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Garden calendar

By Times Staff Writer
Published October 29, 2005

FALL GARDEN TOUR: 10 a.m.-3 p.m. today, Plant City area home gardens. Self-guided tour through five Plant City gardens, presented by the Plant City Garden Club; $10. Call (813) 752-5485.

NATIVE DAY IN THE GARDEN: 9 a.m.-4 p.m. today, Botanical Gardens, University of South Florida, Tampa. Learn how to landscape with native plants and save water; plants for sale. Free admission. Call (813) 974-2329.

FALL FESTIVAL OF FLOWERS: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. today, Jene's Tropicals, 6831 Central Ave., St. Petersburg. Get inspiration for fall flower beds and container gardens in flower and plant sale. Free admission. Call (727) 344-1668.

AFRICAN VIOLET SALE: 10 a.m.-4 p.m. todayGarden of Peace Lutheran Church, 6161 22nd Ave. N, St. Petersburg. Call (727) 398-7450.

TILLANDSIA: 7:30 p.m. Tue., Hope Presbyterian Church, 1698 S Belcher Road, Clearwater. Florida West Coast Bromeliad Society meets with program on growing tillandsia; plants for sale. Call (727) 789-3576.

ORCHIDS IN WINTER: 7:30 p.m. Wed. (doors open at 6:30 p.m.), Seven Springs Country Club, 3535 Trophy Blvd. (entrance off Little Road), New Port Richey. Orchid Society of West Pasco meets with program on winter orchid care; plants for sale. Call (727) 942-6936.

ART OF TOPIARY: 1 p.m. Wed., 500 Park St. S, St. Petersburg. "Grow and Share" meeting of the Garden Club of St. Petersburg with program "The Art of Topiary." Call (727) 391-2526.

HOLIDAY TABLES: 10 a.m. Wed., Tampa Garden Club, 2629 Bayshore Blvd., Tampa. Tampa Garden Club meets with program on "Holiday Tables." Call (813) 251-5059.

FLORIDA'S ORCHIDS: 7:30 p.m. Wed., Moccasin Lake Nature Park, 2750 Park Trail Lane, Clearwater. Meeting of Pinellas Chapter of the Florida Native Plant Society with program on Florida's native orchids. Free. Public welcome. Call (727) 544-7341.

SUNSET PARK GARDEN CLUB: 10 a.m. Wed., Sunset Park Garden Center, 4624 Browning Ave., Tampa. Sunset Park Garden Club meets with arrangement workshop. Bring greenery and container. Call (813) 839-4603 to attend.

AGAVES: 7 p.m. Wed., Tampa Garden Center, 2629 Bayshore Blvd., Tampa. Learn about agaves at meeting of Central Florida Cactus and Succulent Society. Call (813) 971-8333, ext. 15.

BUTTERFLIES: 10 a.m. Thur., Keystone Park Civic Center, 17928 Gunn Highway, Odessa. Meeting of the Lake Fern Garden Club of Odessa. Call (813) 891-0555.

GROWING ORCHIDS: 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Nov. 5, Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, 811 S Palm Ave., Sarasota. Learn how to grow orchids in Central Florida; $50. Call (941) 366-5731, ext. 239, to register.

TROPICAL FRUITS: Master gardeners from the Hillsborough Cooperative Extension Service, 5339 County Road 579, Seffner, present a talk about tropical, rare and dooryard fruit, 7 p.m. Wed., Bloomingdale Library, 1906 Bloomingdale Ave., Valrico. Call (813) 744-5519, ext. 146.

PERENNIAL EXTRAVAGANZA: 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Nov. 5, Meres Park, Pinellas and Tarpon avenues, Tarpon Springs. Garden Club of Tarpon Springs presents Florida Perennial Extravaganza plant sale. Call (727) 939-2557.

FLORIDA-FRIENDLY PEST MANAGEMENT: 10:30 a.m.-noon Nov. 5, Brooker Creek Environmental Education Center, 3940 Keystone Road, off Tarpon Avenue E (County Road 582), Tarpon Springs. Learn how to deter landscape pests with environmentally friendly techniques; free. Call (727) 582-2673 or (727) 453-6800 to preregister.

DAY LILIES: 9-11:30 a.m. Nov. 5, Pasco County Cooperative Extension Service (at Pasco County Fairgrounds), 36702 State Road 52, Dade City. Master gardener seminar on growing colorful and hardy day lilies. Free, but registration suggested. Call (352) 521-4288 or (727) 847-8177, ext. 4288.

BONSAI WORKSHOP:10 a.m.-3 p.m. Nov. 5, Jene's Tropicals, 6831 Central Ave., St. Petersburg. Bring bonsais for trimming or repotting; bonsai and supplies for sale. Free admission. Call (727) 344-1668.

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED: 9 a.m.-noon Nov. 5, meet at westernmost end of 34th Avenue S, St. Petersburg. Gardeners needed to help plant native plants at Clam Bayou restoration area at 37th Street S (south from 22nd Avenue S); bring shovels, gloves, hat, sunscreen. Call (727) 525-6627 to RSVP.

FUN WITH FLOWERS: 2 p.m. Nov. 5, Dunedin Public Library, 223 Douglas Ave., Dunedin. Meeting of Dunedin Garden Club with "Fun With Flowers" flower-arranging program. Call (727) 733-5727 to RSVP.

HOLIDAY CREATIONS: 11 a.m. Nov. 7, recreation center at Craig Park, 5 Beekman Lane, Tarpon Springs. Garden Club of Tarpon Springs meets with program on "Holiday Creations." Call (727) 934-2333.

ORGANIC GARDENING: 7 p.m. Nov. 9, Brooker Creek Preserve Environmental Education Center, 3940 Keystone Road, off Tarpon Avenue E (County Road 582), Tarpon Springs. Learn how to grow organic vegetables and herbs. Free, but limited seating. Call (727) 453-6800 to preregister.

-- Address submissions to Garden Calendar, Newsfeatures, the St. Petersburg Times, P.O. Box 1121, St. Petersburg, FL 33731. Deadline is two weeks before publication.

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