The Weeders Garden Club was established in Sun Lakes in 1955 and is still going strong! February’s presentation will be “Landscaping a Small Garden,” by Tom Gatz. Tom is a retired wildlife biologist and avid gardener. He volunteers as a horticultural aide and docent in the educational department at the Desert Botanical Garden where…
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Clubs & Classes, January 2019
Upcoming events for Sun Lakes Garden Club
Members have three events scheduled for January. On Monday, January 14, A field trip is planned to the Caywood Cotton Farm in Casa Grande. Members will enjoy a private tour by the owners, including a hayride, fiddle playing and an interactive educational workshop about the crop. Members will enjoy lunch in Casa Grande before the…
Clubs & Classes, December 2018
Sun Lakes Garden Club enjoys November field trip
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…
Clubs & Classes, November 2018
Sun Lakes Garden Club’s November 20 meeting speaker
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…
Clubs & Classes, October 2018
Sun Lakes Garden Club news
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…
Clubs & Classes, September 2018
Sun Lakes Garden Club to learn about birds, bees…
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…
Clubs & Classes, August 2018
Sun Lakes Garden Club August meeting notice
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…
Clubs & Classes, July 2018
Join summer garden discussion
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…
Clubs & Classes, June 2018
Sun Lakes Garden Club news
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…
Features, June 2018
Conservation Corner
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…