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Book Signings and Lectures
by Monica Brandies

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Welcome to Gardens Florida

Come to My Garden and Share the Fun

November 5 and 12, Saturdays, 10am -1pm. Walk in Monica Brandies' Garden. Meet her family, learn from her experiments, trials & triumphs. Bring a carload. We will have free cuttings of many plants. Autographed books, plants, pummelos for sale. Freeadmission, herbal tea, pommelo tasting. 1508 Burning Tree Lane, Brandon (813)654-1969, Click here for more information.

While in Brandon, Neem Tree Farms will also be open from 10 to 3 pm Sat Nov. 5th &12th. They'll also have free samples on their top-selling Anti-Itch Formula and complimentary milkweed plants to boost populations of monarch butterflies across the state. Also a plant exchange. For more details, visit www.neemtreefarms.com

Monica Brandies has written eleven books, eight completely and three with three different co-authors. She has been gardening all her life, publishing since 1961.

Her articles appear weekly in the Brandon News (Florida) and are often seen in magazines such as Florida Gardening.

Monica Brandies has been gardening since she was a child. In college she studied horticulture and landscape design since she figured she wouldn't always have a farm. She went to the Pennsylvania School of Horticulture for Women, which became part of Temple University from which came her degree.

Monica has spoken to church groups, plant societies, garden clubs, and other groups in five states with talks that combine inspiration, entertainment, and information. She sells and signs books at speaking engagements.

Talks cover such topics as:

Adjusting to Florida Gardening

Gardening in Two Places-for Snowbirds

Watersaving Gardening*

Landscaping with Tropicals Plants*

Growing and Using Herbs*

Favorite Herbs for Florida

Edible Landscaping

Easy Gardening-Hints for Keeping it Painless*

Butterfly Gardening*

Easy Flower Arranging

Color in the Garden

Planting Privacy

Cuttings Gardens-Growing and

Using Flowers for Bouquets

Shade Gardening for Florida*

What to Plant Where: Lists Help

Propagating for Plentiful Plants

Xeriscaping with Native Plants

Readings:Bless You for the Gifts
Citrus: the Ultimate Herb*

*PowerPoint available if you
have a projector and laptop