The Sun Lakes Garden Club enjoyed a field trip in November to The Farm at Agritopia in Gilbert where we had a guided tour of the community gardens and the production farm. We learned about the Johnston Family Foundation that was formed to protect the farm and urban farming in Arizona. Afterwards, we enjoyed lunch…
The speaker for the Sun Lakes Garden Club’s November 20 meeting is Steve Sheard, Master Consulting Rosarian. Steve was born in Zimbabwe of British parents. After he met and married his wife, they left Africa to travel and see the world. During their five-plus years in England, they purchased a home in Biggleswade and planted…
Starla Kramer Monthly meetings are the third Tuesday of each month, 9:30 a.m. to noon (followed by optional luncheon). Visitors are welcome. October 16 (Tuesday): Monthly meeting features club member Vicki Merrill. Vicki is an expert in the benefits of Essential Oils derived from plants. The topic will be “Essential Oils replacing toxic pesticides for…
Pauline Lee Lee Ann Aronson, a native of Phoenix, began her interest in pollinators and gardens at the age of 14 months. While watching a bee fly from flower to flower, she got up and walked for the first time in her life. Bees are just one kind of pollinator. Pollinators help plants to make…
Starla Kramer The Tuesday, August 21, monthly meeting will be a fun and casual gathering led by one of Sun Lakes’ most creative do-it-yourself party decoration experts, Berta Resovsky! Berta makes any project fun! August is a great time to stay inside and create decorations for our December holiday brunch. It’s a great way to…
Pauline Lee The July 17 meeting of the Sun Lakes Garden Club will feature a round table discussion on “Maintaining Your Garden During the Hot Summer Months.” Members and guests will share problems and suggest solutions. The discussion will be led by Diane Beatty who has been gardening in Sun Lakes for 25 years…
Pauline Lee On May 3, the members of Sun Lakes Garden Club toured for two hours the demonstration garden of Maricopa County Master Gardeners located in Phoenix. Master Gardener Pam Perry explained the large variety of winter and spring plants that populate the garden. Their organic produce was distributed to students who take their…
Pauline Lee In 2000, Terry Wahls, a young, athletic doctor, began to develop multiple sclerosis (MS). Even with proper medical attention, she became wheelchair bound within four years and appeared destined to a limited life. However, she researched modern nutritional studies dealing with the brain, nerves and muscles, experimented on herself by taking added…
Starla Kramer Dr. Jim Anderson is a Professor Emeritus in the School for Engineering of Matter, Transport and Energy at ASU. He received his PhD from the California Institute of Technology. Much of his research is the effects of air pollution, and he has participated in a series of international climate experiments throughout the…
Starla Kramer At the Sun Lakes Garden Club April 17 meeting, members and visitors will enjoy “The Art of Water” by Robin Fernald (AZLivingWaters.com). Robin Fernald is a biologist with an education in Cellular Molecular Biology and Environmental Studies from the University of Washington in Seattle. Robin has worked the last two decades in…