How do you create a pollinator garden? According to Greenpeace USA, our bee populations are responsible for pollinating 70 out of the top 100 human food crops, supplying about 90% of the world’s nutrition. Bees and butterflies are especially drawn to nectar and pollen-rich flowers like wildflowers. Creating a bee garden can be as simple as planting a butterfly bush in a pot on your back patio or as complex as transforming large parts of your yard into a wildflower garden! Select single flower tops for your bee garden and skip the highly hybridized plants which produce very little pollen for bees.
Terrific choices to explore are crocus, hyacinth, wild lilac, bee balm, echinacea, snapdragons, russian sage, zinnias, sedum, asters, witch hazel, and goldenrod. Herbs are also very happy to receive bee-visits. Plant chives, thyme, oregano, or basil to help local bees create “locally” flavored honey! Learn more here…http://www.gardenclub.org/projects/pollinator-gardens.aspx
March In The Park
March in the Park will be held March 14, 2020! For more information, vendor and sponsor applications please click here.
This is our major fund raiser of the year and the proceeds enable us to give donations to schools, Marty Ward Merit Awards to local high school students, landscaping of the annual Habitat Cape Coral Women’s build home, FFGC projects Camp Wekiva and SEEK, plus a donation annual to the Rotary Park Butterfly Garden in memory of members who have passed.
We thank all our visitors and vendors who made the occasion such a resounding success in 2019 and are hoping for a repeat success in 2020. Thanks, too, to to all our members for their hard work in staging MIP.
Blue Star Memorial Marker
Blue Star Memorial Markers in the United States pay tribute to the U.S. Armed Forces. The National Council of State Garden Clubs, now known as National Garden Clubs, Inc., started the program in 1945 after World War II. The Blue Star was used on service flags to denote a service member fighting in the war.
We are raising money for a marker in Eco Park just off of Veterans Parkway. The presentation to coincide with Cape Coral’s 50th Anniversary in 2020!
Donations
Donations are needed for the Thrift Table at the March in the Park plant sale fundraiser. Donations should be garden related items such as terracotta pots, ceramic pots, garden trellis, bird baths, ceramic or cement figurines, bird feeders, bird houses, butterfly feeders, cute stepping stones, wind chimes, plant stakes, watering cans, sprinkler heads, gardening tools, trowels and trimmers, pot stands, pot movers. Craft items should also be garden related. If you have craft items to donate please contact one of the thrift table committee members: Valerie Breen, Pam Dawson, Debbie Cooper or Connie Posul.