PALM COAST, Fla. – With more plants for sale than ever before, The Garden Club at Palm Coast, Inc. put the emphasis on ‘plant sale’ while hosting the 12th Annual Spring Festival and Plant Sale on April 5.
Outdoing themselves with a variety of plants – simply potted or pre-planted in a decorative pot for instant installation on a shelf or in a window, the propagation guild’s green thumbs have clearly been flourishing.
Not the only eye-catching booth at the show, the arranger’s guild demonstrated clever ways to place florals, with their colorful selections.
Festival Chair Denise Garcia, who also serves as the Club’s President, said while the event is to help residents with beautifying their home and landscaping, it always comes back to the students.
“This year is our 12th and it’s just amazing. It’s been 10 years that I’ve been running the festival and I just love every minute of it,” said Garcia.
“We have so many vendors that have been with us in the past and at the same time we always have new ones. Food trucks are out there, there’s plants everywhere, and the most wonderful thing is the student volunteers.”
In addition to support from the football team, two Girl Scout troops and two Boy Scout troops stepped up to help.
“We have to involve the kids because first of all we’re doing this for them. Students need volunteer hours. So we always make sure whatever we do we encourage them to join us so they can get their hours and also see what we do,” she said.
The Garden Club at Palm Coast, Inc. sponsors several student scholarships in addition to hosting their annual promotional poster contest, inviting students to submit their art to become the next year’s promotional poster.
For more information, visit https://gardenclubatpalmcoast.org.
