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Harbor Island Garden Club members Libby Stevens, left, and Wylene
Booth McDonald plant pansies at Harbor Way Gardens.
“THE GLORY OF GARDENING”
SILVER BELLS ... AND MAIDS ALL IN A ROW As greater Wilmington gears up for the 2019 North Carolina
Azalea Festival to take place April 5 through 7, the Harbor
Island Garden Club (HIGC) is preparing its Harbor Way
Gardens to be a major stop on the 66th annual Azalea
Garden Tour. The gardens comprise an acre of flowers, butterfly and bird
habitats, native plants and water features at the apex of Salisbury Street
and Causeway Drive on Wrightsville Beach.
For the festival event, the Harbor Way Gardens will feature Azalea
Belles surrounded by floral arrangements created by club members and
displayed on pedestals. Dozens of plein air artists will paint in the tour
gardens during the Fourth Annual Plein Air Paint Out. The artwork will
then be available for purchase during the Wet Paint sale Sunday after-noon
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at Harbor Way Gardens.
The HIGC also partners with the New Hanover Garden Club for its
annual two-day flower show on March 15 from 1-5 p.m. and March 16
from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Both days’ events showcase a variety of horti-culture
and serve as a way for local garden clubs to come together and
compete with arrangements. Free and open to the public, the event
takes place at the New Hanover County Arboretum, 6206 Oleander Drive.
The HIGC’s annual plant sale, its third, is planned for May 4 from 9 a.m.
to 1 p.m., in front of the Old Fire Station on Seawater Lane on Harbor
Island. The sale features horticulture conducive to coastal North Carolina
conditions, including Encore azaleas and a variety of trees and shrubbery.
— Mary Catherine Ballou and WBM Staff
Competition of Collegiate A Cappella (ICCA), their
third year in the competition.
“We just put our set on YouTube,” says Maddie
MacPhail, president of the Seabelles.
A swimmer who loves music, MacPhail says the
group is very inclusive. The women come from
different backgrounds and have different majors.
She says they have come together in a way that
surpasses expectation, accomplishing goals and
empowering each of them.
“We’ve been preaching empowerment,” she
says.
The Seabelles are in the process of recording
their first album scheduled for release at the end
of May and their upcoming spring concert is May
3 at the Burney Center.
— Mary Catherine Ballou and WBM Staff
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