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Lifestyles in Palm Beach Gardens, Page 15
PBGGC Zooms Into New Season

And Plans Visit To Mounts Botanical

The Palm Beach Gardens Garden Club had to suspend its prevents some members from wanting to meet in person. The
meetings for April and May due to the COVID-19 quarantine, solution for now as it is for many other groups is to hold Zoom
and is now planning how the club will meet in the uncertain meetings. The first one will be on the club’s regular meeting date
future. While it began meeting at the Palm Beach County Library/ of Oct. 7. President Carol Davis will invite the members to join
Gardens Branch during the past year, the uncertainty for this year her via the link she emails, but anyone else interested must first
contact her in order to be on the email invite list. The first Zoom
meeting will be a chance for members to say hi, catch up on the
past seven months, and talk about some gardening tips.
Plans will also be made for a visit to the Mounts Botanical
Gardens in West Palm Beach on Oct 15 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Mounts is offering free admittance on the third Thursday of the
month to any Palm Beach County residents. The club will walk A native vegetation slide explains the support system for
around to see what’s new in the gardens and have lunch on plants and pollinators.
the available benches if desired. The gardens follow CDC and
Palm Beach County regulations, so masks and distancing will
be observed.
The garden club is open to anyone wanting to learn more
about gardening, the environment, helpful insects, flower
arranging, etc. The monthly topics change but are subjects that
This slide explains the importance of native plants. encourage a mixture of interests and discussions. Meetings

A highlight of meetings is the various slides that speakers
share such as the clematis flower.

are the first Wednesday of the month through May, and all are
welcome to attend whether by Zoom or hopefully at the library
when that becomes an option again. Please contact Carol Davis
by email: carolhd48@gmail.com for more information.

Growing noninvasive plants aide pollinators to become part Another interesting flowering bush is the starburst shooting
of the life cycle. star!

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