Men's Garden Club of Jacksonville

04/12/2026

04/07/2026

Wild Birds Unlimited in Argyle Forest is having a sidewalk plant sale this coming Saturday and Sunday, April 11 & 12.

Weekend Sidewalk Plant Sale – Kraken Plants Are Back!

Get ready to refresh your garden! Join us for our Weekend Sidewalk Plant Sale, featuring the return of Kraken Plants. She’s bringing an amazing selection of Native and Florida-Friendly plants—perfect for spring planting and replacing any garden losses from the recent freeze.

Sale Dates & Times:

Saturday, April 11th: 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Sunday, April 12th: 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Spring is here—don’t miss this chance to give your garden a fresh start!

Don’t miss out—come early for the best selection and expert gardening advice!

04/06/2026

Do any of you have any angel trumpet’s that survived the freeze? The Men’s Garden Club received an email from Vickie Vriesenga who lost all 15 of her angel trumpet plants and she is desperate for cuttings to replace them. Some of you may remember Vickie and her son Patrick who worked at the Jacksonville Agricultural Fair Horticultural Show for years, perhaps decades. If you can help Vickie replace some of her treasured plants, please contact her directly at [email protected] or 904-485-3700. Thank you for anything you can do to help her.

03/25/2026

Please see our April 2026 newsletter for information about our April 6 meeting of the Men's Garden Club of Jacksonville. The meeting is free and open to the public.

03/11/2026

Is it time to fertilize your lawn? Get the answer and more answers about lawns from this UF / IFAS Extension Duval County Agriculture blog entry.

Email 0 Facebook 0 Twitter 0 Reddit 0 X Linkedin 0 Stumbleupon 0 When should I fertilize? Don’t jump the gun and fertilize the lawn too early. Mid April is the target date to apply the first fertilizer application to warm season lawns in north Florida. What fertilizer should I use? Find a fertiliz...

03/03/2026

Great meeting this evening (March 2). Master Gardener Volunteer Melanie Carr gave a wonderful presentation about herbs and answered dozens of gardening questions from an enthusiastic audience.

Next month's meeting will be on April 6 at the home of our president and landscape designer Billy Dorsheimer who will give tours of his yard recently landscaped with a large variety of new plants.

02/08/2026

The 3rd Annual Ortega Camellia Festival on Feb. 7 at the Ortega Church was a great success. The Club sold over 200 camellia plants. Several hundred people attended and supported all the vendors and artists at the festival. Thanks to all of you who attended.

02/06/2026

The 3rd Annual Ortega Camellia Festival is tomorrow, Feb. 7 at 9 am at the Ortega Methodist Church, 4807 Roosevelt Blvd, Jax. Our coffee and sweets food truck this year is SIP ME UP. Come out early, get some coffee and get some camellia plants before they are all gone.

01/27/2026

The MGCJ February newsletter is now available. Our next meeting is Feb. 2 at Riverside Presbyterian Church. The 3rd Annual Ortega Camellia Festival is Feb. 7. Read all the details in our latest newsletter.

01/26/2026

The 3rd Annual Ortega Camellia Festival is Feb. 7 from 9 am to 2 pm at the Ortega Methodist Church 4807 Roosevelt Blvd, Jax. Here is a list of vendors who are expected to participate and some photos of some camellias that will be for sale:

Men’s Garden Club of Jacksonville (selling camellias)
Duval County Extension Florida-Friendly
Ixia Chapter of the Florida Native Plant Society
Groundworks Jacksonville
Florida Department of Agriculture
Duval County Master Gardener Volunteers Botanical Boutique
Heart of Jacksonville African Violet Society
Jacksonville Beekeepers Association
North Florida Bonsai Club
Jacksonville Rose Society
Keep Jacksonville Beautiful
North Florida Daylily Society
Pachyfolia Plants
David Smith Fried Peanuts
Boy Scouts

01/18/2026

Members of the MGCJ had a productive workday in the Riverside Park Camellia Garden that the Club created in 1968. Many of the camellias have been lost or are in decline over recent years due to loss of tree canopy and other environmental changes. Nevertheless, the club is working to help the remaining plants to hang on.

Many of the plants are in flower now and the later flowering cultivars have lots of blooms. So, get over to Riverside Park and visit the garden if you have an opportunity. The camellia garden is located in the northeast corner of the park bordered by Park Street, I-95 and the dog park.