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10:30am-1:30pm | LBK Community Open House
This is a “DO NOT MISS” FREE community event!
Held at the TOWN CENTER GREEN
Everything — and everyone — who makes the Town of Longboat Key such a special place will be there.
Enjoy live music by Tim Michael McCaig, local food trucks, local businesses, and much more in a fun, family-friendly atmosphere.
Residents and visitors will also have the opportunity to connect with:
- Town departments
- Local non-profit organizations
- Houses of worship
- Service clubs
And many community partners
Come meet your neighbors, learn more about the organizations that serve our island, and celebrate all that makes Longboat Key unique. |
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6:30-8pm | Native Trees & Plants
Native Trees and Plants on Longboat Key
How to use area resources
• What to plant in a changing environment
• Best salt-tolerant replacements
• Speakers: Ashley Ellis, UF/IAS Extension Master Gardener Coordinator, Armando Ubeda, Florida Sea Grant Agent, and Forest Hecker Community Educator, UF/IFAS .
6:00 new Member Meet and Greet
6:30 Club Social
7-8 Club mtg. And Program
This event will be held at the Windward Bay Clubhouse. Please register online.
Join us as we explore how to protect, restore, and sustain Longboat Key’s environment together.
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6-6:30 pm | New Member Reception
New Member Reception |
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--- | March 25, 2026
3-5pm | Keeping You Safe - AI, Fraud and Safety Seminar
Held at St. Mary's Church, 4280 GMD, LBK
FR. EDWARD PICK PARISH HALL
OFFERED BY:
Refreshments will be served following the seminar.
This seminar will provide participants with practical tools to recognize and defend against evolving threats involving artificial intelligence, phone, and computer scams and personal safety.
Registration is required
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2:30-4pm | Afternoon Tea Floral Design Workshop
Afternoon Tea Floral Design Workshop with Le Gardenia Bleu floral designer - Jon Mongeau.
This event will be held at the Bayfront Park recreation center
$80pp includes flowers and container, bring your own cutting tool ($90pp guests)
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9:30am-5:30pm | J. McLaughlin Trunk Sale - Spring '26
Stop by the J. McLaughlin Spring Trunk Sale from Wed. April 8th through Sat. April 11th!
You'll find some great deals and a portion of each purchase benefits the Garden Club and its mission.
See you there! |
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6:30-8pm | Wildlife on the Key
Brian Walton, Save Our Seabirds
Mote Marine TBA
Wildlife on the Key
• Updates on seabirds, turtles, and marine life
• How you can contribute to wildlife protection
• Speakers: Representatives from Save Our Seabirds & Mote Marine
6:30 Social
This event will be held at the Windward Bay Clubhouse. Please register online.
Join us as we explore how to protect, restore, and sustain Longboat Key’s environment together.
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12pm-12pm | Sarasota's 10th Annual Giving Challenge
From noon April 15th until noon April 16th, the Longboat Key Garden Club will participate in the 2026 online Giving Challenge presented by the Community Foundations of Sarasota County.
The money raised will be for grants to select area Sarasota elementary schools to grow vegetable gardens. A small amount can go a long way because the Patterson Foundation will strengthen the giving with 100% match of all donations between $25-$100!
Some examples of what your donation can do:
- $25 will provide six 4-packs of starter super sweet tomatoes
- $50 a bag of potting soil and four 4-pack start vegetable plants
- $75 an Earthbox and staking system
- $100 2 bags of potting soil and eight 4-pack starter vegetables
The Garden Club would love to be a charity of your choice on this special day of giving!
Please follow this link to donate:
https://www.givingchallenge.org/organizations/longboat-key-garden-club
Check out the wonderful thank you we received from one of the schools!
View thank you video
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tba | Comedy Night
More details to follow |
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tbd | Annual Meeting
Don’t miss this terrific event!
The Arbor Day annual meeting and luncheon will be held April 17. Grant and Scholarship recipients receive their awards and will discuss what our awards mean to them! It makes all our fund-raising efforts all the more meaningful.
If you'd like to come, please reserve your space below by April 10th. While there is no charge to members, the club does incur expenses for this event so we'd like to get a good headcount. We ask that you please honor your RSVP.
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5:30-10:30pm
 | Dinner and a Movie 2026
Bayfront Park overlooking Sarasota Bay is a gorgeous place for this very popular event.
The circumstances surrounding the death of crime novelist Harlan Thrombey are mysterious, but there's one thing that renowned Detective Benoit Blanc knows for sure -- everyone in the wildly dysfunctional Thrombey family is a suspect. Now, Blanc must sift through a web of lies and red herrings to uncover the truth. Starring Daniel Craig as the debonair detective.
Enjoy a gourmet dinner, live auction, popcorn, concession candies, and then settle back to enjoy a movie under the stars. Tickets are $85 per person and include a chance to win one of our great door prizes
Check back later for a peek at some of the fabulous auction items.
Note: You must be present to win
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