Deina Burnes is the City of Chandler Water Conservation Coordinator. She is also a Master Gardener and SmartScape graduate. She also holds the titles of Certified Cross Connection Control Specialist and Water Auditor! Deina will show Sun Lakes and Chandler residents how to use the “online Residential Water-Use Calculator” to identify where and how to…
Cathy Rymer is scheduled to speak at the Tuesday, July 19, monthly meeting. Cathy is the former Water Conservation Coordinator for the City of Chandler, a Master Gardener with the University of Arizona, a Certified Arborist, and Certified Landscape Irrigation Auditor. Cathy says, “Speaking to groups is something I love to do, and water conservation…
Did you know that tasty chips can be made from a mesquite tree bean pod? When most people hear of mesquite, they think of the wood that’s used to grill food. People are surprised to discover that the bean pods on the mesquite tree produce one of the sweetest treats in the Southwest. Peggy Sue…
Carol Stuttard is a horticultural professor at Mesa Community College, horticulture instructor at Desert Botanical Garden, certified desert landscape designer, Maricopa County Master Gardener, and private gardening consultant. Carol is an organic gardener who has been featured in Phoenix Home & Garden magazine and on Public Broadcasting Service (PBS). Members and guests will gather for socializing,…
Starla Kramer Visitors are welcome to visit our Tuesday, June 15, monthly meeting to learn about how to legally grow marijuana in your backyard. Horticulturalists enjoy watching the plants go from “seed to weed” in 90 days. The new Arizona Law states that homeowners are allowed 12 plants per two adults in the household. The…
Starla Kramer The May 18 monthly meeting will be live, and members will meet Tara Emery, owner of Crème da la Baa Farm near Gilbert Road and Chandler Heights Road. Tara grows everything organically and sells her creamy fudge made with goats’ milk at local farmers’ markets, along with her homemade sourdough breads, cinnamon rolls,…
Starla Kramer Sun Lakes Garden Club invites Linda Larson to return as the featured presenter for the Feb. 16 Zoom meeting, at 10 a.m. Visitors are welcome by providing an email request to [email protected] for the Zoom link invitation. Live meetings will resume after the COVID-19 pandemic ends. Members meet all year on the third…
The Sun Lakes Garden Club enjoyed two field trips in January, and 41 members enjoyed a private tour of the historic Arizona Biltmore Hotel and Gardens, built in 1929. It was a beautiful day, and members dined at the Adobe Grille at the Arizona Biltmore Golf Course. This restaurant is also a historic building, as…
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The Sun Lakes Garden Club is proud to be able to recently gift the Sun Lakes Chapel Center with a flat-screen TV, installed in the Center for use by the Chapel community and the Garden Club. The Chapel Center board was pleased to accept this donation from the Garden Club. The flat-screen TV was dedicated…