The Garden Club of Palatka

04/10/2026

Join us for the Monday, October 5th, meeting and program!
Our guest speaker will be Julio Perez, Agricultural Extension Agent for the University of Florida. Julio will be presenting on the planting and care of Camelias. This is the time that the Camelia buds are starting to appear so this is great information at just the right time.

The program is being held in the historic cypress cabin in the Ravines Garden State Park, 1600 Twigg Street in Palatka. Light refreshments will be served afterwards. The program is free, open to the public, and there is no park entrance fee when attending a Garden Club program. The seating is limited, so arrive early to secure a seat.

04/10/2026

The Garden Club of Palatka visited Linda and Steve Owens in Hawthorne today and presented them with the "Celebrating This Garden Spot" sign courtesy of The Garden Club of Palatka and Keep Putnam Beautiful to acknowledge their wonderful efforts in having such a wonderful front garden.
The Owens reside on Skinner Court in Hawthorne, Florida.

If you know of any beautiful gardens, residential or commercial, in Putnam County that that you think deserves to be recognized please contact us! You can message us here or email us at [email protected].

28/09/2026

GardenFest is coming…more details soon!

28/09/2026

Although the Bleeding flower moth is found throughout the eastern half of the United States and into Canada, it is most common in Florida and neighboring southern states. This uniquely camouflaged moth has a special relationship with one of our showiest fall wildflowers, the blazing stars (Liatris spp.)

Get to know the Bleeding flower moth:
https://www.flawildflowers.org/know-your-native-pollinators-bleeding-flower-moth/

28/09/2026

08/09/2026

Join the Garden Club of Palatka for our Opening Season September 14th program featuring speaker, David Hughes, presenting Vermaculture and gardening.

David and his family moved to Florida in 1965, where he started in the 10th grade. He chose Ag as his elective and he has been gardening ever since (61 years in all in Florida). Most of his work life has evolved around horticulture including plant propagation, landscaping, irrigation, and lawn care. For the last 14 years of his career, he taught in the public school system, where at one time he had worm farms in his classroom. He is still using the Vermacuture process of using worms to turn kitchen scraps into compost, which his wife, Sharon, and he use in their extensive vegetable garden.
Gardening is his passion and he enjoys sharing his experiences with others and learning from their experiences.

Join us in the historic cypress cabin in the Ravine Gardens State Park, Monday, September 14th, at 10:00AM. The program is free to the public and there is no park entrance fee when attending a Garden Club program. Seating is limited so plan on arriving early to reserve your seat.
See you there!

01/09/2026

Grow your own food! Build a raised bed, learn gardening basics, and take home everything you need to get started.

19/08/2026

The Great Southeastern Pollinator Census is Thursday and Friday, the 21st and 22nd.

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You can go to the website to print out a sheet, find in depth instruction and more info. It's the same site you upload your count info to.

You can do more than one sheet but they MUST be done at different times!

Come join in to help out and have some fun to boot! 😊