Southport Garden Club

10/31/2026

One Week Left To Order Your Wreath!

10/24/2026

10/22/2026

As the calendar page turns to October, and we begin cleaning up and out in our yards, we look for decorations and colors that will blend Fall celebrations on through Thanksgiving.

As a stunning example, ride by 6204 Pebble Shore Drive in The Landing, named the October Yard of the Month by the Southport Garden Club. In the yard of Michael and Tammy Torino, you'll be pleasantly greeted by a blush of red Encore azaleas that pop against the vivid chartreuse of shrubs, and yard ornaments and flags heralding the season.

And then ... there's the pumpkins! Pumpkins of every size, shape and color. Porch pumpkins, step pumpkins, pumpkins in the swing, pumpkins at the rockers and in the window boxes.

This yard is a display of all the colors of seasonal transition. All that's missing is the Pumpkin Spice drink!

10/11/2026

Ready to get your holiday spirit going?? Help decorate Southport’s Franklin Square Park by creating a Christmas Tree to be displayed in the Park during the Southport Garden Club’s 2nd Annual Winterfest- ival of Trees! Trees will be lit in the Park throughout the week of Winterfest, but we’ll have the ‘official’ celebration on Tuesday, December 8th. The Park will be aglow with holiday decorations and lighting, music, and light refreshments. Children’s activities are planned in Franklin Square Gallery with the help of the Associated Artists of Southport. The true stars of the event, though, will be the Trees: trees of all sizes, decorated by individuals, businesses, churches and civic groups, lovingly decorated to display and share with all of Southport. Attendees will be casting votes for the People’s Choice Award.

We’ll have decorated silk wreaths ready for gifts or your own holiday décor, available through Silent Auction bids. Guests will also be able to purchase festive floral arrangements and tree ornaments created by Garden Club members.

TREE REGISTRATION IS OPEN October 12 – November 15. Visit the Club’s website www.southportgardenclub.org to register and pay the $30 fee and get additional information.

Proceeds support the Garden Club’s sponsorship of and efforts to show the City’s ‘green side’ with the Club’s various planting displays and maintenance in Southport.

10/10/2026

Southport Garden Club - A few pictures of some of the gardens that the Southport Garden Club members maintain around the city.

If you're interested in joining our club, visit SouthportGardenClub.org or send an email to [email protected]

10/07/2026

The Garden Club is busy planning its 2nd Annual Winterfest- ival of Trees!

Tree registrations are limited -- make YOURS one of the first come October 12th!

08/31/2026

All our yards – indeed, our gardening chores - have been challenging this Summer, to say the least. Drought calls us all to conserve and look for plantings that can survive on little water, heat and humidity.

With a very busy owner, it took the Committee a bit of extra time to approach Shannon Huback about the Yard of the Month designation. Ultimately accomplished, the yard at 310 College Street has been named the Club’s August – September Yard of the Month for its streetside display of white hydrangea and self-seeding fuschia vinca – two varieties known to say ‘keep the heat and humidity coming, and we’ll keep going’!

The roses in the backyard are David Austin roses from England. The owner’s father lived with her in Georgia for several years before he passed away and he loved her 20-variety rose garden. When she sold the Georgia home, she took cuttings of only the best ones. She planted them in his honor in the new backyard’s downsized garden area. Her mom loved all flowers, so the hydrangeas along the yard’s edge and the potted rhododendrons are for her.

On the day photos were taken, we were pleased to see 2 vases inside, filled with gorgeous blooms and smells that might not have lasted long in the intense heat. (And who doesn’t like ‘home-grown smells’ to fill our homes' interiors, too?

A wonderful example of what can be accomplished in a smaller area, take a drive down College (just across from Franklin Square Park) and enjoy a smaller yard with quintessential Southern longevity and sassy boldness!