April was a month full of awards and recognition for our club and members. Beverly Fleming, Master Naturalist and Lifetime Garden Club member was rightly honored by the Stetson Kennedy Foundation with the Fellow Man and Mother Earth award. See the 11th Annual
Happy Birthday Bash for William Bartram article at our Events page.
The District IV Spring meeting was held on April 24, and our club, along with member Dianne Battle won the following FFGC awards:
- Newsletter/Bulletin - The award was presented for our use of this website/blog as a subscription-based publication. Why not subscribe yourself and get a free monthly posting from our award-winning garden club site?
- Photography - Birds and Butterflies category, photos below by Dianne Battle, taken at the Freedom Butterfly Garden in Alpine Groves Park in the fall of 2014:
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| Zebra Longwing - Heliconius charitonia |
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| Tiger Swallowtail - Papilio glaucus |
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| Gulf Fritillary - Agraulis vanillae |
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| Spicebush Swallowtail - Papilio Troilus* |
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Female Sachem - Atalopedes campestris*
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*Butterfly ID corrections made on 7/28, supplied by Bill Berthet.
