Calusa Garden Club Plans April 9 Home Garden Tour

Calusa Garden Club of Marco Island members are busy planning a Home Garden Tour to be held on Saturday, April 9, 2022. The tour by private car will include four home gardens that are quite varied: one uses no additional water except what nature provides! Others display more traditional tropical planting areas, and one features a canopy of mature Florida friendly trees. At each home, guests will be treated to a gardening demonstration, and the tour will conclude with a reception at Calusa Park Butterfly Garden plus a tour of the Butterfly Garden. Guests will also receive a Month-by-Month Gardening Guide, and a chance to win one of four door prizes. The door prizes include a grapevine wreath decorated with tillandsias, a potted bromeliad, a floral design, and a living plant arrangement.

On March 14, Calusa Garden Club held its monthly meeting which included planning for the April 9 Home Garden Tour as well as a presentation by Andee Naccarato, President of the Naples Chapter of Florida Native Plant Society. Naccarato addressed the club members on Native Host Plants for Butterflies on Marco Island. 

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 5 months or more in Collier County.

Calusa Garden Club of Marco Island meets the second Monday of each month, October through April at Wesley United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall. If you are interested in membership, please contact the Garden Club at calusagardenclub@yahoo.com. For updates and information, please visit the Garden Club’s website, calusa.org, or visit the Club’s Facebook page Calusa Garden Club.