- April 4, 2025
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Garden Club of the Halifax Country members Carol Akers, Babs Foster, Peggie Hart, Linda Armour, Muffi Chanfrau, Kay Wood, Sang Roberson, Mary Lou Kenzik, Cathy Weite and Cub Scouts from Pack 327. Photo courtesy of Nancy Abate
A Cub Scout learns about native plants at Vadner Park on March 18. Photo courtesy of Nancy Abate
Members of the Garden Club of the Halifax Country teach Boy Scouts about native plants at Vadner Park on March 18. Photo courtesy of Nancy Abate
Garden Club members Peggie Hart and Muffi Chanfrau teach Cub Scouts about native plants at Vadner Park on March 18. Photo courtesy of Nancy Abate
Cub Scout Pack 327 take part in activities at Vadner Park on March 18. Photo courtesy of Nancy Abate
Garden Club of the Halifax Country members help Cub Scouts take part in activities at Vadner Park on March 18. Photo courtesy of Nancy Abate
Cub Scouts Henry Namdar and Graham Mauldin. Photo courtesy of Nancy Abate
Cub Scouts Henry Namdar and Graham Mauldin. Photo courtesy of Nancy Abate
Cub Scout Jenson Pullin and Garden Club of the Halifax Country member Muffi Chanfrau. Photo courtesy of Nancy Abate
Graham and Caitlin Mauldin. Photo courtesy of Nancy Abate
Cub Scout Daniel Lucas and Garden Club of the Halifax Country member Muffi Chanfrau. Photo courtesy of Nancy Abate
Cub Scout Pack 327 got an up close view on the importance native plants during an educational event held by the Garden Club of the Halifax Country at Vadner Park on March 18.
Vadner Park, an all-native pocket park at 105 Seminole Ave., opened one year ago thanks to a partnership with the GCHC and the city of Ormond Beach. The GCH has always aimed to promote an interest in conservation and education through civic involvement, according to a statement, and with the park now open, the members could begin the next phase of its outreach: education.
"The Vadner Park committee of the GCHC decided to host a learning day at the park for elementary students," the statement said. "After reading about Cub Scout Pack 327 in the Observer taking part in education activities at [Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University], this group seemed just the right audience for the first Vadner event."
Pack leader Laurence Namdar and Vadner Park Education Chair Linda Armour then discussed how the scouts would earn belt loops in conservation, horticulture and gardening during their visit to the park.
On the day of the event, Scouts learned about native plants, toured the park and used the QR coded signs to connect to more information and observed the natural setting. They also participated in a nature scavenger hunt and planted seeds to grow the Florida native wildflower, the coreopsis daisy.
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