Calusa Garden Club Installs Officers

Calusa Garden Club of Marco Island ended its 2024-2025 seasonal year with a luncheon in late April. Club meetings are held from October through April each year, and the end-of-season April meeting usually includes a festive luncheon. At this year’s final meeting, new officers for the club were installed and a new member, Maria Tela, was initiated and welcomed to the club. The luncheon was held at the home of Nancy Adams, and the officer installation was performed by Installation Chairman Opi DeFalco. DeFalco used the metaphor of a kaleidoscope and its many colors and patterns to deliver her remarks, matching each officer's responsibilities to a color in the kaleidoscope. She summarized the prospect of these new officers working together for the next two-year period as shifting their priorities and combining into new combinations and color patterns as they address the opportunities and challenges that lie ahead. Incoming club President Linda Colombo was not able to attend the meeting and was installed in absentia.

Calusa Garden Club of Marco Island’s next business meeting will be on October 13, 2025, at 11:00 AM, in Rose Hall at the Marco Island Branch Library. Membership is open to persons interested in horticulture, floral design, and environmental matters residing five months or more in Collier County. The club extends an invitation to join members at the October meeting to learn more about the club activities. 

Over the summer months, club members will gather at informal luncheons, the first of which was held at Mango’s restaurant on Monday, May 12. Other ongoing events include work sessions at the Calusa Park Butterfly Garden, at Leigh Plummer Park, and at the Pioneer Garden at Marco Island Historical Society. Calusa Garden Club of Marco Island member events are announced on the club’s website, calusa.org.

Calusa Garden Club of Marco Island is a Section 501(c)3 charitable non-profit organization and is a member of the Florida Federation of Garden Clubs.

Calusa Garden Club of Marco Island meets the second Monday of each month, October through April, at the Marco Island Branch Library. If you are interested in membership, please contact the Club at calusagardenclubcommunication@gmail.com, or go to the Calusa Garden Club website calusa.org and click on “Contact Us.” Please visit the Club’s Facebook page, Calusa Garden Club, for news of club activities.