Speaking Engagements

Landscape consultant, Robert Haehle, can advise homeowners and condominiums on horticultural and design problems at your property.  This is a good service for new and established residents to correct landscape issues.  Contact 954-486-9365 for rates and scheduling.

Bonnet House
Garden Walks
with Bob Haehle
 Robert Haehle will lead garden walks at Bonnet House  contact them for  more information.
900 North Birch Road, Fort Lauderdale, To RSVP  and for tour info and ticket prices call: 954-563-5393. 
Visit them on the web at www.bonnethouse.org
Answers to your Gardening  Questions
Weekly in the Sun Sentinel
Lifestyle Section 
Send your questions via snail mail to:
Sun-Sentinel
Life Style Editor
200 E Las Olas Blvd
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301
or Directly to Bob at rhaehle@agardendiary.com
A speaker for Your club
 Call 954-735-2022 for rates and scheduling.
 or email Bob at rhaehle@agardendiary.com

Bob'sColumn appears online at the Sun Sentinel

Plant Clinics are held at various nurseries throught the year check the Sun Sentinel Coming Up Calendar Under Garden Events in Friday's Lifestyle Section page 3 for listings.

NatureScape Broward  Mission is to Create and certify NatureScape sanctuaries throughout Broward County.
Find out how you can participate and get your property certified.

2011-2012 NatureScape Classes

The FREE programs will continue  at the Wilton Manors Library  500 NE 26th Street  Wilton Manors, FL 954-390-2195.  On the second Wednesday of each month October through April.  All classes begin at 7 PM ( Note* The first class of the season will take place at 6 PM to allow us to tour the park before dark - Please go directly to Richardson Park where free parking will be available for attendees.

If you have any requests for topics for next years classes, Please call M.E. at 954-563-2148 with your suggestions.

NBC6 Today Show TV Appearances
Gardening: Variegated Hedge Plants
...Robert Haehle tells how to keep the color in our garden..even with pruning

 Flowering Trees  Add a few flowering trees to light up your garden
...Bob Haehle and Jesse  Durko

   ACANTHUS PLANT FAMILY -- plants that  bloom all year and will tolerate a good amount of shade
...  Bob Haehle  and Jesse Durko
MAKING A DIFFERENCE IN THE ENVIRONMENT - GOING GREEN
....M.E. DePalma talks about - 12 things you can do in your yard that will reduce the size of your footprint on the planet. View the12 step list
Download Art Constantino's pdf file that will teach you how to
MAKE YOUR OWN RAIN BARREL  (pdf) b/w  
PowerPoint presentation on  Rain Barrel & A/C Water Conservation
 GROW OR GO ORGANIC: In the Broward -Monroe - Dade Counties:  www.redlandorganics.com is a CSA, Community Supported Agriculture program available between November and March.  Organic Buying Club of South Florida www.organicbuyingclubsofla.com

Attract Birds To Your Garden
... July 20, 2006 -- M.E. DePalma of the Fort Lauderdale Gardening Club shows Kelly Craig what to do to bring the sound of birds into your garden ...

Batty Plants For Halloween
... Oct. 26, 2006 -- Friends M.E. DePalma and Rose Butman from the Fort Lauderdale Garden Club show us some plants to incorporate into our Halloween ...

"Valentine's Gardening: Heart-Shaped Flowers"
.....M.E. DePalma

M.E. DePalma on Herbs - Click to view: Herb information in A Garden Diary on NBC TV *Requires Real Player.

Treasures from Trash - * a Quick time movie will open in a new browser window featuring ME DePalma making contrived flowers  - Hibiscus and Iris from Philodendrum spathes -  Magnolias from plastic spoons and more from your yard trash on the  NBC6 South Florida Today Show

A Garden Diary - A Guide to Gardening in south Florida
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