{"id":533,"date":"2022-02-06T21:18:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-06T21:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.calusa.org\/?p=533"},"modified":"2022-09-12T16:53:11","modified_gmt":"2022-09-12T16:53:11","slug":"the-calusa-garden-club-beautifying-marco-town-center","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.calusa.org\/?p=533","title":{"rendered":"The Calusa Garden Club &#8211; Beautifying Marco Town Center &#8211; &#8211;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Submitted By: Sharon Lewis<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Calusa Garden Club Of Marco Island<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In February 2020, Sharon Lewis, a member of the Calusa Garden Club of Marco Island contacted Erica Bradley, Property Manager of Brixmor, about utilizing space at the Marco Island Town Center for a plant and flower sale.\u00a0 During this conversation, Erica talked about the renovation that was taking place and how Brixmor would like for a community-based garden club to assist with a design space at the Town Center.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Calusa Garden Club committee went to work. Sharon Lewis, Eva Kubinsky, and Monique Doyle were the main committee members who provided the designs in 2020 and planted the container plants in 2021-2022. Other members, Sue Oldershaw and Liz Haines provided consulting as needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.calusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/TC1-1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Calusa Garden Club of Marco Island\" class=\"wp-image-534\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.calusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/TC1-980x980.jpg 980w, https:\/\/staging.calusa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/TC1-480x480.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) and (max-width: 980px) 980px, (min-width: 981px) 1024px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This team collaborated with Erica Bradley and designed the \u201ccourt yard area\u201d in front of Margarita\u2019s Restaurant and Summer Day Market &amp; Caf\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It was desired to have drought resistance plants that would thrive in the tropical heat and take little maintenance. The Calusa Garden Committee came up with both the designs and drawings and submitted them to Erica Bradley for her company\u2019s approval.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the planter boxes, \u201cCroton\u2019s \u201cwith its colorful foliage, were specified to be planted in the middle, mixed with \u201cGreen Liriope\u201d grass around the edge to soften the planter\u2019s edge.&nbsp; Around the trees and lamp posts in the court yard, \u201csun loving tropical Bromeliads.\u201d were selected.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In addition, Lewis says, \u201cwe wanted other colorful focal points in the courtyard.\u00a0 We selected bright blue large ceramic pots and filled them with tropical sedums, succulents and sansevieria which really add interest to the courtyard. To finish the surrounding area, we planted 7 large white containers and filled them with Pygmy Date Palm trees. This was the finishing touch to provide a breezy tropical look to the perimeter of the court yard. \u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>The Calusa Garden Club is a member of the Florida Federation of Garden Clubs. The members of this garden club continue to encourage and assist in establishing and maintaining botanical gardens and other horticultural endeavors in the City of Marco Island. The Calusa Garden Club is a certified Blue Zone Organization, Southwest Florida Zone Project.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Calusa Garden Club committee went to work. 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