Wellington Garden Club (WGC) will hold its monthly meeting on Monday, November 3rd, at 10:00AM, at the Wellington Community Center, at 12150 W. Forest Hill Blvd. The meeting will feature a presentation by Tom Ramiccio on bromeliads. He estimates he has about 7,000 bromeliads in his vast and varied collection. When Ramiccio ran out of space for bromeliads in his Lake Worth yard, he planted them on trees, creating a vertical garden of these colorful water-holding “vase” plants.
Aside from his knowledge of how-to grow bromeliads, Ramiccio has a long list of community service accolades. He brings with him more than forty years of professional marketing and public relations. He was the marketing director for Palm Beach County Visitors and Convention Bureau for over ten years. He served three terms as Mayor of the city of Lake Worth. He represented the Greater Lake Worth Chamber of Commerce as their President/CEO for ten years. For thirty-seven years he was the Governor of the Florida District of Kiwanis International. He also served on the Salvation Army Board for thirty-five years.
The public is invited to join the club for coffee and a plant raffle beginning at 9:30AM. Visitors are asked to check in at the desk upon arrival. Reserving a spot at the meeting is recommended. Please contact the Wellington Garden Club membership chair, Anne Hlasnicek, via email: ideasmith@comcast.net
Wellington Garden Club, founded in 1981, is a 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization dedicated to educating its members and the public in the fields of gardening, horticulture, floral design, and landscape design; and to promoting conservation of natural resources, civic beautification, and youth education. For more information: www.wellingtongardenclub.org.