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A rich tradition of supporting the Jacksonville community through education, horticulture, conservation, stewardship of our natural resources, and grants for civic improvement projects that align with our mission.

UPCOMING EVENTS:

March 29-30, 2023: Late Bloomers Garden Club presents “On A Clear Day You Can See Forever,” a Garden Club Of America Flower Show. The flower show will be held at the Garden Club Of Jacksonville located at 1005 Riverside Avenue, Jacksonville, Florida.

May 6, 2023: Root Ball 2023: “Ante Up for Derby Day,” at the Garden Club of Jacksonville.

IN THE NEWS:

March 23, 2023: WJCT’s First Coast Connect with Melissa Ross: Global warming; ‘Nurse Unseen’; National Agriculture Week; flower show; San Marco Beer Fest (Laura Haley, LBGC member & renowned “designer of distinction” floral designer, interviewed about ‘On a Clear Day You Can See Forever’ flower show.)

March 7, 2023: LBGC featured in March/April issue of Arbus Magazine’s, ‘For the Love of Gardening,‘ by Charlie Patton. (Pages 16 – 24)

Why We Need Garden Clubs
By Dede Petri, GCA President, Georgetown Garden Club, Zone VI
Published Fall 2017, The Bulletin (GCA Publications – The Garden Club of America)
Adapted and reprinted with permission from The Garden Club of America

In case you missed Riverfront Parks Now’s guest column in the Florida Times-Union|jacksonville.com, June 12, 2022:
“Jax riverfront could be ‘a downtown that is everybody’s neighborhood’ ” (FTU pdf), (Guest column pdf)

The purpose of Late Bloomers Garden Club is to stimulate the knowledge of gardening and flower arranging; to share the advantages of association by means of meetings, conferences, correspondence, and publications; and to restore, improve, and protect the quality of the environment through programs and action in the fields of horticulture, conservation, civic improvement, and education. Late Bloomers Garden Club is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization.