Proclamation | Green Initiative
Exciting Announcement!! After 1 1/2 years of hard work and following up with the city, progress is being made. The attached proclamation was bestowed on my Green Initiative and the Equality Garden Club, by the City of Oakland Park on Earth Day, April 21, 2021. This is for our contribution to “exploring ways to eliminate […]
Island City Orchid Project
About the Island City Orchid Project Did you know that Florida native orchids were nearly wiped out in our area? Several years ago, Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden created their Million Orchid Project to help restore the populations of South Florida’s rare and endangered orchids into our local environments. Locally, the Fort Lauderdale Orchid Society (FLOS) […]
Palm Spotlight: Chamberyonia macrocarpa “Flamethrower”
A moderately large palm with a single trunk, it maintains about 6 – 8 very stiff pinnate (feather like) fronds . The trunk will keep its deep green color until maturity and will hold the frond ‘scars’ leaving behind white rings up the trunk. Some cultivars have a molted green effect much like a watermelon. […]
Horticulture Feature: What’s in a Name?
Have you ever looked at a plant name and wondered who in the world put those letters together like that? You may say that scientific names are impossible to pronounce because there are sometimes things you recognize mixed with parts that don’t fit together in normal speech. Usually those long, strange words seem all Greek. […]
Horticulture Feature: Begonias
There are nearly 1800 species of begonias ranging Central and South America and Africa and Asia. Begonias vary from cool climates to the tropics and from epiphytes to terrestrial. In south Florida rex begonias and tuberous begonias don’t perform well outdoors because of our heat and humidity. Many of the cane begonias and tropical types […]
Horticulture Feature: Orchids
The South Florida orchid show season is finished since the sunburn hot Redland Orchid Festival is past. Your warm growing orchids are just getting happy though, so lets talk about them a bit. Flowering takes a lot from a plant and in nature some orchids can live 75 years, flower maybe 10 times and only […]
Wilton Manors Elementary School Butterfly Garden Adopted by Local Garden Club
For Immediate Release From: Equality Garden Club Date: October 12, 2020 Contact: Mario Rios Phone: (832) 890-4283 Email: Mariorios682004@yahoo.com Contact: Gary Petonke Phone: (954) 683-7079 Email: gpetonke@yahoo.com Website: http://www.equalitygardenclub.com “Wilton Manors Elementary School Butterfly Garden Adopted by Local Garden Club” On Thursday October 8, 2020, the Equality Garden (EGC), which is based in Wilton Manors, […]
Learning Garden Beds unveiled on “KIDS in Distress” Campus
For Immediate Release From: Equality Garden Club Date: June 8, 2020 Contact: Chuck Nicholls Phone: (954) 803-9176 Email: canick9@icloud.com Contact: Gary Petonke Phone: (954) 683-7079 Email: gpetonke@yahoo.com Website: http://www.equalitygardenclub.com/home.html Learning Garden Beds unveiled on “KIDS in Distress” Campus A big day with the kids, planting vegetables, seeds and marigold flowers in raised beds. The project […]
Wilton Manors & Oakland Park, FL, Take Steps To Eliminate Toxic Pesticide Use
For Immediate Release Equality Garden Club Date: 06/06/2020 Contact: Gary Petonke Phone: (954) 683-7079 Email: gpetonke@yahoo.com Digital: https://www.facebook.com/SoutheasternFloridaGreenInitiative/ Wilton Manors and Oakland Park, Fla, Take Steps To Eliminate Toxic Pesticide Use Wilton Manors and Oakland Park, Fla. (June 2, 2020) The Cities of Wilton Manors and Oakland Park have joined efforts to explore ways to […]
Local Elementary School & Garden Club Create A Butterfly Garden
For Immediate Release From: Equality Garden Club Date: December 17, 2019 Contact: Mario Rios Phone: (832) 890-4283 Email: Mariorios682004@yahoo.com Contact: Gary Petonke Phone: (954) 683-7079 Email: gpetonke@yahoo.com Website: http://www.equalitygardenclub.com “Local Elementary School and Garden Club Join Efforts to Create Butterfly Garden” On Saturday, December 16, 2019, the Equality Garden Club and the Wilton Manors Elementary […]