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The first official meeting was held Nov. 22, 1927, in the home of Mable Ringling. Many ladies who attended those first meetings were either close friends or family. Courtesy photo -
April 1934 — Members begin to develop Luke Wood Park. -
Kay Weber trims and prunes the Butterfly Garden Friday, Feb. 22, to maintain the garden's beauty. Weber grew up on a farm and has been gardening her whole life. -
Sue Angle helps weed Mable Ringling’s Secret Garden Monday, Feb. 25 to upkeep the garden — and her memory. Ringling started her secret garden so that Sarasota Garden Club members and her friends had a place to do their cuttings. -
Sarasota Garden Club Vice President Olivia Haynes wasn't always a gardener. Today she uses gardening as a way to de-stress.
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- Thank you so much for covering the Sarasota Garden Club. You showed how hard we work and that we are not afraid to get dirty! You captured our members and our history of which we are all proud.
Ginger
- May
21 Humanity Working to End Genocide meeting
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm - May
21 Cat Depot: Volunteer Orientation and Cat Socialization Level 1 Training
5:30 pm - 7:00 pm - May
22 Voice Aerobics with Mary Spremulli, MA, CCC-SLP
10:00 am - 11:00 am - May
22 Rhonda Riley: The Enchanted Life of Adam Hope
7:00 pm
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Culinary roots
05/16/13
Trevor Kunk is the chef de cuisine at Blue Hill in New York City’s Greenwich Village, which the James Beard Foundation just named "most outstanding restaurant." -
Bright lights
05/16/13
Sarasota native and resident Bri Oliva made her TV debut May 7, on the "Rachael Ray Show." Oliva was selected to participate in a segment called "Hidden Dangers on the Playground." -
Key to the city
05/02/13
More than 100 community members and leaders, friends and family surprised Paul Thorpe, one of the founding members of the Downtown Association of Sarasota, April 25, at The Gator Club, to show their appreciation and celebrate the strides he’s made for Sarasota over the past four decades.
