Take a break from the hustle and bustle of your daily routines to walk among those who find peace and delight in creating areas of interest within their own yards. We feel that our self-guided tour is a social event that includes unique gardens around Fuquay-Varina, vendors, shops and more. Tickets $25 Ticket price includes: * Nine gardens * Retail therapy with garden vendors Purchase Tickets at: * Logan's Garden Hut, 1004 Old Honeycutt Road, Fuquay-Varina, (https://www.logansgardenhut.com) * Online at Eventbrite.com * During Tour, at Brie Arthur's gardens, 7624 Troy Stone Drive, FV, starting 10:00am on Saturday and 1:00pm on Sunday. * From club members before the tour Vendors & Artists A variety of vendors will be located at the gardens, so don't forget your cash, checks and/or credit cards. Note: * Non-Refundable * Rain or Shine * No Pets * Limited Handicap Access We are a nonprofit organization. Proceeds go towards FVHS and WSHS Agricultural Scholarships and various local community projects. |
May 2025 Meeting: Learn About Orchids On 15 May we will have a fantastic presentation by Linda Thorne on raising orchids. She was already a well-established grower back in her Maryland home, complete with propagation laboratory, when she decided to move to North Carolina in the year 2000. All 500 potted specimens and 300 bottles of baby orchids moved with her, and Seagrove Orchids was born in Seagrove, NC. Twenty-five years later, Seagrove Orchids is a success story: It’s won 18 American Orchid Society cultural awards and is known as one of the premiere growers in the region. Linda herself is an American Orchid Society judge, as well as former national assistant trainer and trustee for the Society. She was also the treasurer for The Slipper Orchid Alliance for many years. The area of Seagrove, North Carolina is known as the pottery capital of the world, boasting over 140 individual pottery shops. Linda says it’s also the orchid capital! Seagrove Orchids is open Fridays and Saturdays, as well as for private visits arranged in advance. Linda can be found in her greenhouse on Fridays until 3pm, when she heads out to work her more serious weekend job as a hospice nurse. Visitors to the greenhouse on Saturdays are served by her knowledgeable orchid team. As busy as Linda is, she’s never too busy to share her years of orchid trials, errors and triumphs with fellow growers and beginning enthusiasts alike. We can’t wait to welcome her at the club and learn from her decades of experience with these beautiful plants. Linda will also have orchids for sale at the meeting. |
Resurrection Fern
As Easter approaches it is an appropriate time to learn about the Resurrection Fern or Pleopeltis polypodioides which resides in the hardwood forests of southeastern United States in areas including Delaware, Maryland, the Carolinas, Virginia, West Virginia, Illinois, Ohio, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, Arkansas, Texas and Oklahoma. This fern can also be found in areas such as subtropical America, parts of southern Africa and other humid or sub-humid climate areas.
This fern is an epiphyte, or air plant, which means it attaches itself to other plants and gets its nutrients from the air and from water and nutrients that collect on the outer surface of bark. The resurrection fern lives on the branches of large trees such as cypresses and can often be seen carpeting the shady areas on limbs of large oak trees repeatedly exposed to rainfall. However, it is known to grow on the surfaces of rocks and dead logs as well. It is often found in the company of other epiphytic plants, such as Spanish moss.
Pleopeltis polypodioides gets its common name "resurrection fern" because it can survive long periods of drought by curling up its fronds and appearing desiccated, grey-brown and dead. However, when just a little water is present, the fern will uncurl and reopen, appearing to "resurrect". It has been estimated that these plants could last 100 years without water and still revive after a single exposure.
The roots have evolved to function as anchors to tree bark. They have been found to be inefficient in absorption. When in clustered groups of ferns on the bark of trees, the increased transpiration of the ferns and bark allows the middle ferns of the cluster to remain open longer than ferns on the outside. The relative humidity of the air and the closing rate of the leaves of the ferns is an inverse relationship. The greater the humidity, the slower the leaves close because of prolonged exposure to moisture in the air.
Pleopeltis polypodioides can severely desiccate and lose almost all of its water. Experiments have shown it can lose up to 97% and remain alive, though more typically, it loses around 76% in dry spells. For comparison, most other plants would die after losing only 8–12% water. Upon rainfall or even minute exposures to water, they can fully rehydrate and return to a normal state in 24 to 48 hours. Following substantial exposures to moisture, there is an immediate increase in its water content of up to 50% after the first hour and 65–70% after three hours. When it regains moisture, the fern can once again become photosynthetically active, increasing its metabolism and release of organic compounds that provide nutrients for symbiotic bacteria that allow them both to thrive.
The meetings will be held on the third Thursday of each month from October to May at the F-V Woman's Club Clubhouse, 602 N. Ennis St.
The meetings start at 6:00 pm, with a social gathering and the presentation starts at 6:30 pm.
We'll then have a business meeting. If you'd like to attend, please email us at [email protected]
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The mission of the Fuquay-Varina Garden Club in North Carolina is to encourage interest in the art of gardening, garden design, flower arranging and horticulture while improving the environment through beautification, protection and conservation. We meet the third Thursday of the month January-May & September-December. General meetings are held at The Fuquay Varina Woman's Club Clubhouse located at 602 N. Ennis Street. The first two meetings are complimentary. Want to know more? Read ABOUT US, contact us at [email protected], &/or Like us on Facebook!
As Easter approaches it is an appropriate time to learn about the Resurrection Fern or Pleopeltis polypodioides which resides in the hardwood forests of southeastern United States in areas including Delaware, Maryland, the Carolinas, Virginia, West Virginia, Illinois, Ohio, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Mississippi, Arkansas, Texas and Oklahoma. This fern can also be found in areas such as subtropical America, parts of southern Africa and other humid or sub-humid climate areas.
This fern is an epiphyte, or air plant, which means it attaches itself to other plants and gets its nutrients from the air and from water and nutrients that collect on the outer surface of bark. The resurrection fern lives on the branches of large trees such as cypresses and can often be seen carpeting the shady areas on limbs of large oak trees repeatedly exposed to rainfall. However, it is known to grow on the surfaces of rocks and dead logs as well. It is often found in the company of other epiphytic plants, such as Spanish moss.
Pleopeltis polypodioides gets its common name "resurrection fern" because it can survive long periods of drought by curling up its fronds and appearing desiccated, grey-brown and dead. However, when just a little water is present, the fern will uncurl and reopen, appearing to "resurrect". It has been estimated that these plants could last 100 years without water and still revive after a single exposure.
The roots have evolved to function as anchors to tree bark. They have been found to be inefficient in absorption. When in clustered groups of ferns on the bark of trees, the increased transpiration of the ferns and bark allows the middle ferns of the cluster to remain open longer than ferns on the outside. The relative humidity of the air and the closing rate of the leaves of the ferns is an inverse relationship. The greater the humidity, the slower the leaves close because of prolonged exposure to moisture in the air.
Pleopeltis polypodioides can severely desiccate and lose almost all of its water. Experiments have shown it can lose up to 97% and remain alive, though more typically, it loses around 76% in dry spells. For comparison, most other plants would die after losing only 8–12% water. Upon rainfall or even minute exposures to water, they can fully rehydrate and return to a normal state in 24 to 48 hours. Following substantial exposures to moisture, there is an immediate increase in its water content of up to 50% after the first hour and 65–70% after three hours. When it regains moisture, the fern can once again become photosynthetically active, increasing its metabolism and release of organic compounds that provide nutrients for symbiotic bacteria that allow them both to thrive.
The meetings will be held on the third Thursday of each month from October to May at the F-V Woman's Club Clubhouse, 602 N. Ennis St.
The meetings start at 6:00 pm, with a social gathering and the presentation starts at 6:30 pm.
We'll then have a business meeting. If you'd like to attend, please email us at [email protected]
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The mission of the Fuquay-Varina Garden Club in North Carolina is to encourage interest in the art of gardening, garden design, flower arranging and horticulture while improving the environment through beautification, protection and conservation. We meet the third Thursday of the month January-May & September-December. General meetings are held at The Fuquay Varina Woman's Club Clubhouse located at 602 N. Ennis Street. The first two meetings are complimentary. Want to know more? Read ABOUT US, contact us at [email protected], &/or Like us on Facebook!
Are you looking for garden opportunities? Check out Triangle Gardener’s Event Calendar where you will find some free events or a plethora of classes working with an expert for your unique desires.
Do you want an updated "To Do" list as Spring is here? Go to the following link for update from the NCSU Cooperative Extension. https://growingsmallfarms.ces.ncsu.edu/growingsmallfarms-spring-chores-in-the-pollinator-garden/
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* Grow flowers, plants, and/or vegetables? * Enjoy sharing your gardening experiences? * Don’t know how, but want to learn? * Enjoy guest speakers and field trips? * Want to give back to your community? Join our Garden Club! |
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We have received a number of state awards for our many ongoing projects. In 2021 we received Judy Barnes Scholarship Award" from the GCNC. This is given to the club that gives the most scholarship funds based on a ratio per member.
In 2015 we were warded Most Outstanding Garden Tour - 1st Place Winner by The Garden Club of North Carolina. Our next Garden Tour will take place in May 17-18, 2025.
In 2015 we were warded Most Outstanding Garden Tour - 1st Place Winner by The Garden Club of North Carolina. Our next Garden Tour will take place in May 17-18, 2025.
