Boynton Beach Garden Club

General Meetings Programs

2023 – 2024

September 26

Opening General Meeting

 

Shiloh Siegall, our Wekiva camper, will give a presentation about her experiences at the Wekiva camp

 

Speaker will be Shiloh Siegall

 

October 24

Plants for Birds: How to Create a Bird Sanctuary

 

A great way to bring more birds into our yards! Mary Young and Helen Laurence from the Audubon Everglades will present Plants for Birds: How to Create a Bird Sanctuary

 

Speaker will be Mary Young and Helen Laurence

 

 

 

November 14

BBGC 85th anniversary Celebration

Come celebrate our 85 years as a wonderful garden club! BBGC 85th Anniversary Celebration. We will have a pot luck luncheon, some guest speakers and our meeting

 

Speaker will be Linda Anderson

 

 

December 19

Holiday Meeting

 

Holiday Treats and Plant Bingo. Bring a holiday treat to share.

 

Speaker will be Santa

 

 

 

 

January 23

Reclamation of the Refuge

 

Meeting to be held at Arthur R. Marshall Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge. Susan Rowe and Tom Wozniak will present Reclamation of the Refuge. There will be a tour following the presentation.

 

Speaker will be Susan Rowe and Tom Wozniak

 

February 27

Orchids, Orchids, Orchids

 

John Romano will give us a presentation on Orchids

 

 

Speaker will be John Romano

 

 

March 26

Members’ garden tour

 

Come see gardens of our members. Places to be determined

 

Speaker will be Judi L

 

April 23

Ikebana (Japanese Flower Arranging)

 

Ikebana (Japanese Flower Arranging) will be presented by Lynn Jones

 

 

May 28

Final meeting of the year

 

End of year Pot Luck Finger Foods and Appetizers and Installation of Officers

 

Speaker will be TBD

 

 

Lynn Jones

 

She is a native of West Palm Beach with two degrees in Art Education. She has taught elementary art, sold antiques and art in Georgia, and was her husband’s office manager in Cameroon, Africa for seven years. When they returned to West Palm Beach (WPB),  she joined the WPB Garden Club in 1999 and was delighted to meet women who had gone to Palm Beach High School with her parents!

Lynn has served on the FFGC Board as Historical Preservation Chairman and Historian and she was District X Director from 2017-19.

 Lynn loves to do church flowers for her church in Maine. She started Flower Show School in 2014. Now she is an Accredited Flower Show Judge and Secretary of our District X Flower Show Judges Council. 

 

Lynn studied Ikenobo Ikebana here in Florida and has visited Japan twice to attend Ikenobo workshops. 

 What is Ikenobo? Ikenobō is the oldest and largest school of ikebana, the Japanese art of floral design. “At first glance, the Japanese art of Ikebana—minimalist, precise, and adhering to a strict set of rules—is as intimidating as flower arranging can get. Its roots can be traced to around 1400 A.D., when the intricate offerings were placed on Buddhist altars.

The placement and selection of seasonal flowers and branches is meant to express emotions through plants. Like anything with such a rich cultural history, one could spend a lifetime mastering the art, or an afternoon learning how to make a decent replica.”

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