Pine Island Garden Club

Events

2025 Meetings

Coordinator: Tessa Buechler

FYI – keep scrolling down for Field Trip information…

~2025~

NOTE! if you see flowers around the word ‘Meeting Notes’ – it IS clickable and will take you to the notes from that meeting.

Thursday, January 16, 2025 :: Member & Board Meeting
– Speakers: Kathy Weinberger & Caroll Garland
– Topic: Monarch Butterfly
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Thursday, February 20, 2025 :: Member Meeting
-Member Speaker: Kristina McInerny // Topic: Website & Facebook Overview
-Member Speaker: Nancy Hook // Topic: Panama Rose plant
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Saturday, February 22, 2025 :: Gala [see gallery of photos]

Thursday, March 20, 2025 :: Member Meeting
– Speaker: Mike Mills, Wildlife Biologist
– Topic: Pine Island Sound Bat Population
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Thursday, Apr 17, 2025 :: Member Meeting

– Speaker: Daniel Piper, Owner of Purely Green
– Topic: Environmentally Safe Cleaners & Pesticides
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Thursday, May 15, 2025 :: Member & Board Meeting

– Speaker: Carlie Cooper, FruitScapes, LLC, Bokeelia, FL
– Website: https://fruitscapesllc.com/
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Thursday, Sept 18, 2025 :: Member Meeting

– Speaker: Bonnie Potter, President, Pine Island Food Pantry
– Website: https://www.leecountymcdfl.gov/
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Thursday, Oct 16, 2025 :: Member Meeting

– Speaker:
– Website:  https://www.pineislandfoodpantry.org/
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🎅🏽 Thursday, Dec 11, 2025 :: Annual Holiday Luncheon @ Misto Bar & Grill
(Full Flyer)

Please – Pay $32 with Cash or Check at the October or November club meeting OR – mail check (made out to Pine Island Garden Club) to
Bonnie Kellen, 4111 Galt Island Avenue, Saint James City FL 33956


Field Trips

Coordinator: Tessa Buechler
Helper: Kathleen Hecksher

December 9, 2025

  • Sarasota Jungle Gardens Tour, $18
  • Guided Tour of Gardens and Animal Show
    • Our group is booked for a group of 12 or more. The tour starts at 11am tour. The Flamingo Cafe inside the grounds has not been reopened. So we will look into alternative locations near by for lunch. There is an optional show included on our ticket. Transportation will be via your own means.  Carpooling is encouraged.

Past Events

Field Trips

  • VIP Tour of Selby Gardens, Sarasota, FL
  • Sundance Orchids & Bromiliads, Ft Myers, FL
  • Everglades Wonder Gardens Tour, Bonita Springs, FL
  • Calusa Nature Center and Planetarium Tour, East Ft. Myers, FL

Fun Events

  • Beacon Bites Plant Therapy
  • Garden GALA “Art in the Park”
  • Monthly Speakers

Garden Cleanup

  • Bokeelia Post Office
  • Elementary School Butterfly Garden
  • Phillips Park
  • Pine Island Museum
  • St. James City Civic Association (SJCCA)