'Return to PV Social' and News from Puerto Vallarta Garden Club Matthias Vogt - Puerto Vallarta Garden Club
November 8, 2015

We begin a new season and welcome back our supporters and members who are returning now. This letter is a comprehensive report of the activity of the club through the summer, as well as a reminder of how to stay active and participate in all the activities we have planned for the 2015-2016 season.

We are so grateful that Hurricane Patricia veered away from Vallarta and that we are NOT writing you about the replacement of our entire town landscaping, and so much more.

First, you will notice, as you drive into town from the airport, the beauty of Avenida Mexico. We did lose some beautiful trees to the elements, but we’ve placed new poles, replaced the lost plants, and pruned and shaped the bougainvilleas so it really looks beautiful.

20 new metal poles support the bougainvillea throughout the Romantic Zone. The very large red bougainvilleas in the Mercado area have largely been replaced. They were too big in some cases, and had threatened the electrical lines. The smaller leaf and less vigorous growing bougainvilleas will be more pleasing and more appropriate for this area. The river side of the street now contains lots of hibiscus, and the planters have been radically cleaned out.

Parque Lazaro Cardenas now has 250 ever-blooming ixora on its periphery to augment the improvements already made by the club in past years.

A prototype garbage container will be placed on Olas Altas. The purpose is to demonstrate how businesses can improve the esthetics of their surroundings if they contribute to trash collection. Stay tuned for developments in this arena.

Insurgentes, Ave. Vallarta, Basilio Badillo and Olas Altas, etc., all have new plants, and the support and wiring around the bougainvilleas have been redone so the graceful cascading of the bougainvilleas branches atop a large trunk is encouraged. This appearance is what P.V. Garden Club is proud of in our planters throughout town, and it takes constant monitoring and work to make this happen.

The new small park at Rio Cuale/last hanging bridge was established and planted last spring. The Pier Street, nominally under the aegis of the city, has been improved by planting PVGC offered.

Another aspect of our beautification mission you don’t see is the relationship we are building with the city, the Tourism office, and the many businesses whose owners sometimes don’t understand the role we private citizens are playing in improving the beauty of their storefronts. Summer may seem like a dead time as we think of P.V. from afar, but it is just the opposite as you can see.

We have a talented, enthusiastic new board that met October 30th. You will be thrilled to know we committed to a third annual gala at an elegant location. The precedent set in 2014 at Casa Chickie, and the Hacienda Palo Maria in 2015, assures that we will have another sell-out event to look forward to.

The board voted to set the membership dues for the 2015-16 season at 500 pesos per person or 750 pesos per couple.

We are also initiating a three-tiered giving structure of $250 USD or 4,000 pesos, $500 or 8,000 pesos, and $1000 or 16,000 pesos. We hope to establish an auto-deduct from checking or credit card plan to enable us to do this and make it easy. Stay tuned.

Please circle the date of Nov 19th for our “Return to P.V. Social” which will be a great time to see everybody at our President, Bonnie Mott’s Selva Romantica Condominium Palapa from 5-7 p.m., and also circle December 17th for a party and Christmas Carol sing-along at the Botanical Gardens. We’ll let you know the time and transportation possibilities early in December.

Please “friend” us and encourage others to do so on Facebook: P.V.GARDEN CLUB. And our website has recently been updated. You should plan on going to it often for updates and information at Vallarta Garden Club.

Thanks for your ongoing support for P.V Garden Club – “Embellecer Vallarta.”

Sincerely,
The P.V. Garden Club AC Board

PS. For donations including dues, please go to Vallarta Garden Club or ask us how to wire money from the USA or CAN. Thank you ever so much.
 

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