Mounts Botanical Garden of Palm Beach County to Host Annual CONNOISSEURS GARDEN TOUR A Mother’s Day Tradition
Mounts Botanical Garden of Palm Beach County to Host
Annual CONNOISSEURS GARDEN TOUR
A Mother’s Day Tradition – May 13-14
Visit Nine Beautiful Private & Public Gardens in Atlantis,Lake Worth, North Palm Beach, Palm Beach Gardens & West Palm Beach, Including a Sneak Preview of the New Windows on the Floating World: Blume Tropical Wetland Garden at Mounts
(West Palm Beach, FL – April 24, 2017) Friends of the Mounts Botanical Garden today announced that it would be hosting the 13th annual Connoisseurs Garden Tour, a Mother’s Day Tradition, May 13-14.
From 10 am to 5 pm on Saturday, May 13, and from 11 am to 4 pm on Mother’s Day, Sunday, May 14, participants can visit eight extraordinary private gardens: two each in Lake Worth, North Palm Beach and Palm Beach Gardens and one in both Atlantis and West Palm Beach. The ninth featured garden is a sneak preview to the new Windows on the Floating World: Blume Tropical Wetland Garden, which is scheduled to open at Mounts in June.
“What is unique about our annual Connisseurs Garden Tour is that guests can visit the gardens at their own pace and sequence,” says Rochelle Wolberg, Mounts Botanical Garden’s Director of Programs/Interim Operations Manager.
The nine private and public gardens on this year’s Connoisseur Tour include:
Leeann & Tim Whelan Garden
15603 86th Way in Palm Beach Gardens
This country property has a jewel hidden behind the house, a pond that is surrounded by a natural split wood fence filled with cascading orchids and tillandsias. The pond, surrounded by cypress and maple trees, serves both as an irrigation source and an area to store excess rainwater. On the side of the house there is an herb garden, a quaint chicken coop and massive plantings along the property line. Along the way, there are areas filled with bright color.
Kat & Chuck Rahla Garden
4131 Beech Avenue in Palm Beach Gardens
Wild and rambling, this Certified Florida garden is filled with natives, orchids, bromeliads and eight-foot curtains of Spanish moss that protects shade-loving plants from the sun. Wind chimes and bird songs, unusual scents, and multitude of butterflies fill the air. Dead trees protect a large flock of painted buntings and other birds, tillandsias cling to every surface, and birdbaths too deep for the birds become bog gardens.
Julie Criser Garden
837 Fathom Road in North Palm Beach
Winding brick paths encourage visitors to meander through this colorful garden filled with fruit and flowering trees and the smell of herbs. A lovely pool, capped by a waterfall, is the centerpiece of this informal garden. Gardeners will be filled with envy when they see the “potting palace” surrounded by Begonia odorata used as ground cover. There are orchids everywhere, hanging from tree branches, sprouting from tree crotches and massed on the inviting dining patio.
Suzann & David Mauroner Garden
130 Fathom Road in North Palm Beach
This charming back yard is centered by a water feature and flanked on either side by grassy areas surrounded by tropical gardens filled with bromeliads, palms and bamboo with orchids growing from the trees. The center section showcases a row of Bromeliad imperialis that is breathtaking. The garden is a lesson on how to use hedges, both formal and informal, while using hedging materials of enormous disparity in color, texture and size. The owners have created a garden that withstands wind and drought while maintaining its beauty.
Sneak Peek
Mounts Botanical Garden’s Windows on the Floating World: Blume Tropical Wetland Garden
531 North Military Trail in West Palm Beach
Be the first to view the new Windows on the Floating World – Blume Tropical Wetland Garden opening in June. This new Garden features transparent, open-gridded, 4-foot wide walkways on the surface of the wetlands giving visitors the feeling of walking on water. Within these walks are four windows of aquatic plants and seasonal botanical exhibits growing from submerged containers. Additional highlights are waterfalls flowing over natural stone, an area for wading birds, and a wall covered with bromeliads, and benches for quiet reflection and study.
Todd MacLean & Geoff Darnell Garden
815 Nathan Hale Road in West Palm Beach
The enticing entrance hides a tropical paradise. What appears from the road to be a small intimate garden is actually a world of rare palms, bromeliads, orchids and other tropical plants all interwoven with an artistic eye and a skilled hand. The walkways of old Chicago brick lead you by a waterfall, wonderful sculptures, and around an old Edwards mango that hold a fabulous collection of very large staghorn ferns. The behind the scenes area is just as interesting, with raised vegetable gardens and an area for orchids.
Benjamin Burle & Debra Yates Garden
128 North O Street in Lake Work
Less is definitely much, much more. This very unusual native landscape literally takes you through the 1945 historic cottage that is now the studio of Burle Yates Design. This property is a showcase for rare and unusual native plants many of which may be new even to those who collect natives. Many different surfaces are used and the hardscape materials are varied and interesting. The rear garden and alley area are a combination of art and plants.
Paton White Garden
731 Murfield Circle in Atlantis
This garden is an example of what can be done with cuttings, seeds, saplings, bromeliad pups and begonia leaves in four years using no herbicides or pesticides. It is also one of the few gardens in South Florida that has a steep 60’ long hill as one border that is filled with tropical plants and lined with native ageratum. Native plants are incorporated along the borders to draw both birds and butterflies and color is added everywhere. There is a small cutting garden that at its seasonal prime can fill vases throughout the house.
Ruth & Terry Lynch Garden
2802 Lake Osborne Drive in Lake Worth
This one-acre garden is full of uncommon tropical flowers, fruit trees and surprises. The garden starts at the very edge of the road, with beautiful strands of dune sunflower, native tropical mimosa and colorful bromeliads. Farther into the garden visitors will find mature specimens of many palms and flowering vines rarely seen outside of botanical gardens.
How to Get Tickets for the Connoisseurs Garden Tour:
The cost to participate in the annual Connoisseurs Garden Tour is only $20 for Mounts members and $30 for nonmembers. Children 12 and under are free.
Tickets may be purchased at the Garden Shop at Mounts Botanical Garden or online via www.mounts.org, Amelia’s Smarty Plants in Lake Worth, Art By Nature Garden Center in Palm Beach Gardens, the Delray Beach Garden Center and Johnny Mango’s Produce in Delray Beach, Giverny Gardens in Jupiter, and Uncle Bim’s Garden Center in West Palm Beach.
For more information, please call 561.233.1757 or visit www.mounts.org.
About Mounts Botanical Garden of Palm Beach County:
With a mission to inspire the public, Mounts Botanical Garden is Palm Beach County’s oldest and largest botanical garden, offering gorgeous displays of tropical and sub-tropical plants, plus informative classes, workshops, and other fun-filled events. The Garden contains more than 2,000 species of plants, including Florida native plants, exotic and tropical fruit trees, herbs, palms, bromeliads and more. Mounts Botanical Garden is a facility of the Palm Beach County Extension Service, which is in partnership with the University of Florida and the Friends of Mounts Botanical Garden. Mounts is located at 531 North Military Trail in West Palm Beach.
Mounts Botanical Garden of Palm Beach County is open everyday (except Palm Beach County recognized holidays) from 10 am to 4 pm. The suggested donation for entry to the Garden, including the new Windows on the Floating World: Blume Tropical Wetland Garden, is $5 per person. For more information, please call 561.233.1757 or visit www.mounts.org.
Eat Better Live Better 5K At Boca Town Center
Eat Better Live Better 5K At Boca Town Center – Sunday, April 30, 2017
-Thousands expected for event
-Mission to help fight childhood obesity; teach families to live healthier
-Ashwin Kalyandurg, medical student at Nova Southeastern University, will attempt to break world record for walking on his hands during 8-hour “hand walk”
-Event begins at 7:30 am at the Boca Town Center in Boca Raton, Fla.; Sunday, April 30, 2017
Additional Background:
The Eat Better Live Better (EBLB) Organization comes back after a successful 5k last year in 2016 for The Eat Better Live Better 5K Run/Walk at the Town Center Mall in Boca Raton on Sunday, April 30th, 2017. This year’s EBLB event includes a 5K walk/run, green market, contests and raffles, kids zone, unique vendors, special guests and more. Help fight against childhood obesity with proceeds of the event being donated to EBLB to assist families in preventing or reversing childhood obesity.
Attempt To Break Guinness Book Of World Record:
Ashwin Kalyandurg, medical student of Nova Southeastern University, will attempt to break the Guinness Book of World Record for longest time and distance continuously walking on hands. The current world record for hand walking is 5 km (3 miles) in eight hours, held by Sarah Chapman in the U.K., according to Guinness world records. Kalyandurg is aiming for eight-continuous hours of hand walking.
About Eat Better Live Better:
Eat Better Live Better (EBLB) is making a stand to help reduce the crisis of child obesity with their program that promotes health and wellness. It’s founder, Debra Tendrich, created this organization after living with and overcoming childhood obesity herself. Eat Better Live Better brings families the education and hands on experience of living a healthy lifestyle. With a 90-day program, families are assigned a registered dietician (RD), who they will meet personally, that records a Health Risk assessment and reviews their current eating habits. The RD also educates them on what healthy foods to purchase at the grocery store and provides family workshops and family fitness classes. EBLB’s mission is to help prevent, reduce, and reverse childhood obesity and provide families with nutritional plans and healthy foods. For more information on EBLB and how you can get your family to switch to a healthy lifestyle, or donate to sponsor a family, visit www.eblb.org. EBLB is also available on Facebook and Twitter.
Come join other local individuals and families by participating in the 2017 Eat Better Live Better 5K. If you would like to take part in this event:
Click here to register for the Eat Better Live Better 5K at 7:30 a.m. to be held at the Town Center Mall in Boca Raton, FL on April 30th.
PB Opera Welcomes Met Opera Star Sondra Radvanovsky
Palm Beach Opera Welcomes
Met Opera Star Sondra Radvanovsky
for 2018 Gala at The Breakers
West Palm Beach, Florida (April 24, 2017) — Palm Beach Opera is proud to announce that Metropolitan Opera star Sondra Radvanovsky will be performing at its annual Gala on Thursday, February 15, 2018 at The Breakers Hotel in Palm Beach.
About Palm Beach Opera’s 2018 Gala:
The largest annual fund raising event for the company showcases the foremost stars in opera today in an intimate and exclusive recital. A perennial highlight of the Palm Beach social calendar, Palm Beach Opera’s Gala brings together opera lovers and community leaders to enjoy an extraordinary evening of music and song, while supporting one of the communities most enchanting and beloved art forms. David & Joan Genser of Palm Beach will chair the opera’s 2018 Gala.
About Sondra Radvanovsky:
Soprano Sondra Radvanovsky is a globally celebrated artist. The sincerity and intensity that she brings to the stage as one of the most prominent sopranos of her generation have won her accolades from critics and loyalty from passionate fans. She has performed in every major opera house in the world, including the Royal Opera House, the Paris Opera, Teatro alla Scala, and numerous others. Her home theater is the Metropolitan Opera, where she began her training in the late 1990s.
Though known as one of today’s premiere Verdi sopranos, Radvanovsky has recently expanded her repertoire to include many bel canto roles. In September 2017, she will open the Metropolitan Opera season in the title role of Norma, a new production at The Met next season.
About Palm Beach Opera:
Palm Beach Opera recently announced its 2018 Season, which includes Giacomo Puccini’s Tosca (January 26-28), Leonard Bernstein’s Candide (February 23-25) celebrating the 100th anniversary of the composer’s birth, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s Le nozze di Figaro (March 23-25).
Palm Beach Opera is dedicated to producing live opera at an international standard of excellence and to enriching the life of the communities it serves with a diverse offering of educational programs. Founded in 1961, the fully professional Palm Beach Opera presents mainstage performances at the Kravis Center for the Performing Arts in West Palm Beach and is a proud member of OPERA America and the Cultural Council of Palm Beach County.
Rare Fruit Council to Host Annual Fruit Tree and Plant Sale
Palm Beach Chapter of the Rare Fruit Council International, Inc. to Host Annual
TROPICAL FRUIT TREE & EDIBLE PLANT SALE
At the South Florida Fairgrounds – May 20
Both Admission & Parking are FREE
(West Palm Beach, FL – April 21, 2017) The Palm Beach Chapter of the Rare Fruit Council International, Inc., which has been “promoting the progress of rare fruit” since 1970, is hosting its annual Tropical Fruit Tree & Edible Plant Sale on Saturday, May 20. The popular event will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Agriplex Building on the South Florida Fairgrounds in West Palm Beach.
At this year’s Tropical Fruit Tree & Edible Plant Sale, vendors from all over the state will offer a wide variety of delightful and delicious fruit trees, including Avocado, Banana, Barbados Cherry, Black Sapote, Canistel, Carambola, Citrus, Dragon Fruit, Figs, Guava, Grumichama, Jackfruit, Jaboticaba, Longan, Lychee, Macadamia, Mamey Sapote, Mango, Miracle Fruit, Mulberry, Papaya, Peach, Persimmon, Soursop, Sugar Apple, Star Apple, Tamarind, herbs and spices, plus the Rare Fruit Council’s proprietary formulization for tropical fruits.
Also available will be educational information on the planting and growing of fruit trees, along with knowledgeable volunteers and vendors to answer any questions.
Tree and plant fans should enter the South Florida Fairgrounds through Gate 5 on Southern Blvd. Both admission and parking are FREE.
About The Palm Beach Chapter of the Rare Fruit Council International, Inc.:
Established in 1970, the Palm Beach Chapter of the Rare Fruit Council (RFC) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to promoting and furthering the cultivation and use of tropical and rare fruit in south Florida and throughout the world. The organization includes several hundred members interested in learning about, growing and enjoying tropical fruits.
Monthly meetings are the second Friday of each month at 7:30 p.m. in the auditorium at Mounts Botanical Garden, 531 N. Military Trail in West Palm Beach, directly across from the west side of Palm Beach International Airport. Each meeting has an educational lecture by a speaker in the field of fruit science or related field, a fruit tree auction, a seed & plant exchange, and the chapter’s famous “tasting table” – a chance to taste various tropical fruits grown by members.
Membership is $25 yearly, and benefits include:
+ Monthly newsletter – filled with informative articles about growing rare fruits and related topics.
+ Propagation classes – members learn how to graft & air-layer tropical fruit trees.
+ Annual Ice Cream Social – for members and their guests only; the ice cream is handmade with fruits grown by members.
+ Plant Sales – members can bring fruit trees and edible plants to sell to the general public.
+ Organized field trips to regional fruit tree collections and plantings.
+ Periodic field trips to member yards and local orchards.
+ Volunteer opportunities for many interesting & exciting committees and events.
In addition, specially formulated fertilizer and pruning/grafting tools are offered at a discount for RFC members.
For more information about the Palm Beach Chapter of the Rare Fruit Council International, Inc., please visit http://www.pbrarefruitcouncil.org/.
Deep Blue & You Yoga!
Join us for Deep Blue Yoga followed by a Blue Friends Beach Clean Up!
Deep Blue Yoga classes will be held on the beach next to the Juno Beach Pier on April 29. Join us at 7:30 AM for a FREE 45-minute, slow-flow yoga class followed by a 15-minute beach cleanup. Please be sure to bring your own mat or towel, water bottle, and any props you need. For more information on either program, please contact kufford@marinelife.org
Wellington Resident Is New Hire At Law Firm
MEDIA CONTACT:
Jennifer Cope or Kelly Husak
Slatkow & Husak Public Relations
479-426-6855 or Jennifer@slatkowhusak.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Two Lawyers Join Established Attorneys at Mathison Whittles, LLP To Make a Difference. Young Hires Newest Faces of Palm Beach Gardens Firm
(Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.) – David Miller, Jr., and J. Paige Salib have joined the growing Palm Beach Gardens based law firm of Mathison Whittles, LLP.
Miller’s practice areas include commercial/business disputes, construction claims and liens, catastrophic personal injury claims, premises liability matters, class actions, general liability claims, medical malpractice claims, probate matters, landlord-tenant issues, and a wide variety of transactional matters. Salib works with clients on residential and commercial real estate transactions, land use, business formation and corporate law.
“At Mathison Whittles, we love getting to know our clients and working to advance their interests, both in the boardroom and in the courtroom,” said attorney Stephen Mathison. “We have built our practice around providing our clients tangible solutions and mutually-beneficial long-term relationships, and David and Paige have already been instrumental in continuing that message.”
A resident of Wellington, Miller holds a Bachelor of Science from Florida State University and a Juris Doctor from Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad Law Center.
“The idea of handling the same type of case all the time is too mundane for me,” Miller said. “I relish in learning new things every day, which keeps my work exciting and keeps me on my toes. My goal is the best outcome for every client and I strive to reach that goal every day.”
His mother is an attorney, and Miller says he was inspired to follow her example. A former supervising attorney referred him to Mathison Whittles, where he found a group of seasoned attorneys with varied clients and cases that would provide challenge and opportunity for growth.
When he’s not in the courtroom, you can find him spending time with his wife and son, cooking, traveling, fishing and playing sports.
Paige Salib holds a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Central Florida and graduated from Barry University School of Law.
“I was motivated to become an attorney because the work, learning and relationships came naturally to me,” Salib said. “I wanted to join the Mathison Whittles team to learn from the best in our business. I love that I get to continuously grow, and ultimately, help our clients bring their visions to fruition.”
Her father was a developer, so she says that real estate transactions are in her blood. When she is not practicing law, you can find Salib with her husband and son in the great outdoors.
“We are so proud of David and Paige and their great work for our firm,” said attorney John Whittles. “We are lucky to have them on our team, fighting for our clients. They represent the next generation of lawyers, and the future is a bright place because of that.”
Mathison Whittles, LLP is a full-service law firm that pairs the talents of its two founders to efficiently and cost-effectively provide clients the entire spectrum of real estate, business, estate planning and litigation legal services. Steve Mathison and John Whittles are committed to offering a combination of “best of class” big-firm experience with the commitment and relationship focus of a small firm. Their specialties include real estate and title insurance, business and corporate law, probate and estate planning, commercial litigation, land use, zoning and election law. Examples of the firms’ project and client roster include The Gardens Mall, First Republic Bank, Comerica Bank, Frenchman’s Creek Country Club, BallenIsles Country Club, PGA Commons, The Landmark Condominium, Esperante office tower, the recently approved community of Avenir, respected local business owners and real estate developers and institutions, as well as elected officials of all affiliations. Mathison Whittles maintains offices at 5606 PGA Boulevard, Suite 211 in Palm Beach Gardens and 301 Pine Street in West Palm Beach. Contact them at 561-624-2001 or 561-469-1160 or visit https://mathisonwhittles.com/.
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Summer Programming Showcase
What: Summer Programming Showcase
When: June 3, 2017 from 11 am – 2 pm
Where: Loggerhead Marinelife Center
14200 U.S. Hwy 1
Juno Beach, FL 33408
Cost: FREE
Description: Summer programming is back at LMC! June marks the return of our popular summer programs and we need you to help us kick off the season! Come check out this year’s summer program offerings by visiting us on Saturday, June 3, 2017 for our free Summer Programming Showcase event. Take a peek into our Junior Marine Biologist summer camp room and take advantage of the Early-Bird registration prices returning for on-campus guests only (Up to $45 savings per camper)! Don’t forget to bring in your prospective campers so they may enjoy a sampling of the fun activities they will experience in camp! Plus, get information or register on all 2017 seasonal beach programs including Turtle Walks, Hatchling Releases and Biologist Beach Walks. For more information and to check out the exciting event program schedule, visit https://www.marinelife.org/event/summer-programming-showcase. See you there!
Contact: Kate Ufford at kufford@marinelife.org
