2009-2011
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EARTH & ARBOR DAY 2011 Friday, APRIL 29th 10:00 a.m. COLEE HAMMOCK PARK, 1500 Brickell Drive, Fort Lauderdale Directions: East on Las Olas to SE 15th Street, South approximately two blocks & you are right at the park. HAPPY LAND DAY SCHOOL Pamela Alexander, Principal Bonny Miller Cole, Teacher Youth Garden Leader for MORINGA GARDEN CIRCLE FORT LAUDERDALE GARDEN CLUB Rose Bechard Butman:, Certified Arborist Community Education Chair, FLGC V.P. Moringa Garden Circle KEYNOTE SPEAKER L. THOMAS CHANCEY, Consulting Arborist Landscape Architect CITY OF FORT LAUDERDALE PARKS & RECREATION Gene Dempsey: City Forester Tree City Award Presentation & Tree Give Away DONATIONS: W GERRY & REBA H MILLER FOUNDATION View Pictures  Note*  browser will open a new window and take you to SoftScapes

Thank you to all our members and friends for making our Green and White Sale  a HUGE success.  We collected $1108.00.

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Memorial Trees to be Planted at George English Park and the New City of Plantation’s Botanical Garden!


Dear Friends,

Moringa has had some family losses this year. Jean Martindale and Alliean Roberts both lost their dear husbands this summer. Moringa has an established Tree Fund that we use to commemorate the loss of our members and their spouses.

Jean Martindale had requested that Marty’s tree be planted at George English Park as Marty and Eben Reiger used to boat there together. We have received the City’s approval. We already have a Jacaranda by the boat ramp in Eben’s memory. Our plan is to plant another Jacaranda in proximity so the boys can be together again. The city of Fort Lauderdale has requested a rare yellow Jacaranda. Jean may prefer the purple, so we will decide down the line.

Alliean resides in Plantation and was in love with a tree she saw in bloom called a Cassia bakeriana which has showy pink blossoms along the stems. The City of Plantation has approved our donation and requested rare flowering trees for the new botanical garden, so this will be perfect! I just have to track these rare babies down!

We are accepting donations to our Tree Fund. If you would like to donate, please send your checks to Moringa’s Treasurer :
Cindy Long,
524 Orton Avenue, 203
Fort Lauderdale, Fl. 33304-2007

Checks without a designated memorial tree go into the general Tree Fund. If you would like your donation to go to a specific tree, then please indicate on your check who’s tree the check is designated for such as Marty Martindale and/or Bob Roberts.

These trees will be in prominent locations and promote our club’s mission to stimulate the love of gardening in our members and the public.

Respectfully,

Rose Béchard-Butman

The Florida Federation of Garden Clubs District XI Roadside Wildflower Chair, Sandra Lynch and The Fort Lauderdale Garden Club's Community Education and Civic Improvement Chair, Rose Bechard-Butman have joined forces to install a demonstration roadside wildflower planting at I95 and Broward Boulevard's Greening Gateway to the city. It is their hope to encourage more planting of native wildflowers along roadsides to reduce our carbon imprint by eliminating more high maintenance mowing of sod and to encourage native birds and butterflies along our Flyway Corridor.

This project is made possible through a grant from the Community Foundation of Broward County. This is a true collaborative effort that includes Broward County's Naturescape, D.O.T., The Greening Gateways Committee, The City of Fort Lauderdale Urban Forestry Division and Softscapes Landscape Architect and Naturescape Broward member, L. Thomas Chancey.

Native Gaillardia and Coreopsis were planted by 40 volunteers on Saturday May 8th to include; The Fort Lauderdale Garden Club & it's Youth Gardeners, 4-H Junior Master Gardeners and friends of the garden club on Saturday May 8th at 10:00 AM followed by a lunch at Softscapes, which is located behind the planting area on SW 19th Avenue. The native wildflowers replaced non native plantings that did not survive last year's drought.

There was follow up event at Softscapes on Saturday, June 5th at 10:00 AM at 15 SW 19th Avenue in Fort Lauderdale. A workshop with speakers on attracting birds and butterflies, composting and community gardens was presented.

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2010 Flower Show "An Invitation"

Photo courtesy of : Rose Butman 

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Photographer Barbara Richie has also posted a power point presentation on her web site to view go to page http://barbararichiephotos.com/SlideShows.aspx  and select the show which will open a power point  presentation on your computer.

Kudos to Kris Blake for a great flower show...
Lots of blues for Moringa but several did not receive ribbons - hoping to be counted since we believe we took the most blues and ....... 100% participation.
 
Officers Elected for 2010-11
Sharon - President
Rose - Vice President
Karen - Secretary
Cindy - Treasurer
Our installation of officers will be held on May 26 at Starr's home.

	M.E.’s place Commission renames park in honor of resident By Michael d’Oliveira Pelican Staff It may be small, .10 acres, but it’s hers; at least in name.  On July 28 Wilton Manors Commissioners unanimously voted to rename “Slash Pine Park,” located at the corner of Northeast 20 Drive and Northeast 7 Avenue, to “M.E. DePalma Park.”.... Read More
Mini Video of the Dedication If  you Click here    a new browser window will open taking you to Picasaweb.Google.com  to enable you to see larger images taken at the Dedication ceremony February 17th at 6 pm

Starr Fisher performed the ceremony installing Moringa's 2009 - 20010 Board of Directors at the May meeting.  Shown left to right: Starr Fisher; Cindy Long, Treasurer; Melissa Garvey,Secretary;  Rose Butman, Vice President; Sharon Bogard, President	Cindy Long, Treasurer; Melissa Garvey,Secretary;  Rose Butman, Vice President; Sharon Bogard, President