Upcoming Events
Announcement
May 4, 2024
Spring Plant Sale at Orange Hall 9 am to Noon
Plants are grown by our members. Also available to purchase will be our St. Marys Cookbook, note cards, bat houses, and bee houses. We hope you will come find your newest plant for your garden.
April 2024
Dates and Events
Sat. April 6, 9 am-noon. Nassau Extension program on Shrubs and Trees. $25. Register on Nassau County Extension website.
Wild Amelia Wild Nite – Tues. Apr. 9, 7pm. “Marine Mammals”. Peck Center, 516 S. 10th St., Fernandina.
Sat. Apr. 13, 9am –1 pm. Coastal Wildscapes. Spring Native Plant Sale. Ashantilly Center, Darien. More information on website.
Sat., April 27, 9 am - 3pm --Cassina Garden Club is having its Tabby and Tillandsia Garden Tour of 6 private gardens on St. Simons. They also have a plant sale, Art sale, and tours of the historic slave cabins. Garden party is 3-5 pm. Tickets ($35 in advance, $40 day of) are available online at Cassina Garden Club website or at St. Simons Ace. 1195 Arthur J. Moore Drive, St. Simons.
March 2024
Dates and Events (events are free unless noted)
Tues. Mar. 12, 7 pm, Wild Amelia –– “Protecting Wildlife Corridors”, Peck Center, 516 S. 10th St., Fernandina.
Weds. Mar. 13, 10-11 am. Hilliard Library, 15821 County Rd. 108, Hilliard. “Understanding Garden Fertilizer.” Register on Nassau extension website.
Thurs. Mar. 14, 12-1pm – Lunch and Learn online. “Frogs of Georgia”. Register Camden County Ext. website.
Sat. Mar. 16, 8am-6:30 pm. Wood Stork Festival. Crooked River State Park. Register or volunteer at Woodstorkfestival.com. $5 parking fee.
Tues. Mar. 19, 9 am. Pot party! Bring trowels, clippers, any extra pots you have. Will pot up things for the plant sale. See email address. Be there or be square!!
Weds. Mar. 20, 9 am. “South GA Native Plant and Wildflower Symposium”. Register at www.sgnpws.org. $50, $60 after March 7.
Thurs. Mar. 21. 7:45 am Trip to County Plant Farm in Baxley! Meet up at Ollies 7:45 to carpool. Leave at 8:00 am to travel to plant farm. You will be overwhelmed by the number of plants available. We will go out to lunch so bring $$.
Sat. Apr. 6, 9am-noon. Shrubs and Trees Workshop”. $25. 85831 Miner Rd, Yulee. Register at the Nassau extension website.
February 2024
Dates and Events (events are free unless noted)
Tues. Feb. 13, 7 pm, Wild Amelia Wild Nite –– “St. Marys Riverkeeper Report”. Peck Auditorium, 516 S. 10th St, Fernandina.
Thurs. Feb. 1, 12-1pm. Jessica Warren zoom lunch and learn – “Building Soil Health”. Register online on Camden County Extension website/agriculture tab.
Nassau County Extension presentations. Register at bitl.ly/NassauHorticulture. (or Nassau Extension facebook page)
Weds. Feb. 14, 10-11 am, “Potatoes”. Online or at 85831 Miner Rd.
Sat. Feb 10, 9 am, “Lawn Workshop for new homeowners”. $25. 85831 Miner Rd., Yulee. Register online.
For more information call 904-530-6353.
Fri., Feb. 16, 2pm. St. Marys Arbor Day Celebration at Sweetwater Park, 1250 Pt. Peter Rd. Sponsored by our club and the Tree Board. Wear your Garden Club shirt if you have one.
Announcements
Dues are due this month, so bring to the February meeting.
January 2024
Dates and Events (events are free unless noted)
Camden Co. UGA Extension Lunch and Learn Zoom Series. To get the registration link go to [email protected] . Thurs. Jan. 11, “Common House Plant Problems”, Thurs. Feb. 1, “Building Soil Health”. Noon-1pm.
Wild Amelia Wild Nite – Tues., Jan. 9, 7pm. “Tree Ordinance and Heritage Tree Program”. Peck Center, 516 S. 10th St., Fernandina.
Nassau extension – Register at UF/Ifas extension website. Weds Jan 10, 10-11am. “Old World Roses”. In person at Fernandina library, 25 N. 4th St. or Zoom.
Announcements
Sat. Jan. 27, 1pm. – Orange Hall Cleanup. Get the vines and weeds off the azaleas so their blooms can show up in March. Bring clippers, loppers, rakes, old sheets to carry things on, something to sit or kneel on, water, bug spray. Be there or be square! Public is invited.
December 2023
Dates and Events (events are free unless noted)
Thurs. Dec. 7, noon-1pm – Virtual Lunch and learn, “Understanding Alligators”. Register on Camden County Extension website.
Tues. Dec. 12, 7pm, Peck Center, 516 S. 10th St., Fernandina. Wild Nite – “NE Fla. Wildlife Rehabilitation”
Sat. Dec. 9 – Lots going on downtown:
Waterfront park, 5:45-6:30pm. Lighted boat parade.
Waterfront park, 6:30 pm. Lighting of the Tinsel trail trees. Benefits Camden House. Our tree is among them!
Christmas tour of homes – 5:30-9pm. Tickets at St. Marys Welcome Center. $20 advance, $25 day of.
Thurs. Dec 7, 4-7pm, Fri. Dec 8, 10am-4pm, and Sat. Dec. 9, 10am-4pm, and 5:30-9pm. Nativities around the World. Huge collection of nativities, well worth a visit. First Presbyterian Church (where we meet). Free, but donations appreciated.
Tues., Dec. 12, 7-8pm. Live Nativity at Orange Hall.
Announcements
Tues. Dec. 5, 11:30am. Presbyterian Fellowship Hall. Assemble decorations for Tinsel Trail tree.
Weds. Dec. 6, 10 am (rain date Dec. 7). Tree trimming at waterfront park.
Tuesday, Dec. 12— SMGC Christmas lunch, 1 pm at the First Presbyterian Fellowship Hall.
Bring items for the Fig Leaf collection to benefit Camden House and Helping Hands Food pantry. Personal care items (soap, shampoo, toothpaste, deodorant, things not covered by food stamps), nonperishable food, disposable diapers.
November 2023
Dates and Events (events are free unless noted)
Thurs. Nov. 9, 12-1pm. “Getting Started with Native Plants” virtual lunch and learn. Register on Camden County Extension website, www.caes.uga.edu/extension/camden
Wild Amelia Wild Nite – Tues. Nov. 14, 7 pm – “What is a Pest?” . Peck Center, 516 S. 10th St., Fernandina.
Announcements
Fig Leaf – We are collecting items for Camden House and Helping Hands food pantry. Personal care items for women and children, nonperishable food items, and disposable diapers. Bring to December 12 meeting.
Thurs.Nov. 16 10 AM -- Amaryllis potting party with residents of Senior Care Center, 805 Dilworth St, St. Marys
October 2023
Sat. Oct. 7, 9am-noon Nassau County Extension Master Gardener Plant Sale 85831 Miner Rd., Yulee.
Cash/check only.
Tues. Oct. 10, 7pm “Community Inspired Cnservation”, Wild Amelia Wild Nite. Peck Center, 516 S. 10th St., Fernandina.
Thurs. Oct. 12, noon – 1pm Camden County Extension – “Valuable Vultures.” Virtual Lunch and Learn.
Register on Website.
Announcements
Fig Leaf – Start collecting personal care items , diapers, soap, detergent, etc. for Christmas distribution to local nonprofits (Camden House, Food pantry).
September 2023
Dates and Events
Sat. Sept 9, 9-11:30 am SMGC Fall Plant Sale-- Please join us at First Presbyterian Church corner of Conyers and Osborne Streets where we will be selling our home-grown plants and herbs. Our garden club members grow all the plants sold. We will also have available for sale our Community Cookbook and note cards. This sale funds our many community activities throughout Camden County.
At Noon - Public is urged to join us for Lunch and learn First Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall, light lunch and refreshments provided. Speaker: Angel Bernier, “Hummingbirds in your Yard”.
Saint Marys Public Library - Thurs., September 27, 4:30 pm. One of our Earth Angels will present a program to the youth of our county on Worms. All are welcome
August 2023
Dates and Events
Camden County Extension – Thurs. Aug. 24, 12-1pm. Virtual lunch and earn “Fall Gardening”. Register on website.
Nassau County Extension – Weds. Aug. 9, 10am-11am. “Hurricanes and Landscape Preparedness”. Zoom or in person at 85831 Miner Rd., Yulee. Register at https://bit.ly/NassauHorticulture
Coastal Wildscapes – Thurs. Aug. 10, 6-8pm. Ritz Theatre, Brunswick. Film and Cocktails “Urban and Suburban Meadows”. Register on website, cost information will be available on registration.
July 2023
Dates and Events
Nassau County Extension events – in person or online -- register at https://bit.ly/NassauHorticulture
Weds. July 12, 10-11 am – “Slugs, Bugs, and other Thugs”. 85831 Miner Rd., Yulee or online.
Weds. July 26, 3:30-5 pm – Florida Friendly Landscape Crash Course – Myths. 85831 Miner Rd. or online.
Camden County Extension events – register on Camden County Extension Website:
July 10-13, 8am-5pm. Pollinator Steward Program. $80 for 4 day course. Glynn County Extension office, 325 Old Jesup Rd., Brunswick.
Thurs. August 10, 12-1pm. Fall Gardening Lunch and Learn. Online.
Thurs. Sept. 7, 12-1pm. True Value of Oaks Lunch and Learn. Online.
Aug. 1-Aug. 15. Coastal Wildscapes field trip “Kite Feeding Aggregation” lots of driving and watching birds from road shoulders. Register on Coastal Wildscapes website. $10 non member.
June 2023
Dates and Events
Camden County Extension events—registration link for online events on Camden County UGA extension website.
Thurs., July 6 – noon -1pm. “Understanding Jellyfish”
Thurs. August 10 – noon-1pm. “Fall Gardening”
Nassau County Extension events – register at https://bit.ly/NassauHorticulture 85831 Miner Rd., Yulee
Weds. June 14, 10-11 am. “Gardening with Herbs”. Free online or $10 in person.
Weds. July 12, 10-11 am. “Slugs, Bugs and other Thugs”. Online or in person.
Sat. June 10, 9am-noon. “New Homeowners Landscape Design”. $25. Online or in person.
May 2023
Dates and Events (events are free unless noted)
Wild Nite – 7 pm Tuesday, May 9. Right Whale Update. 516 S. 10th St., Fernandina.
Nassau County Extension events - Free in person ($5 for plant) or zoom. Register for zoom on website.
Weds. May 10, 10-11 am. Florida Friendly Flowers. Nassau County Extension, 85831 Miner Rd., Yulee.
Sat. May 13, 9-noon. Master Gardener Plant Sale. 85831 Miner Rd., Yulee
Coastal Wildscapes events: Register on their website:
Weds. May 24. 10am-11:30 am. Wildlife Care and Protection in your Backyard. $10 non member.
Sat. June 3, 8:30 am – 12:30 pm. Cathead Creek Paddle. “Moderately Strenuous”! $70 non member includes kayak rental.
Camden County extension events: Virtual lunch and learn, register on their website.
Thurs. May 4, 12-1pm. Basic Rose Culture.
Thurs. June 1, 12-1pm. What makes a Weed?
April 2023
Dates and Events (events are free unless noted)
Sat. April 1, 9am-1pm – Spring Native Plant Sale, Ashantilly, 15591 Hwy 99, Darien. Coastal Wildscapes.
Thurs. April 6, 12-1pm – Lunch and Learn online. “The Amazing Octopus” Register on Camden County Extension website.
April 18-20, 2023 Garden Club of Georgia 2023 Convention to be held at Evergreen Lakeside Resort at Stone Mountain,
Atlanta GA, Hotel Reservations: Online-click here to register: https://book.passkey.com/e/50303356
You can come early or stay later for the same discounted rate for hotel of $144 +tax+fees, which includes entrance to the Park, normally a $20 fee. Bring your family/spouse.
****If you need special accommodations, handicapped rooms, etc. After you make your reservations on-line, THEN contact our GCG Convention Coordinator, GERI SHAW, and she will handle making those arrangements with the proper person at the hotel to make sure you have the proper accommodations. Email: [email protected]. She will require hotel confirmation number, dates of stay, etc. in your email to her.
Conference Registration: www.gardenclubofgeorgia.org (after Feb 1) or look in your Garden Gateways Spring 2023 magazine for the registration form to send in maximum cost $256.
Your Dogwood District Convention Leadership Team
Barbara Bourque, Chairman
Christy Novellas, Co-Chairman
Debbie Vann, Co-Chairman
Terry Waith, Advisor
Chris Adams, District Director
Sat. April 22, 9-noon SMGC Spring Plant Sale-- Please join us at Orange Hall at the corner of Conyers and Osborne Streets where we will be selling our home-grown plants and herbs. Our garden club members grow all the plants sold. We will also have available for sale our Community Cookbook and note cards. This sale funds our many community activities throughout Camden County. We recently were able to add 57 books to our nine elementary school's libraries about gardening throughout Camden County.
March 2023
Dates and Events (events are free unless noted)
Thurs. Mar. 2, 12-1pm. “Spring Gardening”. Register online on Camden County Extension website/agriculture tab.
March 3-May 5, Fridays from 9am-3pm. Master Naturalist Course. $300, register in person at UGA Extension office in Woodbine. For more information call 912-578-3219.
Weds. Mar. 8, 10am-11am. “Florida Rain Gardens”. Online or in person, 85831 Miner Rd., Yulee. Free.
Nassau County Extension events – Register at UFAS/IFAS Extension Nassau County Events – Eventbrite site.
Tues. Mar. 14, 7 pm, Wild Amelia Wild Nite –– “Cherokee Tribal Presentation”, Peck Center, 516 S. 10th St., Fernandina.
Wed. March 15, 9:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. 8:30 Plant Sale Starts. South Georgia Native Plant and Wildflower Symposium
Georgia Museum of Agriculture, 1392 Whiddon Mill Road, Tifton, GA 31793
The Southwest Georgia Native Plant and Wildflower Symposium. Hosts: The Coastal Plain Chapter, Georgia Native Plant Society, and the Garden Club of Georgia, Inc. (Camellia District).Registration is $45.00, including lunch. After March 2, 2023, cost is $60.00, with lunch option available until March 10th. Student registration is $25.00, including lunch. After March 2, 2023, student cost is $35.00, with lunch option available until March 10th. Scholarships are available.
Presentations include:
Jodi Walthall: Design with Nature: Ecological Landscaping
Learn how to convert a traditional landscape to one that has ecological function, using primarily native plants. Maintenance considerations will also be discussed.
Marilynne Marshall: Plant This, Not That—Native Substitutes for Exotic Plants Typically Found in South Georgia Garden Centers
This presentation will look at nonnative plants available to amateur gardeners and landscapers in the Coastal Plain and will examine which native plants to use instead. A hands-on exercise will allow participants to consider how they might select substitutions for their yards and gardens.
James Ferrari: Reflections from a Bird Bath: What Game Cameras Can Teach Us about Fruit-eating Birds
Dr. James Ferrari has collected data from his own yard to research the seasonal changes in fruit availability for birds. Topics include native and invasive plants and seed dispersal.
For registration and additional information: https://cpcgnps.org/sgnpws
For questions, contact: [email protected].
Sat. Mar. 18, 9am-noon. New Homeowner series, Irrigation”. $25. 85831 Miner Rd.
Nassau County Extension events – Register at UFAS/IFAS Extension Nassau County Events – Eventbrite site.
Sat. March 18, 10am-4pm - Jazz ‘n Art, Woodbine Riverwalk. Music, Plant Sale (10am-2pm). Bring bug spray.
February 2023
Dates and Events (events are free unless noted)
Thurs. Feb. 2 12-1pm Camden Co. UGA Extension Lunch and Learn “Creating an Edible Landscape”. -- Jessica Warren zoom lunch and learn. To registration: go to [email protected] .
Weds. Feb. 8, 10-11 am, “Zoe’s Gardens (butterflies)”. Online or at 85831 Miner Rd. Yulee. UFL Nassau County Extension Service
For more information call 904-530-6353. or register at bitl.ly/NassauHorticulture. (or Nassau Extension facebook page)
Sat. Feb 11, 9 am, “Lawn Workshop for new homeowners”. $25. 85831 Miner Rd., Yulee. UFL Nassau County Extension Service
For more information call 904-530-6353. or Register at bitl.ly/NassauHorticulture. (or Nassau Extension facebook page)
Tues. Feb. 14, 7 pm Wild Amelia Wild Nite – – “Off Shore Artificial Reefs”. Peck Auditorium, 516 S. 10th St, Fernandina.
Fri. Feb. 17, 2pm. St. Marys Arbor Day Celebration at First Presbyterian. We will be planting a tree in memory of our departed member Frances Smith. Sponsored by our club and the Tree Board.
Dates and Events
Camden County Extension events—registration link for online events on Camden County UGA extension website.
Thurs., July 6 – noon -1pm. “Understanding Jellyfish”
Thurs. August 10 – noon-1pm. “Fall Gardening”
Nassau County Extension events – register a https://bit.ly/NassauHorticulture 85831 Miner Rd., Yulee
Weds. June 14, 10-11 am. “Gardening with Herbs”. Free online or $10 in person.
Weds. July 12, 10-11 am. “Slugs, Bugs and other Thugs”. Online or in person.
Sat. June 10, 9am-noon. “New Homeowners Landscape Design”. $25. Online or in person.
May 4, 2024
Spring Plant Sale at Orange Hall 9 am to Noon
Plants are grown by our members. Also available to purchase will be our St. Marys Cookbook, note cards, bat houses, and bee houses. We hope you will come find your newest plant for your garden.
April 2024
Dates and Events
Sat. April 6, 9 am-noon. Nassau Extension program on Shrubs and Trees. $25. Register on Nassau County Extension website.
Wild Amelia Wild Nite – Tues. Apr. 9, 7pm. “Marine Mammals”. Peck Center, 516 S. 10th St., Fernandina.
Sat. Apr. 13, 9am –1 pm. Coastal Wildscapes. Spring Native Plant Sale. Ashantilly Center, Darien. More information on website.
Sat., April 27, 9 am - 3pm --Cassina Garden Club is having its Tabby and Tillandsia Garden Tour of 6 private gardens on St. Simons. They also have a plant sale, Art sale, and tours of the historic slave cabins. Garden party is 3-5 pm. Tickets ($35 in advance, $40 day of) are available online at Cassina Garden Club website or at St. Simons Ace. 1195 Arthur J. Moore Drive, St. Simons.
March 2024
Dates and Events (events are free unless noted)
Tues. Mar. 12, 7 pm, Wild Amelia –– “Protecting Wildlife Corridors”, Peck Center, 516 S. 10th St., Fernandina.
Weds. Mar. 13, 10-11 am. Hilliard Library, 15821 County Rd. 108, Hilliard. “Understanding Garden Fertilizer.” Register on Nassau extension website.
Thurs. Mar. 14, 12-1pm – Lunch and Learn online. “Frogs of Georgia”. Register Camden County Ext. website.
Sat. Mar. 16, 8am-6:30 pm. Wood Stork Festival. Crooked River State Park. Register or volunteer at Woodstorkfestival.com. $5 parking fee.
Tues. Mar. 19, 9 am. Pot party! Bring trowels, clippers, any extra pots you have. Will pot up things for the plant sale. See email address. Be there or be square!!
Weds. Mar. 20, 9 am. “South GA Native Plant and Wildflower Symposium”. Register at www.sgnpws.org. $50, $60 after March 7.
Thurs. Mar. 21. 7:45 am Trip to County Plant Farm in Baxley! Meet up at Ollies 7:45 to carpool. Leave at 8:00 am to travel to plant farm. You will be overwhelmed by the number of plants available. We will go out to lunch so bring $$.
Sat. Apr. 6, 9am-noon. Shrubs and Trees Workshop”. $25. 85831 Miner Rd, Yulee. Register at the Nassau extension website.
February 2024
Dates and Events (events are free unless noted)
Tues. Feb. 13, 7 pm, Wild Amelia Wild Nite –– “St. Marys Riverkeeper Report”. Peck Auditorium, 516 S. 10th St, Fernandina.
Thurs. Feb. 1, 12-1pm. Jessica Warren zoom lunch and learn – “Building Soil Health”. Register online on Camden County Extension website/agriculture tab.
Nassau County Extension presentations. Register at bitl.ly/NassauHorticulture. (or Nassau Extension facebook page)
Weds. Feb. 14, 10-11 am, “Potatoes”. Online or at 85831 Miner Rd.
Sat. Feb 10, 9 am, “Lawn Workshop for new homeowners”. $25. 85831 Miner Rd., Yulee. Register online.
For more information call 904-530-6353.
Fri., Feb. 16, 2pm. St. Marys Arbor Day Celebration at Sweetwater Park, 1250 Pt. Peter Rd. Sponsored by our club and the Tree Board. Wear your Garden Club shirt if you have one.
Announcements
Dues are due this month, so bring to the February meeting.
January 2024
Dates and Events (events are free unless noted)
Camden Co. UGA Extension Lunch and Learn Zoom Series. To get the registration link go to [email protected] . Thurs. Jan. 11, “Common House Plant Problems”, Thurs. Feb. 1, “Building Soil Health”. Noon-1pm.
Wild Amelia Wild Nite – Tues., Jan. 9, 7pm. “Tree Ordinance and Heritage Tree Program”. Peck Center, 516 S. 10th St., Fernandina.
Nassau extension – Register at UF/Ifas extension website. Weds Jan 10, 10-11am. “Old World Roses”. In person at Fernandina library, 25 N. 4th St. or Zoom.
Announcements
Sat. Jan. 27, 1pm. – Orange Hall Cleanup. Get the vines and weeds off the azaleas so their blooms can show up in March. Bring clippers, loppers, rakes, old sheets to carry things on, something to sit or kneel on, water, bug spray. Be there or be square! Public is invited.
December 2023
Dates and Events (events are free unless noted)
Thurs. Dec. 7, noon-1pm – Virtual Lunch and learn, “Understanding Alligators”. Register on Camden County Extension website.
Tues. Dec. 12, 7pm, Peck Center, 516 S. 10th St., Fernandina. Wild Nite – “NE Fla. Wildlife Rehabilitation”
Sat. Dec. 9 – Lots going on downtown:
Waterfront park, 5:45-6:30pm. Lighted boat parade.
Waterfront park, 6:30 pm. Lighting of the Tinsel trail trees. Benefits Camden House. Our tree is among them!
Christmas tour of homes – 5:30-9pm. Tickets at St. Marys Welcome Center. $20 advance, $25 day of.
Thurs. Dec 7, 4-7pm, Fri. Dec 8, 10am-4pm, and Sat. Dec. 9, 10am-4pm, and 5:30-9pm. Nativities around the World. Huge collection of nativities, well worth a visit. First Presbyterian Church (where we meet). Free, but donations appreciated.
Tues., Dec. 12, 7-8pm. Live Nativity at Orange Hall.
Announcements
Tues. Dec. 5, 11:30am. Presbyterian Fellowship Hall. Assemble decorations for Tinsel Trail tree.
Weds. Dec. 6, 10 am (rain date Dec. 7). Tree trimming at waterfront park.
Tuesday, Dec. 12— SMGC Christmas lunch, 1 pm at the First Presbyterian Fellowship Hall.
Bring items for the Fig Leaf collection to benefit Camden House and Helping Hands Food pantry. Personal care items (soap, shampoo, toothpaste, deodorant, things not covered by food stamps), nonperishable food, disposable diapers.
November 2023
Dates and Events (events are free unless noted)
Thurs. Nov. 9, 12-1pm. “Getting Started with Native Plants” virtual lunch and learn. Register on Camden County Extension website, www.caes.uga.edu/extension/camden
Wild Amelia Wild Nite – Tues. Nov. 14, 7 pm – “What is a Pest?” . Peck Center, 516 S. 10th St., Fernandina.
Announcements
Fig Leaf – We are collecting items for Camden House and Helping Hands food pantry. Personal care items for women and children, nonperishable food items, and disposable diapers. Bring to December 12 meeting.
Thurs.Nov. 16 10 AM -- Amaryllis potting party with residents of Senior Care Center, 805 Dilworth St, St. Marys
October 2023
Sat. Oct. 7, 9am-noon Nassau County Extension Master Gardener Plant Sale 85831 Miner Rd., Yulee.
Cash/check only.
Tues. Oct. 10, 7pm “Community Inspired Cnservation”, Wild Amelia Wild Nite. Peck Center, 516 S. 10th St., Fernandina.
Thurs. Oct. 12, noon – 1pm Camden County Extension – “Valuable Vultures.” Virtual Lunch and Learn.
Register on Website.
Announcements
Fig Leaf – Start collecting personal care items , diapers, soap, detergent, etc. for Christmas distribution to local nonprofits (Camden House, Food pantry).
September 2023
Dates and Events
Sat. Sept 9, 9-11:30 am SMGC Fall Plant Sale-- Please join us at First Presbyterian Church corner of Conyers and Osborne Streets where we will be selling our home-grown plants and herbs. Our garden club members grow all the plants sold. We will also have available for sale our Community Cookbook and note cards. This sale funds our many community activities throughout Camden County.
At Noon - Public is urged to join us for Lunch and learn First Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall, light lunch and refreshments provided. Speaker: Angel Bernier, “Hummingbirds in your Yard”.
Saint Marys Public Library - Thurs., September 27, 4:30 pm. One of our Earth Angels will present a program to the youth of our county on Worms. All are welcome
August 2023
Dates and Events
Camden County Extension – Thurs. Aug. 24, 12-1pm. Virtual lunch and earn “Fall Gardening”. Register on website.
Nassau County Extension – Weds. Aug. 9, 10am-11am. “Hurricanes and Landscape Preparedness”. Zoom or in person at 85831 Miner Rd., Yulee. Register at https://bit.ly/NassauHorticulture
Coastal Wildscapes – Thurs. Aug. 10, 6-8pm. Ritz Theatre, Brunswick. Film and Cocktails “Urban and Suburban Meadows”. Register on website, cost information will be available on registration.
July 2023
Dates and Events
Nassau County Extension events – in person or online -- register at https://bit.ly/NassauHorticulture
Weds. July 12, 10-11 am – “Slugs, Bugs, and other Thugs”. 85831 Miner Rd., Yulee or online.
Weds. July 26, 3:30-5 pm – Florida Friendly Landscape Crash Course – Myths. 85831 Miner Rd. or online.
Camden County Extension events – register on Camden County Extension Website:
July 10-13, 8am-5pm. Pollinator Steward Program. $80 for 4 day course. Glynn County Extension office, 325 Old Jesup Rd., Brunswick.
Thurs. August 10, 12-1pm. Fall Gardening Lunch and Learn. Online.
Thurs. Sept. 7, 12-1pm. True Value of Oaks Lunch and Learn. Online.
Aug. 1-Aug. 15. Coastal Wildscapes field trip “Kite Feeding Aggregation” lots of driving and watching birds from road shoulders. Register on Coastal Wildscapes website. $10 non member.
June 2023
Dates and Events
Camden County Extension events—registration link for online events on Camden County UGA extension website.
Thurs., July 6 – noon -1pm. “Understanding Jellyfish”
Thurs. August 10 – noon-1pm. “Fall Gardening”
Nassau County Extension events – register at https://bit.ly/NassauHorticulture 85831 Miner Rd., Yulee
Weds. June 14, 10-11 am. “Gardening with Herbs”. Free online or $10 in person.
Weds. July 12, 10-11 am. “Slugs, Bugs and other Thugs”. Online or in person.
Sat. June 10, 9am-noon. “New Homeowners Landscape Design”. $25. Online or in person.
May 2023
Dates and Events (events are free unless noted)
Wild Nite – 7 pm Tuesday, May 9. Right Whale Update. 516 S. 10th St., Fernandina.
Nassau County Extension events - Free in person ($5 for plant) or zoom. Register for zoom on website.
Weds. May 10, 10-11 am. Florida Friendly Flowers. Nassau County Extension, 85831 Miner Rd., Yulee.
Sat. May 13, 9-noon. Master Gardener Plant Sale. 85831 Miner Rd., Yulee
Coastal Wildscapes events: Register on their website:
Weds. May 24. 10am-11:30 am. Wildlife Care and Protection in your Backyard. $10 non member.
Sat. June 3, 8:30 am – 12:30 pm. Cathead Creek Paddle. “Moderately Strenuous”! $70 non member includes kayak rental.
Camden County extension events: Virtual lunch and learn, register on their website.
Thurs. May 4, 12-1pm. Basic Rose Culture.
Thurs. June 1, 12-1pm. What makes a Weed?
April 2023
Dates and Events (events are free unless noted)
Sat. April 1, 9am-1pm – Spring Native Plant Sale, Ashantilly, 15591 Hwy 99, Darien. Coastal Wildscapes.
Thurs. April 6, 12-1pm – Lunch and Learn online. “The Amazing Octopus” Register on Camden County Extension website.
April 18-20, 2023 Garden Club of Georgia 2023 Convention to be held at Evergreen Lakeside Resort at Stone Mountain,
Atlanta GA, Hotel Reservations: Online-click here to register: https://book.passkey.com/e/50303356
You can come early or stay later for the same discounted rate for hotel of $144 +tax+fees, which includes entrance to the Park, normally a $20 fee. Bring your family/spouse.
****If you need special accommodations, handicapped rooms, etc. After you make your reservations on-line, THEN contact our GCG Convention Coordinator, GERI SHAW, and she will handle making those arrangements with the proper person at the hotel to make sure you have the proper accommodations. Email: [email protected]. She will require hotel confirmation number, dates of stay, etc. in your email to her.
Conference Registration: www.gardenclubofgeorgia.org (after Feb 1) or look in your Garden Gateways Spring 2023 magazine for the registration form to send in maximum cost $256.
Your Dogwood District Convention Leadership Team
Barbara Bourque, Chairman
Christy Novellas, Co-Chairman
Debbie Vann, Co-Chairman
Terry Waith, Advisor
Chris Adams, District Director
Sat. April 22, 9-noon SMGC Spring Plant Sale-- Please join us at Orange Hall at the corner of Conyers and Osborne Streets where we will be selling our home-grown plants and herbs. Our garden club members grow all the plants sold. We will also have available for sale our Community Cookbook and note cards. This sale funds our many community activities throughout Camden County. We recently were able to add 57 books to our nine elementary school's libraries about gardening throughout Camden County.
March 2023
Dates and Events (events are free unless noted)
Thurs. Mar. 2, 12-1pm. “Spring Gardening”. Register online on Camden County Extension website/agriculture tab.
March 3-May 5, Fridays from 9am-3pm. Master Naturalist Course. $300, register in person at UGA Extension office in Woodbine. For more information call 912-578-3219.
Weds. Mar. 8, 10am-11am. “Florida Rain Gardens”. Online or in person, 85831 Miner Rd., Yulee. Free.
Nassau County Extension events – Register at UFAS/IFAS Extension Nassau County Events – Eventbrite site.
Tues. Mar. 14, 7 pm, Wild Amelia Wild Nite –– “Cherokee Tribal Presentation”, Peck Center, 516 S. 10th St., Fernandina.
Wed. March 15, 9:00 a.m. - 2:30 p.m. 8:30 Plant Sale Starts. South Georgia Native Plant and Wildflower Symposium
Georgia Museum of Agriculture, 1392 Whiddon Mill Road, Tifton, GA 31793
The Southwest Georgia Native Plant and Wildflower Symposium. Hosts: The Coastal Plain Chapter, Georgia Native Plant Society, and the Garden Club of Georgia, Inc. (Camellia District).Registration is $45.00, including lunch. After March 2, 2023, cost is $60.00, with lunch option available until March 10th. Student registration is $25.00, including lunch. After March 2, 2023, student cost is $35.00, with lunch option available until March 10th. Scholarships are available.
Presentations include:
Jodi Walthall: Design with Nature: Ecological Landscaping
Learn how to convert a traditional landscape to one that has ecological function, using primarily native plants. Maintenance considerations will also be discussed.
Marilynne Marshall: Plant This, Not That—Native Substitutes for Exotic Plants Typically Found in South Georgia Garden Centers
This presentation will look at nonnative plants available to amateur gardeners and landscapers in the Coastal Plain and will examine which native plants to use instead. A hands-on exercise will allow participants to consider how they might select substitutions for their yards and gardens.
James Ferrari: Reflections from a Bird Bath: What Game Cameras Can Teach Us about Fruit-eating Birds
Dr. James Ferrari has collected data from his own yard to research the seasonal changes in fruit availability for birds. Topics include native and invasive plants and seed dispersal.
For registration and additional information: https://cpcgnps.org/sgnpws
For questions, contact: [email protected].
Sat. Mar. 18, 9am-noon. New Homeowner series, Irrigation”. $25. 85831 Miner Rd.
Nassau County Extension events – Register at UFAS/IFAS Extension Nassau County Events – Eventbrite site.
Sat. March 18, 10am-4pm - Jazz ‘n Art, Woodbine Riverwalk. Music, Plant Sale (10am-2pm). Bring bug spray.
February 2023
Dates and Events (events are free unless noted)
Thurs. Feb. 2 12-1pm Camden Co. UGA Extension Lunch and Learn “Creating an Edible Landscape”. -- Jessica Warren zoom lunch and learn. To registration: go to [email protected] .
Weds. Feb. 8, 10-11 am, “Zoe’s Gardens (butterflies)”. Online or at 85831 Miner Rd. Yulee. UFL Nassau County Extension Service
For more information call 904-530-6353. or register at bitl.ly/NassauHorticulture. (or Nassau Extension facebook page)
Sat. Feb 11, 9 am, “Lawn Workshop for new homeowners”. $25. 85831 Miner Rd., Yulee. UFL Nassau County Extension Service
For more information call 904-530-6353. or Register at bitl.ly/NassauHorticulture. (or Nassau Extension facebook page)
Tues. Feb. 14, 7 pm Wild Amelia Wild Nite – – “Off Shore Artificial Reefs”. Peck Auditorium, 516 S. 10th St, Fernandina.
Fri. Feb. 17, 2pm. St. Marys Arbor Day Celebration at First Presbyterian. We will be planting a tree in memory of our departed member Frances Smith. Sponsored by our club and the Tree Board.
Dates and Events
Camden County Extension events—registration link for online events on Camden County UGA extension website.
Thurs., July 6 – noon -1pm. “Understanding Jellyfish”
Thurs. August 10 – noon-1pm. “Fall Gardening”
Nassau County Extension events – register a https://bit.ly/NassauHorticulture 85831 Miner Rd., Yulee
Weds. June 14, 10-11 am. “Gardening with Herbs”. Free online or $10 in person.
Weds. July 12, 10-11 am. “Slugs, Bugs and other Thugs”. Online or in person.
Sat. June 10, 9am-noon. “New Homeowners Landscape Design”. $25. Online or in person.