Noon IGC will kick off our 2024/2025 program year with a welcome-back tour of the Haven Home garden projects. After the tour, we will enjoy lunch at the Crowne Plaza Longboards Ocean Grille.

9:00 a.m. IGC members and friends will meet at the Barrier Island Sanctuary for a work/clean-up day. The IGC has helped plant and maintain the Native Gardens as an ongoing project. Excellent opportunity to learn firsthand about Native Coastal Plants. We recommend wearing gloves and bringing your favorite weeding tool. Brown Bag Lunch.

12-noon IGC members will meet at the Floridana Beach Community Center for a Natural Wreath Making Workshop. Lead by one of our members, Jane Rollins. Bring flowers, vines, and attractive natural elements like seed pods to create your wreath. Lunch provided by member hostesses RSVP required.

11:00 am IGC will meet at member Julia Hill’s home for our annual Holiday Gathering. We will enjoy a festive brunch and fun gift exchange. The club also collects items for the Women’s Shelter (women’s items as well as small household items). RSVP to Julia by December 6th.

10:00 am IGC will meet at the Joy and GordonPatterson Botanical Garden at Florida Institute of Technology for a self-guided tour . The garden includes stream bordered by a shady hammock abounding in palm trees and other tropical growth winding through the heart of the campus and is the setting for a 15-acre Botanical Garden. After the garden tour the group will eat lunch at The Lazy Turtle. RSVP required.

At noon, Join IGC for a romantic afternoon Valentine’s Tea and card-making activity. In the Eau Gallie Library. Don’t forget your hat and tea party attire. Members host this luncheon. RSVP to ensure adequate luncheon items. Cards will be delivered to an area retirement home.

At noon, IGC will meet at the Eau Gallie Library for a talk led by Fine Artist and member Katherine Galbraith. Katherine is a nationally recognized artist who has received numerous awards and recognition throughout her career. She was awarded Signature Status from the Portrait Society of America, Oil Painters of America, American Women Artists, and the National Oil & Acrylic Painters Society. Member hostesses provide lunch RSVP required.

At noon, IGC will meet at the Eau Gallie Library for a Butterfly Garden Workshop. and discuss how to create a garden and landscape to nurture butterflies. Learn how to certify your garden as a butterfly habitat. Member hostesses provide lunch. RSVP required.

IGC will conclude our program schedule with a “bring your own lunch” gathering hosted by member Beth Glover in her lovely Floridana Tropicals Nursery. Beth is a wonderful source of knowledge and specializes in hard-to-find coastal species grown from seed. The nursery is located in Floridana.