Orchids and Grouped Mass Designs Education for Calusa Garden Club Members

Calusa Garden Club of Marco Island members conducted a work session at Mackle Park last week to prepare succulent dish gardens for sale at their November 23 Plant Sale.  Members Linda Colombo, Linda Ariel, Jenn Ferrier, Sue Oldershaw, Sara Wolf and Club President Susan Neustadt worked on planting new succulent dish gardens in attractive planters, and also added new plants to dish gardens they had made in 2020 in preparation for a November plant sale that was postponed due to the Covid pandemic.

CALUSA GARDEN CLUB OF MARCO ISLAND WORKSHOP ON TILLANDSIA

Tillandsia, or “air plants,” are epiphytes of the bromeliad family that grow while holding onto trees, bark, or even stones, without an extensive root system.  They come in over 650 different types, of varied colors, shapes and sizes.