Sensory Garden

Celebrating it's 20th Anniversary

On June 8, 1998 the Garden Club of DeLand held a dedication ceremony for the newly created gift to our City the Sensory Garden.

The Sensory Garden was designed for people to explore and enjoy with all senses (touch, taste, smell, sight and sound) located in Bill Dreggors Park-230 North Stone Street, DeLand, Fl. on the site of the historic Old DeLand Memorial Hospital, which is now a museum about the hospital. The Park also includes a playground and a hiking trail, as well as a lovely little butterfly garden that includes a self-guided tour. The sensory components of the garden were included for the visually and physically challenged. Upon the Sensory Garden’s completion the Garden Club of DeLand dedicated the garden on June 8, 1998. Members of the garden club regularly maintain the Sensory Garden, as an ongoing project.

Karen Hall- Chair

Garden Club of DeLand Officers 2017 - 2019

President - Elaine Waidelich
1st Vice President - Janie Owens
2nd Vice President - Jennifer Stone
Recording Secretary - Evelyn Kelsea
Corresponding Secretary - Suzanne Locke
Treasurer - Shanda Hébert

Garden Club of DeLand
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Remember your Garden Club members, Veterans, loved ones, special events and years of service with this everlasting tribute.  Download form and order today!

"Plant, Bloom & Grow With Us"

"Beautifying DeLand One Seed at a Time"

 "Plant America"

Organized in 1925 - Federated 1927

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Members of the National Garden Clubs, Inc., 

Deep South Garden Clubs, Inc., and

 Florida Federation of Garden Clubs Inc.

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Florida Federation of Garden Clubs, Inc.

​Mission Statement:
To further the education of the members and the public in the fields of gardening, horticulture, botany, floral design, landscape design, environmental awareness through the conservation of the natural resources, civic beautification, nature studies, and to instill in our youth the love of gardening and the respect and protection of the environment.

2017 - 2019 Garden Club Circle Presidents

*see Membership Page to learn more about each Circle

Blue Sage - Ruth Moorman
Daisy - Peggy Ferrara & Valerie Seinfeld
Firecracker- Julia Neumann & Susanna Trittschuh
Marigold - Betsy Dieguez & Shanda Hébert​
Magnolia - Elaine Waidelich
Pansy - Joyce Fisher & Penny Smith
Rose -Norma Thomas
Sparkleberry -Eve Sckolnik

Downtown DeLand Planters

Ongoing Project:" Beautifying DeLand One Seed at a Time"

Twice a year in November and May the 68 container gardens, in which 15 of these are pedestals and are replanted by all the Garden Club Circles in November and May. One Saturday out of the month, a group of volunteers, from the Garden Club meet to weed, tweak, and evaluate the condition of each container garden. All month long as time allows each Garden Club Circle checks on their assigned containers. Jennifer Stone, Chair

Penny Pines Project:

The Garden Club of DeLand joins with the National Garden Club and the Florida Federation of Garden Clubs by collecting money to help with the reforestation/forest education program.  Just your pennies will help reforestation in Florida’s most damaged National and State Forests.  For just $68, your District, Club and Circle can help to purchase and plant trees in Osceola National and John Bethea State Forest which have had over 11,000 acres destroyed by the Okefenokee fires in 2010 and 2011.  The US Forest Service is trying to reforest 250 to 500 acres per year to replace trees destroyed in these fires.

Garden Club of DeLand   865 South Alabama Avenue * DeLand, FL 32724  * 386-624-6960

November 1, 2018    9 AM
Program: What’s the Buzz about Bees?Design: Thanksgiving
Host, Greeters & Door Prizes: Rose Circle
Speaker: Marlin's Bees

Monarch Butterfly Sanctuary Gardens in DeLand

The lighter colored butterflies are institutions -- churches, schools, public places. Over 100 Gardens have been certified by the GArden CLub of DeLand.

National Garden Club, Inc. Mission Statement
“National Garden Clubs, Inc. provides education, resources, and national networking opportunities for its members to promote the love of gardening, floral design, and civic and environmental responsibility.”

For directions to our Garden Club Garden Center use the map below.

Butterfly Garden Certification

100 Gardens in DeLand have been Certified.

Congratulations!

We are Certifying Monarch Butterfly Sanctuary Gardens.

2017-2018 Gabby Gardener Archives

As a Member of a Garden Club you receive

"The Florida Gardener" 4 times a year.  

​Overall Winner of the National Garden Clubs -MP-3(A) 

Club Website  Award

Winner of the FFGC  DePalma/Sillik Website Award for a Ex-Large Club 

2016 & 2018

Valerie Seinfeld, Webmaster

The Garden Club of DeLand is a member of National Garden Clubs. Who is National Garden Clubs? This video showcases many of their programs and activities.  Join a NGC garden club today and be part of something bigger! Watch this video and learn about the value of being a Garden Club Member.

Garden of the Month

Jennifer Stone 

This is Jennifer's 4th year reaching into the community to discover hidden garden treasures throughout the City of DeLand. Her articles and photographs are educational and beautiful.

Monthly Maintenance Schedule

Sensory Garden

2018

June             Flutterbies     
July              Flutterbies
August         Pansy
September   Magnolia
October       Blue Sage                                  
November   Firecracker
December    Marigold

2019
January      Pansy
February    Sparkleberry
March         Rose
April           Daisy
May            Magnolia
June           Flutterbies
July            Flutterbies
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Garden Club of DeLand's Mission Statement:  

To stimulate the knowledge and love of gardening, to share the advantages of association, to protect the quality of the environment, field of conservation, and civic improvement. General meetings are held September through May on the first Thursday of the month at 9:00am (with the exception of October, January and April which are at 6:00pm) If mornings do not work for you, don’t worry. Each circle offers their own monthly meetings with some meeting in the evening for those working individuals. With eight circles, you are bound to find one that matches your interests and schedule.

Lynn Berg’s front yard, planted with an attractive plant and color palette as diverse as larger gardens, makes her home on 146 Deerfoot Road The Garden Club of DeLand’s October Garden of the Month. 
Yellow blooming thryallis border the road, yellow black eyed susan vines, supported by an arbor enclosing a tangerine front door, and a bright yellow metal bench under trees provide multiple small focal points and gives an expanded visual impact. The limited color palette, yellow, orange and purple unifies and expands the visual impact of the garden. Mulched beds of dwarf orange tipped nandina, low growing cigar plants and colorful bromeliads are balanced with purple leafed Queen Emma crinum lilies and purple flowering Mexican sage provide scale.  

​The backyard is a profusion of plants with a pink, purple and white color palate. White flowered cat’s whiskers, Mexican sage, musical note clerodendrum and stomanthe are carefully placed along with native heavily berried beauty berry plants. A wooden swing on an arbor provides a relaxing spot for beating the summer heat and relaxing to the water gurgling sounds from the centrally placed fountain. 
Berg’s desire for color, balance and easy care landscape is fully realized by her utilizing key features and understanding how garden elements relate to each other in a small space. Berg credits Brian Quilling for shouldering the heavy work. 
Keys to landscaping small spaces Unify with repetition of color, texture and plants Same type of materials (pavers, much, stone, etc) Keep it simple.