Calusa Garden Club Asks City to Install Bicycle Rack

Last week, the City of Marco Island delivered a new bicycle rack to Leigh Plummer Park at the request of Calusa Garden Club of Marco Island. Marianne Foley, the garden club co-chairman of the bromeliad, orchid and tillandsia garden at Leigh Plummer Park, had asked the City to purchase and install the bicycle rack near the entrance to Leigh Plummer Park. The garden club has established and maintains several garden beds near the entrance to the park, and the walking and bike path winds between the garden beds.

Unfortunately, bikers who want to take a break from their cycling have been walking over the plants in the new gardens in order to lean their bicycles against the large trees that form the centerpieces of the two garden beds. Now bikers who wish to take a stroll around Calusa Pond in the park, or who want to take a break from cycling on a bench or on a swing in the park, have a safe place for their bicycles. The new bicycle rack is a convenience for the bikers in addition to being a savior to the plants in the garden beds around the trees.  

Calusa Garden Club of Marco Island is a Section 501(c)3 organization and is a member of the Florida Federation of Garden Clubs. Membership is open to persons interested in horticulture, floral design and environmental matters residing five months or more in Collier County. 

Calusa Garden Club of Marco Island meets the second Monday of each month, October through April at Rose Hall at the Marco Island Branch Library. If you are interested in membership, please contact the Club’s Membership Chairman Joan Husband at joanhusb@gmail.com.  For updates and information, please visit the Garden Club’s website, calusa.org, or visit the Club’s Facebook page Calusa Garden Club.