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Members stay busy during summer at Lemon Bay Garden Club
Craft Fair Co-chairman Ardith Lavendar and Phyllis Howell examine a handmade shell wreath.
Submitted by Lemon Bay Garden Club
Lemon Bay Garden Club members are spending the summer learning new crafts and working in their acre-plus garden.
At 9:30 a.m. each Friday, members meet at the clubhouse to work on various craft projects in preparation for the annual Garden Fair and Garden Tour held in November. Projects include pictures and tree ornaments made out of sea shells, as well as intricate shell flowers and arrangements.
Some members work on “contrived” flowers made out of all natural materials such as leaves and tree pods; they are painted and look real, but need no watering. Often these flowers are used in everlasting wreaths as well as arrangements. Others make sought-after note cards and bridge tallies out of fabric and dried flowers.
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Every summer new projects are added, new skills are learned and new friends are made.
At about the same time, a group forms in the garden to work in the butterfly garden, add or transplant a variety of plants and learn to propagate new plants for resale from cuttings. This is a good way for new Florida gardeners to learn about gardening here and landscaping.
The public is invited to join members on Friday mornings at the Lemon Bay Garden Club clubhouse at 480 Yale St. (corner of Yale and Cedar streets) in Olde Englewood. Crafters are invited to bring a bag lunch; dessert and beverages will be provided. Gardeners take a well-deserved snack break as well.
For more information on these activities call Fran Charbonneau at 474‑5218
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- Club members Patty Kalafut, left, and Shirley Sogolow delicately paint holiday decorations
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- Craft Fair Co-chairwoman Fran Charbonneau, standing, joins Ann Finger, left, and Patty Kalafut as they make shell fish ornaments.
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- Craft Fair Co-chairman Ardith Lavendar and Phyllis Howell examine a handmade shell wreath.
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- From left: Gardeners Barbara McPartland, Rose Sheedy, Maxine Brunner and Jeanne Welch rest beside a newly planted crepe myrtle tree.
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- Seashell flowers are examined by Mary Rogich, left, and Craft Fair Co-chairwoman Fran Charbonneau.
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