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invites you to
House and Garden Day
Sunday, March 7, 2010
Boutique 9:30A.M. - 4:00P.M.
(Garden Club Members may shop the boutique starting at 9:00A.M.)
House Tour 11:00A.M. - 4P.M.
Parking at the Four Arts Library
Four Arts Plaza, Palm Beach
Rain or Shine
Tickets: $100.00 Telephone Information
Tickets limited - Send checks early to: 561-837-6635
The Garden Club of Palm Beach
P.O. Box 2791, Palm Beach, Fl. 33480
Bring raingear and wear flat-soled walking shoes. No cameras
Tickets will be mailed to you. No cell phones
CONSERVATION COMMITTEE
Beth Dowdle and Annette Dowell
Please join us, FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 9:30AM, 4 ARTS LIBRARY. Clay Henderson, former President of Florida Audubon, is a Florida author, historian and naturalist. A legendary storyteller with the easy style of an old friend, Clay will give us an illustrated talk (his pictures are beautiful) about conservation in Florida as well as briefing us on the current issues.
By Clay Henderson
I looked out the window at first light this morning through blowing rain and poor visibility, but there he was. The forces of nature are so strong and we can't begin to comprehend them. What makes a Great Blue Heron pick up from where he lives in the summer and fly through a blowing gale to arrive at the same spot at the same time each year? We've been watching our friend Hugo since the late 80's. He arrives on Oct 1st and lives in and around our dock until March 1st. He's very much part of our neighborhood if not our family. We call him Hugo because he was a week late in 1989, so we blamed it on the hurricane and the name stuck. He's been delayed by other hurricanes in the past. I looked for him yesterday and last night but it was just blowing like heck. But there he was this morning gliding across the water. I watched him after he came in for a landing. Every year he looks a little older and more ragged, but don't we all? He's over there preening as we speak….preening in a full gale. Why bother?
While I was sitting on the porch at 3am, I heard a heron croaking away out front. At sunset tonight, saw Hugo on the point just across from the house. Ahh...the rhythms of nature.
(Hugo returned this year on October 3.)
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GCA Zone VIII November 2009 Conservation Report
New York Social Diary features our "Lost Worlds...... Paradise Regained"
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The Pennsylvania Flower Show - 2009
A Friendly Reminder:
ConWatch Winter - 09-10
ConWatch Winter - 08-09
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(find above chart on Page 7 of ConWatch)
Green Sheet - February 2010 Issue (click here)
Green Sheet - January 2010 Issue (click here)
Green Sheet - November 2009 Issue (click here)
Green Sheet - May 2009 issue (click here)
Green Sheet - April 2009 Issue (click here)
Green Sheet - March 2009 Issue (click here)
Green Sheet - February 2009 Issue (click here)