Tag: Boca Grande Garden Club

Garden: The Hilbert Honey Company of LaBelle and Michigan

BY THE BOCA GRANDEGARDEN CLUB On Wednesday Nov. 5, Michele Hilbert, of Hilbert Honey Company, Traverse City, Mich., spoke to the Boca Grande Garden Club. Michele is married to Keith Hilbert,...

Garden: Mackinac landscape architect on planting a car-less island

BY LAMAR TOOLE,BOCA GRANDE GARDEN CLUB The final meeting of the Boca Grande Garden Club 2024-25 season was held on April 2 and featured an entertaining presentation by Michigan- and...

Celebrated floral designer Jennifer Figge speaks to Boca Grande Garden Club

BY LAMAR TOOLE BOCA GRANDE GARDEN CLUB On Wednesday, March 5, Jennifer Figge, floral designer and owner of Figge Floral Studio in the greater Boston area, shared her eclectic style of her art-...

Renowned plant photographer Laurie Tennent speaks to Garden Club

BY LAMAR TOOLE, BOCA GRANDE GARDEN CLUB Members of the Boca Grande Garden Club gathered on Feb. 5 in the newly refurbished Community Center Auditorium, where they were treated to a colorful and...

Garden: Locally grown flowers give arrangements a TJ McGrath appeal

BY LAMAR TOOLE New Jersey farmer-grown flowers were in bloom at the Lighthouse United Methodist Church on Wednesday, Jan. 8, offsetting a gray landscape outside. Inside, Boca Grande Garden Club...

Appreciating our regular island journalists

January 16, 2025
Garland Pollard
Editorial

The Boca Beacon is a community enterprise. It is part of a great American tradition, the independent, family-owned community weekly newspaper. This week, we want to thank the local contributors...

A Christmas gathering

December 12, 2024
Staff Report
Events

The Boca Grande Garden Club had its annual Christmas luncheon at the Boca Bay Pass Club this year. Shown above left to right: Donna Welsh, Wendy Jacobs; Patty Brink, Susan O’Brian, Peggy Seawart...