Membership Season & Field Trip Opportunity

 

Let's enjoy the nice spring weather and commit to being a member of the Garden Club of Switzerland.  Here's a document you can use to do both.  Send your membership info and $20 to the garden club president at the address listed in the document below.  Use the form to prioritize your interest in the list of field trips.  We'll select the most popular (and keep a list for the next field trip opportunities)

Please return the form and your payment by the end of March:

Membership and Field Trip Opportunities

Spring is Springing at the Freedom Butterfly Garden

 Photos taken the first week in March:

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A Community Garden for the Butterflies on March 14

Mark your calendars for a special garden presentation. Learn how a trip to the monarch's overwintering grounds in Mexico lead to a lifelong passion to protect monarchs and other butterflies by creating a community butterfly garden that has inspired young and old alike. March 14, 2024, 10:00 a.m - to noon at Bartram Trail Library.: Carolyn Ann's Butterfly Garden at Edgewater Landing Community From concept to present day. A never-ending labor of love and wonder. by Carolyn and Bob Warren. Open to the Public.

Move Over, Mr. Groundhog. Celebrate World Wetlands Day!

 

Punxsutawney Phil now shares February 2 with an important observation.  It's World Wetlands Day!

Master Gardener, Dianne Battle, shares information on what makes our wetlands so special.  And the St Johns River Water Management District gives us an update on the state of our wetlands here in the St, Johns River Basin.

Please note, that expert horticulturalist and Jacksonville Orchid Society member, Jim Shine, will present information on orchid growing with special emphasis on his own plants at our February Meeting:

February 15, Bartram Trail Library, 10AM.  The public is invited.  If you would like to attend, please notify our garden club, switzerlandgc@gmail.com