Calusa Garden Club of Marco Island held a field trip last month to visit Vizcaya Museum and Gardens as well a stop at The Ancient Spanish Monastery.  There were forty one who “got on the bus” for the drive to the Miami area. It was a beautiful day for the docent tour of the gardens and museum. Vizcaya was built as a winter home by Mr. James Deering of Chicago circa 1914 and the gardens completed in 1922.  The next stop was The Ancient Spanish Monastery Museum and Gardens. The history of the Monastery and Cloisters of St Bernard de Clairvaus began in Spain the year 1133.

   Love Your Beach -    Oct. 5 Joint program with Calusa Garden Club and Marco Island's Beach Advisory Committee. BAC previewed its new Kids Guide to loving your beach brochure with TBE's students with an environmental presentation and hands-on craft. The students were able to make their own "sea treasure bottles,"which is a small bottle filled with sand and sea shells and a small gem.

Thank you Calusa members Opi, Judy (Chairman), Lori and Barbara. .

Thank you Maria Lamb and Katie OHara from the BAC.