September - Demeter Goddess of the Harvest
September is a month of change:- the temperature, season, colours, plants. It's a time when the Earth prepares itself for the winter...
THE EVIA ISLAND GARDEN CLUB
Explore and Grow.
Olive harvesting at the Evia Island Garden Club 7-9/14-17 November
The olive has been revered in Greece since ancient times. Homer looked upon it as ‘liquid gold’. Its cultural significance is recorded in...
August - Pancratium Maritimum
A beautiful flower that has bloomed for thousands of years in the hot and humid conditions in Greece; depicted in ancient illustrations...
July - Lazy summer days filled with Lavender
Lavender has been used for more than 2,500 years by many different cultures as a perfume, a cure for different ailments and even part of...
June - Hera the fertile and bountiful
The month of June was named after the Roman equivalent to our goddess Hera, Juno. Hera, the "Queen" of the ancient gods and wife of Zeus,...
May - The Mythology of the Peony
In Ancient Greek mythology there are varying myths surrounding the Peony. The first tale tells the story of Paeon who was the physician...
April - The Legend of Aphrodite
Aphrodite was the goddess of beauty, love, and desire. She is said to have sprung from the foam of the sea, where she obtained the name...
March - Following in Persephone's Footsteps
The story of Persephone and Hades is one of the best known Greek myths that explains the changing of the seasons. Hades was the brother...
February - Searching for Narcissus
The Legend of Narcissus Narcissus was the son of the river god Cephissus and the nymph Liriope. He was so beautiful that many fell in...
January - Halcyon Days
Towards the end of January, the weather becomes warmer and the days become lighter in a phenomenon known as the Halcyon Days. The...