Karen Wollscheid, Publicity, Weeders Garden Club The Weeders Garden Club meets monthly to learn from informative speakers on all aspects of gardening. We also enjoy field trips to interesting places in the Valley. Whether you are new to garden clubs or have spent your life interested in growing things, we welcome you! On Feb. 13,…
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Clubs & Classes, November 2019
Weeders Garden Club notice
Karen Wollscheid The Weeders Garden Club meets monthly to learn from informative speakers on all aspects of gardening. We also enjoy field trips to interesting places in the Valley. Whether you are new to garden clubs or have spent your life interested in growing things, we welcome you! The speaker for our Nov. 14 meeting will…
Clubs & Classes, February 2019
Weeders Garden Club news
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…
Clubs & Classes, December 2017
Sun Lakes Garden Club
Pauline Lee There will be a holiday brunch at 10:00 a.m. for the December 18 meeting for Sun Lakes Garden Club. Members will have signed up to bring their favorite dishes for the pot-luck event. Food, games and merriment will be shared in the mood of the season. Earlier in the summer, our members improved…
Clubs & Classes, November 2016
Weeders Garden Club
Weeders Garden Club had a very interesting speaker for their monthly meeting on October 13. Dr. Casey Johnston is a chiropractor as well as the clinical director of Desert Springs Chiropractic. Johnston has always had an interest in promoting health, well-being and safety of all who actively garden. His talk was very informative and he…
Clubs & Classes, June 2016
Weeders Garden Club tours rose garden at MCC
On April 21, members of the Weeders Garden Club toured the Rose Garden at Mesa Community College 1833 W. Southern Avenue, Mesa, with Master Gardener Marylou Coffman. The Rose Garden is host to nearly 9000 rose bushes and 300 varieties, as well as some lovely garden furniture like a 6 seater patio set, and this…
Clubs & Classes, May 2016
Weeders Garden Club tour Davis and Gladys Wright home
The Weeders Garden Club traveled to the David and Gladys Wright House in Scottsdale on March 17. The home was designed in 1950 by Frank Lloyd Wright and built in 1952 for his son David and daughter-in-law Gladys on 10 acres in the middle of citrus groves at the base of Camelback Mountain. The plans…
Clubs & Classes, April 2016
Weeders Garden Club tour Taliesin West
On February 25, Weeders Garden Club Members enjoyed a docent-led tour of Taliesin West, the American architect, Frank Lloyd Wright’s winter home, studio and architectural laboratory from 1937 until his death in 1959; it is located in Scottsdale. Taliesin West, along with Taliesin in Wisconsin, was Wright’s architectural laboratory. Here he tested design innovations, structural…
Clubs & Classes, March 2016
Weeders Garden Club enjoys wine gallery tour
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…
Clubs & Classes, January 2016
Weeder Garden Club brightens the lives of many
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…