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Second Annual Jensen Beach about growing fruit trees in your yard, how to repot

Garden Expo – Feb. 25 – an orchid, shop for exotic plants, and so much more
at this fun educational plant and garden fair.
Save The Date! This year’s Garden Expo will raise money to
support House of Hope’s Community and Education
The Second Annual Jensen Gardens. Last year, the Jensen Beach Garden Club
Beach Garden Expo will take (JBGC) donated funds raised by the expo to
place on Saturday, Feb. 25, provide summer camp scholarship opportunities
from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Indian for children in need at the Environmental Studies
Riverside Park, 1701 N.E. Center. In past years, JBGC has supported Martin
Indian River Drive, in Jensen County’s “Kids in Camp” program and the U.S.
Beach on the grassy area north of the Children’s Museum Sailing Center of Martin County.
of the Treasure Coast. Admission is free and open to all!
The Garden Expo is a specialty garden show featuring Jensen Beach Garden Club, Inc. is a 501(c)(3)
quality vendors showcasing plants and trees. You can also nonprofit established in 1950. It has helped to maintain the the public gardens at Hoke Library, Indian Riverside Park,
find gardening supplies, garden art, and accessories for beauty and ecological balance of the Martin County, Florida the log cabin at Langford Park, and the planters in downtown
the garden or patio for sale. The show also includes free area. In April 2022, the club received the Keep Martin Jensen Beach. JBGC also donated to House of Hope’s Travel
educational presentations and demonstrations. Learn more Beautiful Environmental Stewardship Award for maintaining Garden for their community and education gardens. Other
projects: A gumbo limbo tree planting at the Gertrude Walden
Child Care Center on Arbor Day 2022, various tree plantings
at Indian Riverside Park and Hoke Library, planted gardens
MAKE SURE YOUR dedication of the Blue Star Marker at the Rio Arch to honor
at Jensen Beach Elementary School, and the purchase and
men and women who have served in the military. Join us!
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Please visit us at JensenBeachGardenClub.com.
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Protecting Our
Environmental Heritage

With The Martin County

Genealogical Society

Although genealogists are primarily focused on
discovering their human ancestry, our geographical
environment is also an important aspect of our shared
TRUSTED CARE FOR EVERY heritage. At the Martin County Genealogical Society’s
March 2023 meeting, Dr. Peggy Macdonald will discuss
HEART CONDITION. her book, Marjorie Harris Carr: Defender of Florida’s
Environment. For 35 years, Carr, a self-described
“housewife from Micanopy,” led a coalition of citizen
activists to protect and restore central Florida’s Ocklawaha
Whether you’re seeking a second opinion or needing River. To this day, the river is blocked by remnants of the
lifesaving heart surgery, Cleveland Clinic Martin Health’s Cross Florida Barge Canal, a project that Carr and her
fellow Florida Defenders of the Environment stopped
highly experienced heart specialists are here for every care before its completion. Dr. Macdonald will share images
in the world. From preventive treatments to robotic-assisted from Carr’s collection, the Matheson History Museum

surgery, trust our experts with your heart. and other repositories.
Native Floridian Peggy Macdonald, Ph.D., is a
public historian and adjunct professor who has taught
at Stetson University, Indian River State College and
Southern New Hampshire University. She has written
about local and Florida history for FORUM magazine,
Gainesville Magazine, Our Town Magazine and Senior
Times. In 2014, the University Press of Florida published
ClevelandClinicFlorida.org/Heart | 844.630.4968 her book, Marjorie Harris Carr: Defender of Florida’s
Environment. Macdonald received her Ph.D. in American
history from the University of Florida.
Free and open to the public, the meeting will be at the
Blake Library, 2351 S.E. Monterey Road in Stuart, from
1 to 3 p.m., Friday, March 17. To participate via Zoom,
go to mcgsfl.org and register by March 16.
The Genealogical Society offers a variety of services
at the Genealogy Room in the Blake Library in Stuart
including an extensive research library, access to
several genealogy websites and assistance from MCGS
volunteers. For more information about membership,
activities and services go to mcgsfl.org.