Pauline Lee Did you know that nearly three billion people in the world still rely on wood, animal dung, crop waste, charcoal, or fossil fuels for cooking and boiling water? Yes, these are the women and girls in third world countries, the world’s poorest households where fuel is about 40 percent of these households’ budget.…
Svein Jenshus To start your way to establish happy trees, you must rake all the gravel away from under the trees. You’ll probably find there is a layer of plastic under the gravel and that has to go the way of all flesh as well. You have probably uncovered some small roots on the surface…
Members of our club visited Mesa Community College on April 25 to learn about their sustainable gardening and Urban Horticulture Program from program director Peter Conden. The temporary greenhouse kept the temperature and humidity at optimal conditions for seeds to germinate and plants to grow in containers, in hydroponics and in aquaponics setups. We also…
On the beautiful early afternoon of April 1, Nancy Mumpton, our club Treasurer, treated 25 of us members with a tour of her desert garden. She has a huge variety of desert adapted plants; she filled us with details of each plant’s developmental peculiarities, blooming schedule and special needs. She is a fountain of knowledge…
The Weeders Garden Club traveled to the David and Gladys Wright House in Scottsdale on March 17. The home was designed in 1950 by Frank Lloyd Wright and built in 1952 for his son David and daughter-in-law Gladys on 10 acres in the middle of citrus groves at the base of Camelback Mountain. The plans…
Pauline Lee Why is organic produce healthier than fertilizer grown produce? While they may appear no different from each other, their biochemical composition may have important differences. They both have common constituents such as carbohydrates, fats and proteins. Organic produce, however, has micronutrients that fertilizer grown produce lacks. These components are vital for total health.…
Arizona Federation of Garden Clubs presents “Kaleidoscope of Garden Colors” at the Sheraton Four Points Hotel South Mountain, 10831 South 51st Street, Phoenix, Arizona. The event will be held on Friday, April 22 from 10:30 a.m.-3:00 p.m. The event will include the following: Demonstration workshops featuring floral and Ikebana design A luncheon with Chico’s Fashion…
The topic for our April program is “Low Water Gardens Can be More Than Rocks and Cactus.” Cathy Rymer, Water Conservation Coordinator for the City of Chandler, will be our speaker. She is a Master Gardener and has been gardening in the East Valley for many years. She will show us how to have a…
On February 25, Weeders Garden Club Members enjoyed a docent-led tour of Taliesin West, the American architect, Frank Lloyd Wright’s winter home, studio and architectural laboratory from 1937 until his death in 1959; it is located in Scottsdale. Taliesin West, along with Taliesin in Wisconsin, was Wright’s architectural laboratory. Here he tested design innovations, structural…
Arizona Federation of Garden Clubs presents “Kaleidoscope of Garden Colors” at the Sheraton Four Points Hotel South Mountain, 10831 South 51st Street, Phoenix, Arizona. The event will be held on Friday, April 22 from 10:30a.m.-3:00 p.m. The event will include: Demonstration workshops featuring floral and Ikebana design A luncheon with Chico’s Fashion Show There will…