Wellington Garden Club will hold its monthly meeting on Monday, April 3, 2023 at the Wellington Community Center, at 12150 W. Forest Hill Blvd. The meeting will feature a presentation at 10:00 AM by Rich Ackerman on orchids and what makes them different from all other plant families. He will also discuss Florida’s Native Orchids that are found in Palm Beach County; those we can add to our own landscapes and gardens, and some invasive orchids to look out for.
Rich works closely with UF/IFAS Extension, Broward County, where he is a Florida Master Gardener Volunteer, serves on the Urban Horticulture Advisory Board, and is Team Leader of the Broward County Native Orchid Project. A Professor Emeritus at Broward College, he has collaborated with PBSC, Florida Atlantic University and Broward College. He is also a former President of the Fort Lauderdale Orchid Society.
The community is invited to join the club for coffee and a plant raffle beginning at 9:30 a.m. Visitors are asked to check in at the guest table. To reserve a spot, contact Maria Wolfe at: tcacad_registrar@yahoo.com.
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.