Projects

Wekiva Youth Camp Support 

We have a silent auction at our Christmas party and a plant auction in the spring that support our Wekiva Camp scholarship fund. We give a campership each year & support Wekiva Camp by contributing to their wish list. 

Blue Star Marker at Eustis Library

The Blue Star Program honors all men and women that serve in the United States Armed Services. We received an FFGC grant towards this project to help purchase the marker and plants for the garden bed area around the marker. Photos are posted in our Gallery. We continue to maintain this pollinator garden.

Trout Lake Nature Center & UF/IFAS Lake County Discovery Gardens
We support both of these organizations with monetary donations and volunteer time. 

Horticulture Education

We aim to educate our members about different plants each year as we go through our monthly programs & field trips. Many guests are invited each month. There is no budget for this. Our trips are funded generously by our members. This year we will be learning about Fall Planting and Pollinators . 

Horticulture Community Support

Each year we donate plants/trees to various community beautification projects (see some on our Past Events page) 

• Lake County Mosquito Control, 1949

• Eustis Christmas Lighting Contest

• Civic Beautification at the Eustis Elementary School, American Legion Grounds, and Eustis Community Center

• Commemorative Camellia Plantings (in memory of deceased members)

• Annual Christmas Decorations

• Yard of the Month Award

• Tray Favors for Waterman Hospital

• Plants for Meals on Wheels at Easter

• Lake County Fair & Flower Show

• Tavares Cemetery, Camellia japonica Arbor Day plantings, 2021

• Blue Star Memorial marker, Eustis Library, Feb. 2023

• Arbor Day 2024 FFGC Centennial Celebration

• Lake County Flower Shows