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Garden Club of Cape Coral | Nature’s gifts

By JANETTA FOX news@breezenewspapers.com “Study nature, love nature, stay close to nature. It will never fail you” -- Frank Lloyd Wright Whenever I think about this season of gift-giving, my mind shifts from wrapped presents and gatherings among family and friends to the multitude of ...

By CATHY DUNN news@beezenewspapers.com “Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow” (Brunfelsia grandiflora) is one of the most beautiful blooming shrubs that thrives in Southwest Florida. A member of the petunia subfamily (Petunioideae) of the nightshade family (Solanaceae), this plant is named for ...

By SHERIE BLEILER news@breezenewspapers.com What a spell of dry weather we have had so far this fall. We usually get cold fronts that bring us some rain every week or two at the end of the year, but not this year. Weather reports tell us we are in a moderate drought. This year, we have ...

By MERYL O’ROURKE news@breezenewspapers.com When I moved to Florida 29 years ago, I was not prepared for how different the growing of ANYTHING was here! I came from Vermont, a place of rich soil, seasons of riotous color, with a winter of giddy anticipation and planning of what would come ...