Palm Tree Update

A huge THANK YOU goes out to the volunteers who planted the 11 palms today: Barb and Jerry Williams, Roger Des Rosiers, Manny Maldonado, and Mike Ross. In a little over an hour the seven Sylvesters were planted on Pelican Point.


Barb Williams christened her new golf cart acting as water girl, shuffling buckets up and down the point.



There are actually 4 new palms at the pool, these three Chinese Fans, and a Sylvester on the other side of the pump house. These should eventually provide some cool shady spots around this area.



We will need volunteers to bring water out to the Point this entire weekend, if it doesn't continue raining. Call Sandy Ross to help out.

Volunteers Needed to Plant Palms

Through a remarkable donation to the park, we were able to pick up 11 beautiful palms today at a palm tree nursery in Plant City. Eight of the palms cost $5 each, those are called Sylvester Palms, and they were placed on Pelican Point. Three remarkable Chinese Fan Palms were also purchased for $20 each. If the economy wasn't so bad, they would normally wholesale at $49. The Chinese fans will grace the pool area, and soften the landscape there.




I had a delightful field trip out to the dump with our maintenance man Mike Barnes this morning. This will be another story for the Outlook sometime soon. After the truck was emptied, we continued on to Plant City. The owner Cecil met us with the tractor and helped get the trees over to the truck for Mike to load. Despite fire ants and some nasty thorns, our brave Mike loaded the the truck to the top.




Volunteers are needed tomorrow morning on Pelican Point, at 8:30 am to plant and water them. Please wear long pants, long sleeves, GLOVES, and eyewear, and bring your shovel. If you can't dig, stop by and bring refreshments or some words of encouragement. We LOVE our volunteers in Regency Cove. Watch tomorrow for photos.