Puerto Vallarta, Mexico - The April meeting of the Puerto Vallarta Garden Club will be Thursday the 18th at 11 am at the Paradise Community Center. The speaker will be Joaquin Aja on the topic "Growing Orchids by the Seaside."

April is our officer election meeting. Please think about your interest in serving as an officer and respond to the Garden Club. Your name will be placed in nomination along with those currently willing to run: Suzanne Kirkpatrick - President, Eduardo Covarrubias - Vice President, and Kimberley Bennett - Secretary. We are also actively recruiting Board Members.

We are proposing a change in the bylaws to make the Treasurer position an appointment by the Garden Club Board and of indeterminate term length due to Mexican regulations governing this role.

A report on the Bugambilia Festival - May 17th through 25th - and our beautification project will also be presented. There are so many exciting events planned that the committee has extended the festival an additional day!

The closing parade will be May 25th. The event schedule will be released soon and copies of the schedule will be available at our meeting. Check the website for announcements - www.vallartagardenclub.com.

The Bugambilia Festival Committee will be featuring a series of "Publicity Beautification Campaigns" on April 20th and 27th, and also on May 4th. Thank you to those who signed up to volunteer at the No Way Jose! launch party. More details will be forthcoming but put those dates on your calendar.

We hope you are working on your "beautiful balcony or facade" so you can enter the contest. Great prizes will be awarded in a residential and commercial category for "Most Beautiful Balcony."

See you at the April 18th meeting in the Paradise Community Center, located at Pulpito 127. For more information, email Suzanne Kirkpatrick - suzkirk66(at)gmail.com