{"id":12906,"date":"2025-11-03T17:58:35","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T22:58:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/?p=12906"},"modified":"2025-11-03T17:59:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T22:59:17","slug":"mandarin-garden-club-celebrates-80-years-of-cultivating-community","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/floridanewsline.com\/Clone2\/mandarin\/mandarin-garden-club-celebrates-80-years-of-cultivating-community\/","title":{"rendered":"Mandarin Garden Club celebrates 80 years of cultivating community"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>By Michele Alex<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Mandarin Garden Club is celebrating 80 years of beautifying the community with an anniversary event Nov. 9 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Formed in 1945 under the guidance of the Mandarin Community Club Beautification Committee, the garden club has grown into a well-known, historic nonprofit organization. Its mission focuses on educating Mandarin residents about caring for and beautifying the community while preserving and respecting the environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 1988, at the suggestion of Mary Howe, one of the club&#8217;s master gardeners and longtime members, the club invited the Duval County Extension Office to use the grounds as a demonstration garden. That joint venture continues today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2022, the club&#8217;s newsletters, scrapbooks and yearbooks were donated to the University of North Florida for preservation and can be viewed at<a href=\"http:\/\/digitalcommons.unf.edu\/mgc\"> http:\/\/digitalcommons.unf.edu\/mgc<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The entire property is maintained by devoted members and volunteers, and the gardens are open to the public from dawn to dusk. Whether it&#8217;s the demonstration gardens featuring perennials, vegetables, succulents, herbs, roses, camellias, bromeliads or ginger beds, or the native gardens, the Mandarin Garden Club offers a place of solitude where something is always in bloom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Nov. 9 celebration will feature garden tours, master gardeners, special speakers and refreshments. The public is invited to attend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Michele Alex The Mandarin Garden Club is celebrating 80 years of beautifying the community with an anniversary event Nov. 9 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. Formed in 1945 under the guidance of the Mandarin Community Club Beautification Committee, the garden club has grown into a well-known, historic nonprofit organization. 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