The Sun Lakes Garden Club’s September 17 meeting will be Fun with Composting. Kristi Caggiano is a Master Gardener volunteer, compost expert, and the author of Fail-Proof Composting. A passionate and talented gardener, Kristi has been sharing her knowledge by writing and teaching for more than six years. Her unique perspective of composting is helping…
The Sun Lakes Garden Club is pleased to have Julie B. Evans “dish some dirt” on what goes on in a successful garden and gift center. Julie is a new club member who moved here last year after working for many years in her sibling’s family-owned Beaver Bark Gift and Garden Center in Central Washington.…
The Sun Lakes Garden Club members will enjoy a floral arranging demonstration by Leona Hess at the Tuesday, July 16 meeting. Leona has been in the floral industry for 16 years as well as her career as a kitchen and bath designer. She will demonstrate the basics of floral design, proper vases, color and proportion…
Starla Kramer Last fall, the Sun Lakes Garden Club learned all about “Bees and other Pollinators” from a Master Gardener. In April, the members are looking forward to learning about the Birds from Jack Holloway, an outdoor and wildlife enthusiast. Jack’s interest in nature began as a little kid who tried to catch anything that…
Starla Kramer Members will enjoy a photographic journey of amazing gardens all over the world on March 19 for the monthly meeting! Linda Larson, “Traveling Gardener,” has a beautiful garden here in Arizona. She and her husband just returned from the Equator and Brazil searching for interesting gardens to share on her blog and website.…
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…
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…
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…