Do you know the right time to prune your plants in Arizona, and do you know the proper technique? Master Gardener Cathy Rymer will be sharing her knowledge of “Best Pruning Practices for Arizona Gardens” on Tuesday, Feb. 21. Cathy Rymer is the former water conservation coordinator for the City of Chandler, a Master Gardener…
The Sun Lakes Garden Club celebrated the holidays with 60 members attending the party with Dickens Carolers. Members also enjoyed a field trip on Nov. 29 to see plants from the rainforest and desert at Biosphere 2. The Jan. 17 meeting will feature Monty Palmer teaching tree grafting. Have you ever wanted a “fruit cocktail”…
The Sun Lakes Garden Club has been having lots of adventures! Thirty members enjoyed a field trip to Berridge Nursery to see the holiday displays in their huge greenhouse. The second field trip was to Biosphere 2 in Oracle, Ariz. On Dec. 6 members will have a complete holiday dinner, games, and Dickens Carolers for…
The featured speaker at the Nov. 15 meeting will be Master Gardener Linda H. McCabe. Linda has been a Master Gardener, first in Santa Clara County Calif., and more recently in Maricopa County, Ariz. Linda has lived with her husband in Sun Lakes since 2010 and is currently concentrating on “Native Plants.” Linda has taught…
The Sun Lakes Garden Club is pleased to have the inventor of Tony’s Magic Mix as the featured speaker for the Oct. 18 meeting. Tony Sarah is a well-known horticulturalist in the Valley and has created an award-winning fertilizer. He spent years experimenting and studying the results. Tony has many fans on Facebook for Earth’s…
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…
The featured speaker at the Aug. 16 monthly meeting is Elena Ortiz. Her topic is “Gardening and Wildlife.” Ms. Ortiz is a biosciences professor at Phoenix College (a Maricopa Community College). She teaches botany and environmental biology and is the advisor for the Phoenix College Garden Club. Her students have recently acquired a spot on…
Bill Robinson is the manager of the Crazy Chile Farm where volunteers plant, nurture, harvest, and grind heritage chiles into powder for sale as part of the Episcopal Church of the Transfiguration’s outreach programs. Along with the chiles, the farm grows native blue corn, which is now nearly extinct but was once a staple for…
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…
Sherrian Beagle Are you interested in gardening and planting? Are you looking for a club of like minded members? Well, here we are! There is an upcoming monthly meeting for the Weeders Garden Club on March 10. We meet on the second Thursday of the month in the Navajo Room, at Sun Lakes Country Club. Weeders…