Living here in Deep Creek Florida is perfect for mind and body. We enjoy our neighborhoods for long walks and bike rides. We have our gyms to do our own personal fitness routines but have you ever thought that gardening will help you with your desire to stay healthy? Gardening helps maintain joint flexibility, helps prevent osteoporosis and BURNS [...]
“Gardening is a joy and a job forever.” You cannot find a more appropriate phrase to describe gardening in Florida. Florida gardening is a learning experience every time we step out into our landscaped yards. That’s why we are so lucky to have the Charlotte County Master Gardeners 2012 Landscape Gardening Series. After their presentation, [...]
Our Christmas Party was also a success. Dinner at Visani, great food, and then a group of us went to Danny’s on Sandhill to see our favorite oldies band ―the Goldtones. We even picked up a new member that night. Our January meeting will be her first. Then the club enjoyed something we have never done before. We had [...]
Our summer is slowly winding down and in a few weeks the humidity switch will turn off and we’ll be able to open our homes to soft cool breezes free from the steady sound of our electric meters clicking away. It’s also a time when we can look at our landscape and lawns and thank Mother Nature for her welcomed [...]
The DCCA Garden Club has a new cook book out! Filled with personal recipes from our members, and some very helpful hints on growing herbs in Florida and their uses, also creative ideas such as “Napkin Folding’ and more. The cost is only $8.00. All proceeds go to the Garden Club to help keep Deep [...]
HELPFUL WEBSITES FOR YOUR LANDSCAPE Between going on field trips to nurseries, special guest speakers at our meeting, researching at the library and just talking to each other and sharing our own experiences in the garden, the club members have always found the internet to be a valuable source of information. Want to know what [...]
The Deep Creek Garden Clubs annual Plant Sale and Raffle were held Saturday, April 2nd, from 9-2. The sale was held at the Deep Creek Elks Club. There was a wide variety of cold hardy shrubs and flowering plants this year. Also, new this year were vendors. “Pots” from Compass Rose Pottery, and “Orchids” from [...]