UPCOMING EVENTS

Blue Star Memorial Marker Dedication. Thurs. Nov 9, 2023. 2p

Join us for the dedication of a Blue Star Memorial Marker honoring all men and women who served in our armed forces. 

Where:  At the corner of Keel Street and Causeway Drive (near Redix and the Wrightsville Beach Post Office)
When: Thurs. Nov 9, 2023 @ 2p

Parking: Street parking is free at this time of year. Parking is also available for the event in the Bluewater Restaurant Parking Lot.  

Event is free and open to the public. RSVP: https://bit.ly/bluestarwb or scan the QR Code below:

PREVIOUS EVENTS

National Garden Club Week June 4 - 10, 2023

​Art at the Harbor Way Gardens Plant and Plein Air Show. May 21, 2023. 1p-4p

Stroll through Harbor Way Gardens for a special Sunday open house. Come browse the Plein Air art created by local and regional artists from locations around town. Harbor Island Garden Club members will be on hand to answer questions about plants in the garden and for informal tours. Our cookbook and personalized garden bricks and pavers will also be available for sale. 
  • Date/Time: May 21, 2023 from 1-4p
  • NEW Rain Location: Fran Russ Recreation Center behind Wrightsville Beach Town Hall
  • Admission: Free
  • Parking: Free in the grass lot adjacent to the garden. 

Are you a Plein Air painter? Contact Star Sosa at Starsong123@gmail.com for more information.

​For more information about the artists, visit AzaleaArtSale.com

River to the Sea, A Look Back in Time. A NGC Standard Flower Show. May 5-6, 2023

Join The Harbor Island Garden Club and the New Hanover Garden Club for an NGC Standard Flower Show:
  • Free and Open to the Public
    May 5th, 2023       1:00p - 5:00p
    May 6th, 2023      10:00a - 2:00p

  • Location:
  • Burgwin-Wright House & Gardens, 224 Market St Wilmington
  • Click here to view the rules of the show and entry information. Click here to view the historical notes.

Congratulations to the winners of the Wrightsville Beach Elem School Arbor Day Contest

We challenged the students at Wrightsville Beach Elementary to create tree pictures to celebrate this year's Arbor Day. Thank you to all the students who participated in the contest!

​Congratulations to:
  • First Place Winner Sailor Martin
  • Second Place Winner Banks Cofer
  • Third Place Winner Wright Cofer

Arbor Day Celebration. April 28, 2023. 5p

2022 Holiday Decorating Contest Winners. Congratulations!

From the Harbor Island Garden Club, the Wrightsville Beach Parks & Recreation Advisory Committee and the Wrightsville Beach Parks & Recreation Dept., thanks to all of the participants in this year's contest.  We look forward to seeing you next year!
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​This year, prizes were awarded to:
  • Best Overall Business: The Lees Cut Townhomes Entrance, Lees Cut and Pelican Drive
  • Best Overall Residential: The Martin Home, 407 N Channel Drive
  • Keeping with Tradition: The Howard Home, 12A Channel Ave
  • Best Holiday Lighting: The Miner Home, 116 Waynick Blvd
  • Most Holiday Spirit: The Taylor Home, 104B N. Lumina Ave
  • Most Creative: The Laughlin Home, 110 Live Oak Drive​

2022 Holiday Decorating Contest. Judging: Wed. Dec. 15

This year, prizes will be awarded for:
  • Most Traditional
  • Best Holiday Lighting
  • Most Holiday Spirit​
  • Most Creative 
  • Best Overall Business
  • Best Overall Residential

​To register your Wrightsville Beach home or business, register online or call the Wrightsville Beach Parks & Recreation office at 910-256-7925. Include your name or business name, address, phone, and any special instructions.  You must register by Dec, 13 at noon. 
**NEW THIS YEAR: NOMINATE YOUR NEIGHBOR!**

Tidewater Camellia Club Fall Festival. Nov. 19, 2022. 12p-3p.

It’s sure to be a ‘BLOOMTASTIC’ time at this year’s Tidewater Camellia Club “Fall Festival Camellia Celebration and Sale” @ New Hanover County Arboretum (6206 Oleander Drive, Wilmington. The ever-popular “Tidewater Select” camellia plants of rare and unique cultivars will be on sale starting promptly at 12 p.m. with all 3-gallon plants for just $35. The sale ends when camellias are sold out. NEW events: Scavenger Hunt, Storytime at the Children’s Garden, and a Victorian Tea Party. Sign up at http://www.tidewatercamelliaclub.org. Learn proper planting and caring for your camellias, including pruning, fertilizing, grafting, and air-layering. Mommiez Food Truck on site from Noon until 3 p.m. for all to enjoy. 
 
We are welcoming the public’s blooms to be exhibited. Bring your Japonica and Sasanqua blooms to the Arboretum by 9:30 a.m. on 11/19 to enter them for judging. 

Earth Day. April 26, 2022. 5:30p

Please join us at Harbor Way Gardens for a tree planting as we celebrate Earth Day as well as remembrance to our members who have left the Earth.

​Celebrating HIGC members Sybel Booth and Ann Davis.

2022 Azalea Festival Garden Tour. April 8-10. 10a-5p.

We are thrilled to be back on the Cape Fear Garden Club Azalea Tour. Harbor Way Gardens is Garden #4. We'll have members on hand to answer any questions you have. Come see both native plants and many of the unique foliage we have. And don't forget to check out our Witherspoon Roses. 

2022 Art & the Bloom. Jan. 7-9

Click here for the winners of this year's event.

Join us for this three day event now in its fifth year featuring Fine Art & Floral Design. Meet the leading designers in North and South Carolina.

Featuring:
  • Meet the Designer Preview Party (Jan. 7)
  • Afternoon Tea & Fashion Show of jewelry by The Pearl Girl, Mariann Bower (Jan. 8-9)

​Event also includes:
  • Floral Design Demonstrations 
  • Painting Workshop
  • Edible Flower Workshop
  • Gallery art sales by the Wilmington Art Assoc.

For more information and to purchase tickets, click here.

Presented by the New Hanover Garden Club and the Harbor Island Garden Club. Press release: NC Floral Design Exhibition Inspired by Art.

​Festival in the Park. Nov. 2022. 

Come see us at our booth at the NC Holiday Flotilla Festival in the Park. Our bricks and pavers make great gifts.  We'll also have handmade shell dishes and ornaments and soap for sale as well as our cookbook. The festival features craft vendors, bouncy houses, a children's train and car show. The festival features 75 to 90 vendors; a large play area for the children with bouncy houses and slides; the popular and relaxing Arab Choo-Choo train ride; arts and crafts booths; food vendors; and the antique, classic, and special interest car show. The car show has grown tremendously, with over 150 cars expected this year. Look for our pink booth.

Ability Garden Annual Poinsettia Sale.  

Help support the Ability Garden at the Arboretum.  Here's information for this year's event:

Do to COVID, this year's sale is online only. Orders must be in by Nov. 5.

Plants are available in white, pink and red, prices range from $10.00 - $24.00. 
Further option details are on the order form. 

Pick up for poinsettias will be Saturday, December 4th from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. 
at the New Hanover County Arboretum.

To place an order use this link, click here. 

Breast Cancer Awareness Month (OCTOBER)

​Each year, we write the names on pink ribbons
of those community members and family members who have fought breast cancer. We then hang those ribbons in Harbor Way Gardens. We invite you into the garden anytime to reflect, rejoice and remember.

Congratulations to the Winners of the Wrightsville Beach Marine Debris Poster Contest

Congratulations to Wrightsville Beach Elementary fourth grade students Brody Bardsley, Sasha Young, Virginia Grey Norvell, Leo Jackson, Hadley Cerrone, Madison Sawyer, Hadley Brown, and Wynn Bartlett (not pictured). They won the Marine Debris poster contest for the Town of Wrightsville Beach. These wonderful works of art will be made into permanent signs and posted at various spots around Wrightsville Beach. 

Read all about the contest at Intracoastal Living.