Airlie Showcase Garden was first created in March of 2016. Since then the committee maintains our “Southern Garden” by dividing into four teams and developing a weekly schedule. The schedule rotates with one team working in the garden each week throughout the year.
This year our whole group met in September for our “Fall Kick Off”. We used that day to install a replacement birdhouse for the one that was damaged by hurricane Florence. It was also a wonderful time to get to know our new group members.
Two other whole group workdays were in November and April. In November we decorated for Enchanted Airlie and replaced our potted hibiscus with a gardenia surrounded by pansies. In April we were able to tidy up our garden for the Azalea Festival.
Our plan for the fall is to purchase several gardenias to replace azaleas and camellias that are struggling to thrive in our garden, and to begin purchasing new Christmas decorations for Enchanted Airlie.