Flower Show School II will be getting under way next week (August 26, 27, and 28) at the Garden Center in Pensacola. It is not too late for members interested in studying to be a flower show judge to enroll. Students can start in any school, so School II is a good place to start even for [...]

I am certainly a proponent of recycling and reuse. I use cloth shopping bags, have not one but two recycling bins, and earnestly do my part to take care of our fragile earth. In my zeal to do the right thing, however, I recently learned a valuable life lesson which I feel duty bound to [...]

Anybody know what these things are? They are munching my azaleas like crazy. They came around last year about this time too and did the same thing. I sprayed them with soapy water yesterday, but that didn’t phase them. Today I knocked them off into a cup of water and after about 15 minutes they [...]

Back-to-school means back to Garden Club! We’ve finally completed the arrangements for our meeting schedule this year. We’ve got parties (can you say Jingle Juice?), worms, orchids, flower arranging, raised beds and much more planned for the year. We will have the full calendar available here very shortly. In the meantime, our first meeting will [...]