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Garden Club gifts milkweed planter to city and promotes garden tour as New Smyrna celebrates monarch-city status
Summary
The New Smyrna Beach Garden Club presented a custom milkweed planter to the city to support monarch butterfly habitat and announced its third annual garden tour; club leaders emphasized education and community gardening.
The New Smyrna Beach Garden Club presented a custom milkweed planter to the city and promoted its third annual garden tour as part of its effort to support monarchs and pollinators.
Joanne Anderson, president of the Garden Club, said New Smyrna Beach is a "certified monarch city" and described the club's Butterfly Garden Certification Committee's work educating residents and certifying gardens. Anderson presented a poplar-wood, custom milkweed planter with a waterproof finish and internal drainage, saying it will serve as a reminder to building users to support monarchs.
David Bruce, a committee member, described national declines in monarch populations and emphasized the role of pollinators in food production. The club also promoted its garden tour next Wednesday from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., with seven private gardens on the Sugar Mill tour and $30 tickets; proceeds support scholarships for local students and education programs.
City officials accepted the gift and invited Garden Club members to the front of the room for photos. The club encouraged residents to visit the community gardens at Mary Avenue, where the club partnered with the city on raised beds and irrigation improvements.
