Debbie Hensley Fifty members of the Weeders Garden Club took a bus trip to the Lawrence Dunham vineyards Wine Gallery in Scottsdale on January 26. Our tour package included five tastes of the Dunham wines and we were treated to a very delicious assortment of snacks and special cookies all made by our President, Debbie…
Pauline Lee Want to grow plants that have been used for centuries, from melon (Tohono O’odham yellow, crisp and sweet watermelon) to basket-making (from fibrous devil’s claw pods) and candy (made with amaranth seeds, popped and mixed with honey)? Come and learn in the March meeting of Sun Lakes Garden Club. Speaker Kevin Dahl, an…
The speaker for our February meeting will be Steve Sheard, a Master Rosarian of the American Rose Society. He is a member of the Mesa/East Valley Rose Society and is familiar with growing roses in our area. He will give a 45 minute presentation and allow time afterward for questions and answers. Our club members…
Debbie Hensley The Weeders Garden Club held their holiday luncheon for the second time at Old Spaghetti Factory located at the Fashion Mall in Chandler. We also brought unwrapped gifts, monetary donations and gift cards to be given to My Sister’s Place, one of our club supported charities. Everyone had a great time, a winning…
Pauline Lee On the morning of December 5 our club members visited the Singh Farm in Phoenix to appreciate how an organic farm makes use of landscape discards to make compost and nitrogen fixating roots of many Mesquite and Palo Verde trees to nourish the vegetable gardens without adding any chemical fertilizers. The great variety…
On November 20 members of the Weeders Garden Club met at the Archstone Care Center in Chandler to work on one of the yearly club’s community support projects. Two times a year, right before Thanksgiving and again before Easter, Weeders members meet with residents of the Archstone Care Center to work on flower arrangements for…
Rabbits eating your plants? Coyotes strolling your favorite walking paths? Foxes sleeping in your back yard? Javelinas? Black bears? Come to hear about Sun Lakes wildlife at the Sun Lakes Garden Club meeting held at 9:30 a.m. on November 17 at Chapel House in Sun Lakes. The speaker will be Darren Julian, well-known wildlife biologist…
Debbie Hensley The Weeders’ Garden Club had a very successful meeting to start our season on September 10, 2015. Several visitors came, had a good time and were very happy to attend their first club meeting. We hope they will become new members! Our succulent presentation was done by member Pattie Langton and it was…
Debbie Hensley Please come and join our newly elected officers for 2015-2017 at our first Weeders Garden Club meeting on September 10. Our new officers are President Debbie Dunham, Vice-President Lollie Sharpe, Corresponding Secretary Gloria Zarifis, Treasurer Janice Giachino and Recording Secretary Jane Watkins. We have had the summer off from meetings to garden, find…
Pauline Lee, Publicity On Tuesday, September 15, the Sun Lakes Garden Club will meet at the Chapel Center in Sun Lakes Country Club at 9:30 a.m. for social time and business meeting. A member of Sun Lakes Fire Department will talk about Elderly Gardening and Safety in the Garden at 10:00 a.m. If you want…