ACTIVITIES
may 7, 2008
cocoa-rockledge garden
club annual MEETING/luncheon
The
Cocoa-Rockledge Garden Club held their luncheon at BCC Plantearium,
there were 41 in attendance and lunch was catered by Alex Montminy
from Brevard Community Kitchens.
It's
that time of the year again, when we look at all we have
accomplished for the garden club year. What did we forget?
How good a job did we do?
Some of the accomplishments for the gardening year were:
To help
celebrate NATIONAL GARDEN CLUB WEEK The Spade & Trowel Circle
purchased 225 flower potted plants from Rockledge Gardens.
These blooming plants were to help brighten up the homes & hearts
of many meals on wheels recipents in our area. The Dirt
Daubers Circle did their part to let the community know about this
special week, some of the members of the circle met at the garden
center and created floral designs which were delivered to the
cities of Cocoa & Rockledge City Hall, Police Departments, City
Works Departments, Wuesthoff Hospital and the Cocoa and Merritt
Island Libraries.
Fundraisers:
Spade & Trowel Circle held their very successful
Annual
Christmas Home Tour in November. The Straw Hat Circle held their annual
Card Party & Craft Sale in October. The Dirt Daubers Circle had a garden tour
"Behind the Garden Gate."
on May3, 7 beautiful gardens were on tour, garden
center with refreshments & vendors in the garden.
Straw
Hat Circle wins "ComeUNITY" Project a $750.00 matching funds
grant.
The
Cocoa-Rockledge Garden Club hosted the FFGC District VI Fall
Meeting - October 11, 2007.
The Spade & Trowel Circle had a "Living" Giving Christmas Tree
& collected $410.00
for Camp Wekiva.
Cocoa-Rockledge Garden Club donated funds to help with the
refurbishing of the gardens at The Red Cross in Rockledge.
Cocoa-Rockledge Garden Club held Floral Design Classes; planting trees at Riverfront Park & Endeavor Elementary
School.
Bringing
in the Gold
took place in all three circles - each circle added to their
membership.
Cocoa-Rockledge Garden Club is sponsoring
two new Junior Garden Clubs - St. Mark's Episcopal Academy with
two Clubs - 12 members in each club for a total of 24 members.
The Dirt
Dauber's Circle landscaped the Historic
Derby Street Chapel in Cocoa Village.
(Pictured
below are several photos from the event.)
(CLICK HERE TO VIEW SEVERAL MORE PHOTOS FROM THIS EVENT)
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Dirt
Dauber Circle member Laura Ginn
reads a
poem & gives the blessing. |
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Arline
Mason - member of Spade & Trowel Circle
speaks
on how the Honey Bee is becoming extinct. |
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Pictured
left to right: Nihla Trosset, Shirl Phillips & Phyllis
Bourdon, Hostesses for this luncheon. |
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may 4, 2008
tree planting at riverfront in cocoa village
Cocoa-Rockledge
Garden Club members were invited to join in celebrating the first
Israel Festival
in Brevard on May 4th, at the Riverfront in Cocoa Village. The
Building of a Living Bridge between the sister cities of Cocoa, FL
& Beit Shemesh, Israel.
Cocoa-Rockledge Garden Club donated a tree to be planted at the
first Israel
Festival , a
tree planting ceremony with Mayor Mike Blake and other city
leaders, started at 3 pm, representing Cocoa-Rockledge Garden Club
for the tree planting ceremony were Evelyn Fraley & Jo Compton.
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Pictured from Left to Right: Evelyn Fraley,
Makayla Cain,
Kayla Duchaine, Erica Duchaine & Jo Compton |
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celebrations 80th anniversary
march 25, 2008
(CLICK BELOW TO VIEW SLIDE SHOW FROM 80TH
ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION)
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(CLICK BELOW TO VIEW SLIDE SHOW FROM FLORAL DESIGN CLASSES)
DECEMBER 3, 2007 - CLASS
FEBRUARY 4, 2008 - CLASS
MARCH 3, 2008 - CLASS
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COCOA-ROCKLEDGE GARDEN
CLUB OBSERVES ARBOR DAY
In celebration of Arbor Day 2008, the Cocoa Rockledge Garden Club
(CRGC) presented Endeavour Magnet School, Cocoa, Florida, with a
Live Oak tree for planting. The dedication was
held on February 22. Attending from Cocoa-Rockledge Garden Club were President
Evelyn Fraley, Fleet Lindley, Chairman of the Trees committee, and
Jo Compton, Treasurer. Principal Mecheail Giombetti, John Chybion, Debie Pringle, & Jean
Bartleson were among those attending from Endeavour. Both
President Fraley & Fleeta choose to read a poem as part of the
dedication ceremony.
After the dedication Principal Giombetti, &
John Chybion took Evelyn, Fleeta & Jo on a tour of several of the
class
rooms, to see the murals in the hallways, the lab & the
science room, to view a video & to tour the gardens. The
ladies of the garden club came away feeling special; what a grand
tour! The Principal & the staff at Endeavour are doing a fantastic
job working hand in hand with the students who are eager to learn.
It's a special privilege for CRGC to be a partner in this
"Endeavor."
Students at Endeavour have been busy, they have wonderful gardens,
an ABC garden - flowers for all the letters A - Z; Butterfly
Garden - Butterfly plants; The Lifecycle Garden; Rainbow
Garden - all the colors of the rainbow in order; Flower
Garden - in the shape of a flower and the container gardens house
the "Five Senses" Gardens, for example, plants included mint for
taste, lion's ear and lamb's ear for hearing, lemon balm and
rosemary for smell, soft chenille and rough black-eyed susans for
feel and a vivid red and purple bat face plant for sight. This is a wonderful way for them to learn to
garden. Parents & grandparents may be surprised to find that
they too will learn something from their children in the garden.
Kids have a wonderful way of looking at things in a different
light. The time spent in the garden is one of the best ways
to spend quality time with your children. Getting the
youngest generation interest in gardening can be as simple as
giving them some quick sprouting seeds and a small patch of ground
to work with! Gardening opens a whole new world to children
and ENDEAVOUR MAGNET SCHOOL has certainly accomplished this in teaching
their students "you
reap what you sow".
(CLICK HERE TO VIEW SLIDE SHOW OF DEDICATION AND SOME OF THE
PLANTS; CLASS ROOMS, & PAINTINGS)
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The Cocoa-Rockledge Garden Club's Blue Star Marker which honors
military veterans is located on US 1 at Florida Avenue in
Rockledge. On Veterans's Day and other patriotic days we place
flags around it as a sign of further appreciation. Have you
noticed it before? Take a look at our marker the next time you
drive by.
