Calendar of Gardening Events for the Northwest Florida Area

2008__________________________________________________________________________________

March 1-2 Annual Florida Daffodil Society Flower Show will be held in the greenhouse at Tallahassee Nurseries, from 10:00 to 5:00 on Saturday and 10:00 to 4:30 on Sunday.

1 March First Annual Florida-Friendly Landscape Design Workshop, Langley Bell 4-H Center Auditorium, 9 Mile Road, $10 pre-registration or $15 at the door, 8:30-11:30 am. For info call Carrie Stevenson 475-5230. Supervised children’s activities.

March 3-4 NGC Environmental Studies School I, Crystal River, FL

March 4 7:00 pm  Greater Pensacola Orchid Society meeting, Rehabilitation Institute of Northwest Florida.  8391 N. Davis Hwy, Pensacola; Conference Room. Program:  Preparing plants for Orchid Show.

March 5 DeFuniak Garden Club presents Dr. Dave Clark, UF, “Colorful Coleus”, 1:30pm, First Methodist Church, Circle Drive. For more info 850-859-0096

March 5-6 72^nd FFGC/UF Short Course “Focus on Florida’s Natural Resources”, Plantation Inn, Crystal River, FL, $60

March 5-9 Mobile Festival of Flowers. 9:00a.m.—5:00p.m., Wednesday through Saturday and 11:00-- 5:00p.m. Sunday, Providence Hospital Campus, 6801 Airport Boulevard, Mobile, Alabama

March 8 -- New FFGC Hort. Course -- Digging It.  Instructor Tina Tuttle.  Course 4:  Woody 

Perennials/Arboreal Trees and Shrubs (Hollies and Gardenia).  $20/course or 6/$100.  8AM-12:30PM St. Augustine’s Church, Hwy 98, Navarre.  For info:(jsbegue@aol.com) or phone number 850-936-4150.

10 March Pensacola Daylily Club meets at Pensacola Garden Center, 6:30 pm.

11 March Pensacola Federation of Garden Clubs presents designer Rene, for more info 432-6095

13-14 March PFGC Tour of Tables (set up on 13^th). For tickets and more info: 432-6095.

March 14^th Morning Glory Circle, Milton Garden Club, annual LUCK of the IRISH, 10:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. Brunch, Silent Auction,tickets $7.00.

March 14-16      The 33rd Greater Pensacola Orchid Society Show and
Sale at Pensacola Fairground Show opens: March 15 from 1-5 PM, March 16 from 10AM-4PM. Sales open March 14 from 2-5PM,March 15 from 10AM-5PM and March 16 from 10AM-4PM.

15 March Gardening Friends of the Big Bend to sponsor a speaker dinner featuring Dr. Rick Schoellhorn, Director of New Products, Proven Winners. Fountain H. May, Sr. Building, NFREC just off State Road 267, Quincy. 6:30 pm. $25.00 per person, make check out to GFBB, mail to Rosemary Branson, 510 Live Oak Lane, Havana, Florida 32333 or call 850-539-0142 with any questions. 

March 17 Organic Gardeners meet at Catholic HS cafeteria, 7:00 p.m.

18 March Pensacola Camellia Club meets at Pensacola Garden Center at 7pm. The program will be given by John Davy on “Newer alternative grafting techniques.”

March 22 5^th Annual Native Plant Sale and Education Day, DeFuniak Library, 8am-noon. 1,200 plants available. For more info 850-859-0096

March 27-28 Flower Show Schools Symposium hosted by FFGC District I Judge’s Council. Barbara Baker, Design instructor (Mono-botanic and Floor Designs) and Tina Tuttle, Horticulture instructor (Spring Flowering Branches, emphasis on Azalea and Dogwood). For more info: 587-2361

Herb study club meets 4^th Tuesday of every month. For info herbgma@aol.com

29 March Milton Garden Club sponsoring its second annual Indoor/Outdoor Community Garage Sale from 8am to 1pm in Milton at 5256 Alabama Street. Call to reserve your table space inside ($20/6 ft table) or outside ($20/10x10 space) by March 21^st. For detailed information call Deborah at 994-7959 or Jean at 626-1422.

March 30-31 NGC Deep South Region Convention “Going Coastal”, Pensacola Beach Hilton

April 1-3 Florida Federation of Garden Clubs Convention “Coastal Capers” & 32^nd biennial State Flower Show, Pensacola Beach Hilton. For info 587-2621

Rose Society meetings: 2nd Monday of the month at Tryon Branch Library, on 9th and College Blvd, 7 pm

April 8 7:00pm  Greater Pensacola Orchid Society meeting Rehabilitation Institute of Northwest Florida. 8391 N. Davis Hwy, Pensacola: Conference Room. Program: Slide show on Hawaii Orchids.

April 10 District I Judges Council meeting, Pensacola Garden Center, 10am

April 11-13 11^th annual Emerald Coast Flower and Garden Festival hosted by Friends of the Gardens, PJC Milton campus. Plant vendors, food and lecture series. For info; 587-2621. Saturday 9-10 am Alan Shapiro presents “Perennial Plants that look like Tropicals”, from 11am-noon Alan Shapiro presents “Garden Whimsey”. Tickets are $8 in advance for each session, both sessions are $15, at the door $10 each session.

15 April Pensacola Camellia Club has meetings every third Tuesday, Pensacola Garden Center on 9th Avenue at 7 PM. The program will be given by John Davy on “camellia air layering and propagation by cuttings.

April 18   Earth Day, Fort Walton Beach Landing, 11am to 8pm

April 19 Great American Clean Up. Meet at the Navarre Park

April 21 Organic Gardeners meet at one of the member's homes for plant swap, 7:00 p.m.

April 24 Pensacola Federation of Garden Clubs Annual Meeting

April 25-29 NGC National Convention, Memphis, TN, Peabody Hotel

April 26^th:  Okaloosa County Master Gardeners’ Association Annual Plant Sale, Okaloosa County Fairgrounds, 8 to 12 noon

Rose Society meetings: 2nd Monday of the month at Tryon Branch Library, on 9th and College Blvd, 7 pm

May 1 FFGC District I Spring meeting in Ft Walton Beach, hosted by Garnier Beach Garden Club, Hurlbert Soundside Club

May 3 DeFuniak Garden Club presents author Norman Winter, 10am, $, ‘New Introductions and Tropical Plants”. For more info 850-859-0096

May 3 Spring Garden Festival and Plant Sale 8 a.m. – Noon, Escambia County Demonstration Garden

May 3 -- New FFGC Hort. Course -- Digging It. Instructor Tina Tuttle. Course 5: Bulbs.  $20/course

or 6/$100.  8AM-12:30PM. St. Augustine’s Church, Hwy 98, Navarre

for more info:(jsbegue@aol.com) or phone number 850-936-4150.

May 10 Camellia Club will host a picnic on Saturday at 4 p.m. Call 432-9743 for details.

May 14-18 Florida Native Plant Society Annual Conference
"Estuaries to Uplands:  Celebrating Florida's Native Plant Heritage"Manatee Convention Center - Palmetto, FL (Near Bradenton)Hosted by the Mangrove, Pinellas, Serenoa & Suncoast Chapters

May 17 PFGC Secret Garden Tour

May 17 Navarre Fun Fest

May 19th Organic Gardeners meet at Catholic HS cafeteria, 7:00 p.m.

May 23-25 Region 12, Regional Hemerocallis Meeting, Barrineau Park Community center.

May 31 New FFGC Hort. Course -- Digging It. Instructor Tina Tuttle.  Course 6: Container Grown Plants $20/course or 6/$100.  8AM-12:30PM. St. Augustine’s Church, Hwy 98, Navarre, For more info (jsbegue@aol.com) or phone number 850-936-4150

June 2-6 National Garden Week

June 5-6 Navarre Garden Club Flower Show, Navarre Library

June 18-21 2008 Southern Region Master Gardener Conference, Oklahoma City, OK, Meridian Hotel and Conference Center

July 6-9 and July 3-16 FFGC SEEK (Saving the Earth’s Environment through Knowledge) conference for students entering grades 10-12, Wakulla Springs State Park, deadline for application 31 March 2008. $200, for more info visit www.ffgc.org/youth/seek.html.

August 26-28 Flower Show School II, Pensacola Garden Center, Cinny O’Donnell teaching design, Tina Tuttle teaching horticulture and flower show procedure. For more info call 587-2361

September 17-18 FFGC Fall Board meeting, Winter Park, FL

October 8   FFGC Fall District I Meeting TBA

October 11 Friends of the Gardens, PJC Milton Campus hosts “Moonlight dinner in the Garden”. Tickets for dinner and guest speaker available.

October 26-28 Fall Flower Show Schools Symposium, Altamonte Springs, FL

2009__________________________________________________________________________________

January 14-15 FFGC Winter Board Meeting, Winter Park, FL

February 25-27 Flower Show School III, Pensacola Garden Center, Gina Jogan teaching design and flower show procedure and Marie Harrison teaching horticulture.

March 22-26 International Master Gardener Conference, Las Vegas, NV

March 27-28 NGC Deep South Region Convention, Huntsville, AL with Regional Flower Show

April 12^th annual Emerald Coast Flower and Garden Festival hosted by Friends of the Gardens, PJC Milton campus

April 15-17 2009 FFGC Convention, Daytona FL, Plaza Resort

May 13-18 NGC National Convention, Houston, TX

June 16th Organic Gardeners meet at one of the member's homes for pot luck dinner 7:00 p.m.

August 25-27 Flower show school IV, Pensacola Garden Center, Gina Jogan teaching design and flower show procedure and Marie Harrison teaching horticulture. For more info 587-2361.

Sept. 15th Organic Gardeners meet at Catholic HS cafeteria, 7:00 p.m.

October 13-14 Flower Show School IV Ft. Lauderdale, FL

Oct. 20th Organic Gardeners meet at Catholic HS cafeteria, 7:00 p.m.

Nov. 17th Organic Gardeners meet at Catholic HS cafeteria, 7:00 p.m.

Dec. 15th Organic Gardeners meet for their Christmas Banquet, 7:00 p.m.

2010__________________________________________________________________________________

April 13^th annual Emerald Coast Flower and Garden Festival hosted by Friends of the Gardens, PJC Milton campus

2011__________________________________________________________________________________

March Spring Flower Show Schools Symposium hosted by FFGC District I Judge’s council