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10am-1pm | Class: Creating a floral print tray and hand-building pottery
Make a floral print tray and/or build some pottery by hand at this intimate class.
Meet at the Sarasota Art Museum Pottery Studio.
Limited to a maximum of 15 students.
Members: $50pp includes materials
Guests: $60pp, includes materials
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--- | February 6, 2025
4:30-6pm | Class: Orchids, orchids, orchids!
Decorating and caring for orchids. Taught by Heather Rippy of Driftwood Beach Home & Garden.
You'll be taking an orchid home with you!
Class and refreshments are $50pp for members, $60pp non-members.
Meet at Driftwood Beach Home & Garden at the Whitney Beach Shops, 6838 Gulf of Mexico Drive at 4:30pm.
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--- | February 10, 2025
7-8pm - Windward | Monthly Program: The Art of Bonsai
Come learn how to grow and nurture Bonsai plants.
Please note that this program is being held on a Monday.
The class will be held in the Windward Bay Clubhouse and taught by an expert from the Sarasota Bonsai Society.
Doors open and light refreshments provided at 6:30pm
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8:30-9pm | Info Session - 2026 LBKGC Trip to Africa
Garden Club member Debbie McHardy will do an update on a Garden Club trip to Africa in 2026. The update will be in person at the Windward Bay clubhouse after the Bonsai presentation.
Click here to view the flyer for the trip.
If you cannot attend, you can view the presentation via Zoom from 8:30-9pm by clicking on the link below:
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/82396170574
The presentation will also be posted on the LBKGC website (under Resources) on or before Feb 15.
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--- | February 13, 2025
5-8pm | Valentine's Day Party at the Beach
Meet at the Bay Isles Beach Club pavilion. Free to club members. Please bring an hors d'oeuvres to share. |
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--- | February 20, 2025
3-5pm | Trip: Visit to the Siesta Key Rum Distillery
Come learn how rum is made and try some tasty samples at Siesta Key Rum located at 2212 Industrial Blvd, Sarasota, FL 34234.
Meet there at 3pm. Note that this event is near SRQ, not on Siesta Key.
$20pp for members, $30pp non-members includes the tour, samples, and light appetizers.
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--- | February 27, 2025
6-8:30pm | Taste and Tunes of the Keys 2025
Taste and Tunes of the Keys will be back this year with great food, great music, and a fabulous auction.
Hurricane Helene and Milton devastated our island, destroying numerous cherished restaurants and shops.
The LBKGC has consistently dedicated itself to maintaining our idyllic sanctuary’s splendor. We are committed to contributing to the restoration efforts through this fundraising initiative.
Additionally, some of the devastated restaurants have expressed a willingness to assist. You will be able to sample some of their delectable dishes. Music by The Klick Band.
Participating restaurants include:
Café of St. Armands
Cirque St. Armands Beachside
Dry Dock
Elegant Lady Cheesecakes
Lido Beach Resort
Mar-Vista of BSHGRP
The Chart House
The Lazy Lobster
The Resort at Longboat Key Club
Venturas
Zota Beach Resort
Tickets are $100pp and will go on sale on Wed, Jan 22.
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1-4pm | Class: Sip and Paint Orchids
What better way to learn how to paint orchids than doing so while sipping on your favorite beverage?
Meet at the Bayfront Park Recreation Center. Class size will be limited to 20.
$50pp members, $60pp non-members
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--- | March 11, 2025
6:30pm | Monthly Program: Save Our Seabirds
Come learn about this great organization that rescues and rehabilitates the area's seabirds.
Meet at the Save Our Seabird facility at 6:30pm on City Island. Tour the facility and learn about the wonderful services it provides.
Note that this monthly program is at CITY ISLAND, not Windward Bay. |
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--- | March 20, 2025
10am-1pm | Class: Creating a floral print tray and hand-building pottery
Come learn how to create and decorate your own floral print tray.
Meet at the Sarasota Art Museum Pottery Studio at 10am.
Class limited to 15 participants.
Cost: $50pp members, $60pp non-members
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--- | March 27, 2025
10am-2pm | Trip: Robinson Preserve and Palma Sola Botanical Garden Visit
Robinson Preserve and Palma Sola Botanical Garden. Come see this beautiful area landmark.
Meet at Pavillion #1 north entrance. at 10am, lecture 10:30, lunch at noon, followed by walks.
Lecture and walk $25 pp members, $35 pp non-members includes beverages, snacks, and lunch.
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--- | April 10, 2025
10:30am-2pm | Trip: Mindful Blooms Farm in Myakka City
Join us for an amazing tour of Mindful Blooms Farm, an incredible sustainable flower farm, have lunch, and arrange flowers you can take home.
See www.mindfulbloomsfarm.com.
Meet at the farm at 14800 Sugar Bowl, Myakka City, FL at 10:30am. Lunch will be served at 12:30pm.
$55pp members, $65 non-members, includes lecture and lunch
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--- | April 15, 2025
6:30-8pm | Monthly Program: Decorating with Botanicals at Windward Bay Clubhouse
Join LeGardinia Bleu to learn how to make beautiful arrangements using local botanicals.
To be held at the Windward Bay Clubhouse starting at 6:30pm. Further details to follow. |
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--- | April 25, 2025
tba | Arbor Day and Annual Meeting
Come for our annual meeting. Lunch will be provided.
Time and location to be announced.
PLEASE RSVP if you are coming so we have a good count for lunch.
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9:30am-5:30pm | J. McLaughlin Trunk Sale - Spring '25
Our last trunk show of the year at J. McLaughlin's. This event is always a huge hit with a portion of the proceeds going to the Club's scholarship programs. |
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11 days | Tour Southern Africa and Safari, Oct 2026
Here's the mother of all field trips ... ;)
Join us for an incredible 11-day, 10-night tour of Southern Africa which includes 4 nights in Cape Town, an amazing 4-night stay at a nature reserve, plus a 2-night stop at spectacular Victoria Falls.
Note that the trip is for Oct 2026 departure. Exact dates not yet determined.
Cost is $7,466 per person (based on double occupancy) and does not include most meals or beverages and roundtrip airfare to/from Cape Town, SA.
To learn more, click here.
We expect this trip to sell out so start planning now. |
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