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AUCTION
2:00 PM the Retreat Clubhouse
Live Auction with TV Celebrity: Tim Luke Silent “Chinese” Auction
All Welcome…Please join us? No registration necessary…just come and enjoy!! All proceeds benefit the American Cancer Society |
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DEAR RETREAT RESIDENT PARK RANGERS HAVE ADVISED THAT OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS, THEY WILL BE HAVING CONTROLLED BURNS IN THE ATLANTIC RIDGE PRESERVE AREAS. PRESCRIBED FIRES ARE ONLY CONDUCTED WHEN WEATHER PARAMETERS ARE SUITABLE. THE FINAL DECISION TO BURN IS MADE DAILY AFTER REVIEWING THE PREDICTED FIRE WEATHER FORECAST FOR THAT PARTICULAR DAY. PRESCRIBED BURNING MIMICS NATURAL FIRE CYCLES TO RESTORE NATURAL COMMUNITIES, REDUCE UNDERGROWTH THAT ACCUMULATES OVER TIME AND DECREASES THE POTENTIAL FOR WILDFIRE. BURNED LANDS EXPERIENCE AN INCREASE IN NATIVE WILDFLOWERS, BIRDS AND OTHER WILDLIFE. YOUR BOARD OF DIRECTORS DEAR RETREAT RESIDENT We have received several calls from residents about dead landscaping around the community. We received information from One Source and are passing it along to you. The cold weather we experienced in the last weeks was the most severe in 20 years. Multiple nights of freezing temperatures caused major stresses on your landscape plants and trees. You may have already noticed the most tender plants such as annuals and succulent tropical foliage exhibiting extreme defoliation and/or death. These are the most obvious signs of cold damage, but not the only results you will see. Many plants including trees and palms may take several weeks to show signs of damage. Furthermore, recovery from the cold may take months for some plants and trees. Please understand that landscape professionals know the stresses placed on your plants and will be taking the proper actions to correct the problems. These actions may include delaying normal pruning or fertilization events so that further stress is not induced on the plant. We are especially careful at this point in time not to make hard pruning cuts with the threat of potential freezing temperatures still alive. Pruning does cut away dead plant tissue, but it also stimulates new growth. If such new growth is stimulated at a time when another freeze occurs, even greater damage can be suffered by the plant. Above all, be patient. It will take several weeks for your landscape to recover from damage, but in most cases it will do so successfully. Thank you for your patience...... Your Board of Directors
The Retreat was featured in the
December 2009 Click here for a Dec. 2009 text only version.
Click here
for the complete Dec. 2009 article.
Click here for the
August 2006 complete article.
The Retreat Assistance Network (RAN) and
The Retreat received some great publicity on page one of the Stuart News and
as an early story at 6 pm on WPTV Channel 5, the NBC affiliate.
WPTV Channel 5 video
The fantastic Retreat Cook Books and License Plates are now available.
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