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Tony and Michaelyn Milidantri retired to Palm Coast seven years ago from the Washington, D.C., area and have enjoyed gardening in the sunny climate. They have selected a diverse collection of palm trees, flowering shrubs and perennials to provide an array of color in their landscape year-round.
Located in Covington Park and bordering Palm Harbor Golf Course, their backyard is landscaped with jatropha, lion’s ear, crepe myrtle, multicolored sun lantana, loropetalum, and orange copperleaf, to name a few plants. Copperleaf is an evergreen shrub that can grow 10-15 feet tall, and its unusual colorful variegated leaves draw attention.
“We have had many interesting conversations with golfers regarding our colorful plants”, said Tony Milidantri.
The front yard is equally as beautiful with majestic queen palms, gold mound duranta, fire bush, hydrangea and topiary evergreens.
The Milidantris' garden will be one of six featured in the Garden Club’s seventh-biennial Garden Tour 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 20. The rain date is Oct. 27.
Co-sponsored by Hammock Gardens Nursery and Stone Plus, this major fundraiser benefits the club’s scholarship program.
Tickets are $10 and can be purchased at Aimee’s Hallmark Shop, Gospel Gardens Nursery, Hammock Gardens Nursery and Nature Scapes Garden Center.
Call 446-0341 for more information.
+Road to Success: New youth program offered at Carver
Posting the highest unemployment in the state, Flagler County is a tough place to find a job. A new program recently began at the George Washington Carver Community Center, in Bunnell, to assist ages 16-21 to obtain a GED and train to become more employable.
Road to Success is a direct result of a grant, sponsored by Center for Business Excellence, that was awarded to a partnership between the Flagler County School Board and George Washington Carver Foundation.
RTS represents a new local Workforce Investment Act project designed to assist 30 qualified youth in achieving a positive transition to self-sufficiency, or simply to find their individual road to success.
The free program aims to enhance basic educational skills, provide individual vocational assessment, develop employability and job skills training, assist with the transition into employment and/or post-secondary education, polish citizenship and leadership skills, provide retention services and follow-up service, and connect employers with suitable trained job seekers.
Brian Willard, RTS program manager, is responsible for recruiting and evaluating teens to participate in the program, as well as establishing support and guidance to each and every individual throughout the program.
If interested in the program, call Willard at 437-8279.
+Decorative painters to offer workshop
During the month of October, the work of the Palm Coast Decorative Painters is on display at the Flagler County Public Library.
To teach others about their work, they are offering a Learn to Paint Day 9:30-11:30 a.m. Oct. 27, at the library. In conjunction with the Friends of the Library, Learn to Paint Day will be a free, short lesson to adults.
