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BBGC Events and Projects

Art in Bloom

2023

Awarded "Best Use of Color"

Awarded "Best Interpretation of Art" — Art In Bloom 2023

Artwork Creator for "Best Use of Texture" Winner — Art In Bloom 2023

Awarded "Best Use of Texture" — Art In Bloom 2023

Art In Bloom 2023
Awarded “Peoples Choice”

Artwork Creator for "People's Choice" Winner — Art In Bloom 2023

Floral Arrangement — Art In Bloom 2023

BBGC Member with her arrangement — Art In Bloom 2023

Displaying Her Beautiful Artwork — Art In Bloom 2023

Delicious Mug of Cocoa — Art In Bloom 2023

Member Displaying Her Arrangement — Art In Bloom 2023

Glorious Gum Ball Machine — Art In Bloom 2023

Lovely Interpretation — Art In Bloom 2023

Another Budding Young Artist — Art In Bloom 2023

Heart In Flowers — Art In Bloom 2023

Member With Her Colorful Creation — Art In Bloom 2023

Happy Artwork Creator — Art In Bloom 2023

Birds Everywhere — Art In Bloom 2023

Arrangement would make any bird happy! — Art In Bloom 2023

Proud Artist Displaying her Artwork — Art In Bloom 2023

2022

Art in Bloom 2022

Art in Bloom — Art in Bloom
Best use of texture.

Art in Bloom — Art in Bloom
Best use of color and People’s choice

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Best interpretation of the art. Student Drawing

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Best interpretation of the art.

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Designer – Debbie Lytle

Art in Bloom 2022

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Art in Bloom 2022 — AIB2022
Art in Bloom 2022

2020

Best Interpretation of the Art Peoples choice

Best Use in Texture Peoples choice

Art in Bloom 2020

Art in Bloom 2020

Art in Bloom 2020

Art in Bloom 2020

Art in Bloom 2020

Art in Bloom 2020

Art in Bloom 2020

Art in Bloom 2020

Art in Bloom 2020

Blue Star Marker

2021

2021 A Moment of Silence

2021 Veteran’s Day Attendees

Arbor Day

2024

January 19, 2024

10:30 am – 12pm

Shovels Ready!

Members Ready to Celebrate! — Arbor Day Celebration

Happy Despite the Rain — Arbor Day Celebration

Spirits Cannot Be Dampened — Arbor Day Celebration

BBGC President's Dedication — Arbor Day Celebration

Wax Myrtles Given to Guests — Arbor Day Celebration

Ibises Joining The Ceremony At The Bird Friendly Garden — Arbor Day Celebration

Earth Day

2022

Free Plant for all Interested

Passes Plant Inspection? — Earth Day 2022

Smiles!!! — Earth Day 2022

Difficult to Make a Decision — Earth Day 2022

Would You Like a Packet of Milkweed Seeds — Earth Day 2022

Holiday Parade

2023

BBGC Participants

Float Commemerating BBGC's 85th Anniversary — 2023 Boynton Beach Holiday Parade

Garden Club Banner Carriers — 2023 Boynton Beach Holiday Parade

Assembling the float — 2023 Boynton Beach Holiday Parade

Hand-made pointsettias for our float — 2023 Boynton Beach Holiday Parade

Float decorating party! — 2023 Boynton Beach Holiday Parade

Plant Sales

2023

Plant Sale
November 18, 2023
8am – 1pm

Displaying our plants

Displaying hand-crafted items for sale — Nov 2023 Plant Sale

Helping Members — Nov 2023 Plant Sale

Gardens

- Butterfly

- Community

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Sept 2021 Orchid Crew
Sept 2021 Orchid Crew

Attaching orchids
Attaching orchids

End of Orchid Day at the Community Garden
End of Orchid Day at the Community Garden

Jan 2022 First Orchid in Flower
Jan 2022 First Orchid in Flower

Success ... More Orchid Flowers to Come
Success ... More Orchid Flowers to Come

Before Succulents - Community Garden sign
Before Succulents - Community Garden sign

Waiting for the rest of the help to arrive at the Community Garden
Waiting for the rest of the help to arrive at the Community Garden

Out with the old plants ... in with the new! — Clearing the old plants to make room for the new succulents

Planning Discussion at the Community Garden 11-2-21
Planning Discussion at the Community Garden 11-2-21

Blending soil and sand for a healthy start
Blending soil and sand for a healthy start

Tired but happy and eager to plant more! Stay tuned for the transformation!
Tired but happy and eager to plant more! Stay tuned for the transformation!

Initiating Phase 2 at the end of our gardening day on 11-2-21
Initiating Phase 2 at the end of our gardening day on 11-2-21

Truly dedicated Gardeners in December 2021
Truly dedicated Gardeners in December 2021

Jan 2022 2ND Half of Succulent Garden Done
Jan 2022 2ND Half of Succulent Garden Done

Lots of Weed Pulling in Jan 2022
Lots of Weed Pulling in Jan 2022

No Weed is Safe
No Weed is Safe

We are Everywhere
We are Everywhere

Jan 4TH Garden Visitor
Jan 4TH Garden Visitor

Horticulture Committee

2023

Horticulture Member who REALLY loves plants

Horticulture Member who REALLY loves plants

Horticulture Member who REALLY loves plants

1. 2021 Holiday Teacup Arrangements

2. 2021 Holiday Teacup Arrangement

3. 2021 Holiday Arrangements

4. 2021 Holiday Arrangements

General Meetings

2022

Laughs abound!

Members making clay flowers for District X Meeting — Clay Flower Workshop

Fun with clay! — Clay Flower Workshop

2024

Maria Wolfe's message to incoming Board Members

Our Officers for 2024-2025 and 2025-2026 — May 2024 Meeting

Members of the Board with their respective boxes of cereal that represent their Garden Club role. Great job, Maria! — May 2024 Meeting

Proclamation announcing Honorary Membership bestowed on Steven Grant — May 2024 Meeting

Celebrating Steven Grant's Honorary Membership with his own pair of gardening gloves and name tag. — May 2024 Meeting

Steven's very own Hand Clippers!!! — May 2024 Meeting

Madhatter Tea Party — May 2024 Meeting

Madhatter Tea Time for our Members — May 2024 Meeting

First Place winner in Madhatter contest — May 2024 Meeting

Sip N Stroll

2024

April

Strollers

More Strollers — High Ridge Scrub

Prickly Pear Cactus In Bloom — High Ridge Scrub

Identifying Plants! — High Ridge Scrub

March

Cool Strollers On A Hot Day

Trailhead — Delray Oaks Natural Area

Happy Strollers — Delray Oaks Natural Area

Paved Trail With Informative Signs — Delray Oaks Natural Area

Shady Trail — Delray Oaks Natural Area

Seed Collection Prohibited! — Delray Oaks Natural Area

February

Wood Storks Roosting

Birdwatching — Wakodahatchee Wetlands

Friends Ready to Stroll — Wakodahatchee Wetlands

Ducks Enjoying the Sun — Wakodahatchee Wetlands

Pond Slider Turtle — Wakodahatchee Wetlands

January

Entrance

Monument to the Barefoot Mailmen — Hypoluxo Scrub Natural Area

Path and observation tower — Hypoluxo Scrub Natural Area

Strolling — Hypoluxo Scrub Natural Area

Coastal Plain Honeycombhead
(Balduina angustifolia) — Hypoluxo Scrub Natural Area

Coastal Plain Honeycombhead
(Balduina angustifolia) — Hypoluxo Scrub Natural Area

Feay's Palafox
(Palafoxia feayi) — Hypoluxo Scrub Natural Area

Saw Palmetto
(Serenoa repens) — Hypoluxo Scrub Natural Area

Hypoluxo Scrub Natural Area

Prickly Pear Cactus
(Opuntia engelmanniii) — Hypoluxo Scrub Natural Area

Netted Pawpaw
(Asimina reticulata) — Hypoluxo Scrub Natural Area

West Indian Snowberry
(Chiococca alba) — Hypoluxo Scrub Natural Area

Corkystem Passionflower
(Passiflora suberosa) — Hypoluxo Scrub Natural Area

Native Poinsettia
(Euphorbia cyathophora) — Hypoluxo Scrub Natural Area

Florida Rosemary
(Ceratiola ericoides) — Hypoluxo Scrub Natural Area

Dune Groundcherry
(Physalis walteri) — Hypoluxo Scrub Natural Area

Showy Rattlebox
(Crotalaria spectabilis) — Hypoluxo Scrub Natural Area

Dune Sunflower
(Helianthus debilis) — Hypoluxo Scrub Natural Area

Relaxing at the end of the walk — Hypoluxo Scrub Natural Area

2023

May

Skyflower, Duranta erecta, — Loxahatchee skyflower

Cardinal Airplant (Tillandsia fasciculata) — Loxahatchee Bromelid

Tropical Milkweed (Asclepias curassavica) hosting a Monarch Butterfly. — Monarch and Milkweed

Jamaican Caper (Capparis cynophallophora) — Jamacian Caper

April

Walking Path

Yellow Crowned Night Heron — Lantana Nature Preserve

March

Enter the Nature Trail

Strollers in the shade — Bexley Trail Community Park

Earpod Wattle
(Acacia auriculiformis) — Bexley Trail Community Park

Shoe Button Ardisia
(Ardisia elliptica)
* INVASIVE * — Bexley Trail Community Park

Creeping Foxglove
(Asystasia gangetica) — Bexley Trail Community Park

Small Bush Violet
(Barleria repens) — Bexley Trail Community Park

Creeping Foxglove
(Asystasia gangetica) — Bexley Trail Community Park

Yellow Trumpet Flower (Tecoma stans)
* THREATENED * — Bexley Trail Community Park

Swiss Cheese Plant
(Monstera deliciosa)
* INVASIVE * — Bexley Trail Community Park

Beautiful bark — Bexley Trail Community Park

Paperbark Tree (Melaleuca quinquenervia)
* INVASIVE * — Bexley Trail Community Park

Lovely form — Bexley Trail Community Park

Pond at Bexley Trail Park — Bexley Trail Community Park

Strollers relaxing by Bexley Park pond — Bexley Trail Community Park

February

Great White Egrets
(Ardea alba)

Great White Egrets
(Ardea alba) — Wakodahatchee Wetlands

Wood Storks
(Mycteria americana) — Wakodahatchee Wetlands

Anhingha
(Anhinga anhinga) — Wakodahatchee Wetlands

Purple Gallinule
(Porphyrio martinicus) — Wakodahatchee Wetlands

Grey-headed Swamphen
(Porphyrio poliocephalus) — Wakodahatchee Wetlands

Alligator and Great Blue Heron Standoff — Wakodahatchee Wetlands

Resting Alligator — Wakodahatchee Wetlands

Green Iguana
(Iguana iguana) — Wakodahatchee Wetlands

December

Two of the hardy strollers on this cold day!

Ibises hunkering together — Green Cay Nature Center & Wetlands

2022

March

March Sippers & Strollers

Entrance of Hypoluxo Scrub Natural Area

April

Members Waiting for the Tour

Amaryllis Glory — April 2022 Sip & Stroll

Enjoying Plants in Abundance while Sipping — April 2022 Sip & Stroll

Unusual Plants and Flowers — April 2022 Sip & Stroll

An Inviting Corner of the Garden — April 2022 Sip & Stroll

April 2022 S&S A Favorite

April 2022 Sip & Stroll
Keeping out of the Sun to Enjoy Each Other

Came with Dessert! — April 2022 Sip & Stroll

October

Small Group of Happy Strollers

Seacrest Scrub Entrance — Seacrest Scrub

Information — Seacrest Scrub

Don't Let Any Gopher Tortoises Out! — Seacrest Scrub

About The Gopher Tortoise — Seacrest Scrub

Metz's Ruellia
(Ruellia metziae) — Seacrest Scrub

Metz's Ruellia
(Ruellia metziae) — Seacrest Scrub

Wild Poinsettia
(Euphorbia heterophylla)

Pigeonberry
(Rivina humilis) — Seacrest Scrub

Jamaican Feverplant
(Tribulus cistoides) — Seacrest Scrub

Cucumberleaf Sunflower
(Helianthus debilis) — Seacrest Scrub

December

February

Loxahatchee

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January

Sip & Stroll
January 2022

A Wonderful Winter Stroll at Dusk
A Wonderful Winter Stroll at Dusk

Birds in the Distant Trees at Green Cay
Birds in the Distant Trees at Green Cay

Resident Baby Gator up close
Resident Baby Gator up close

2021

November

Sip & Stroll Participants

Roosting for the Night

December

Greeters

Had to Share the Walkway

Unexpected Guest

Sip & Stroll Attendees

Workshops

2022

Laughs abound!

Members making clay flowers for District X Meeting — Clay Flower Workshop

Fun with clay! — Clay Flower Workshop

2021

Takes Lots of Patience

Takes Lots of Concentration