Talk about eye candy! What a splendid garden! Congratulations to Brent and Jennifer Augustus on this delightful creation.  Every plant and accent piece so carefully considered and placed, not just with such style but also with an evident wide and deep knowledge of the requirements of their chosen specimens.

The beauty of this garden has long been talked about and we can all see why.  Judging from the turnout of the club membership I’m sure the chatter is continuing.

It was wonderful to see such great numbers and to share the joy of this beautiful space in each other’s company. Thank you all for coming. 

The club has been very active over the last month with the revamping of the Saint Ann’s roundabout and a tree planting ceremony in the savannah, where 60 trees will be planted in a joint venture between First Citizen’s bank (chief participant), your club and the horticultural division of our government. All in celebration of the 60th anniversary of independence of our homeland. We can be very proud!  The more of us that can help with these ventures, the more can be achieved. As our president said in her address, we owe a great big thank you to Simone Taylor and Katie Bennett for the dedication and hard work over the years. We  are not for one minute letting them off the hook but we need to have on hand more help for them, when they need it. With the knowledge and experience of these ladies, this could only be a marvelous symbiosis for anyone. 

The committee would like to thank Mr. Jerome Harrilal of The Exotic Garden TT for stepping up to give us his talk on Bonsai so quickly, when our booked speaker was sadly affected by Covid.  It was a lovely presentation and please keep him in mind when buying gifts for family and friends. 

The show bench this month was aglaonemas and dieffenbachias and we got to see some beauties! Thank you Tonya D’Almada for you help with the show bench. It was much needed and much appreciated. Thank you to Chancy Moll, Katie Bennett and Jacinta Sohan for judging the offerings and to Chancy for the knowledge imparted about these plants once the winning entries were announced. A great big congratulations goes to Jennifer Augustus and to Denise Hackett on winning  all the prizes. Well done!

Thank you to Jennifer Augustus for the very educational tour of her garden. It’s great to hear of the challenges we can face and how they are overcome to produce such breathtaking beauty. Thank you too to Wendy Aqui for so convincingly peddling the raffle tickets for the lovely prize.

It was also great to see so many persons showing interest in the photo quiz.The digital presentation of the quiz is forthcoming. This is, hands down, the best way to learn about plants. Read about it, try a plant and you will remember it. That’s how it works. 

Refreshments too were wonderful and visits to the table were very popular with many commenting on how tasty the items were. Well done.  Tidying up was a breeze as many hands made light work. Thank you all that were involved.