “Summer Leafy Greens for Florida Gardening” This horticulture. Your health and safety are always our top priorities as in-person […]

The Winter Park Garden Club (WPGC) had extended an invitation to the members of the Orlando Garden Club (OGC) to join with us on April 8, 2021 from 1:00 PM until 3:00 PM for an afternoon of activity in an open air pavilion in Mead Garden. Extenuating circumstances, beyond our control, have forced us to […]