2018-19 Program Schedule

CLUB PROGRAMS

2018 - 2019

2018

Sept. 26  Presentation on Permaculture with Peter Ash, Certified Permaculture Designer.

 Peter is an organic farmer with over 45 years of experience. 

Oct. 24: Class:  making a succulent pumpkin with Candy Sharda, our Vice-President and Program Chairman.  Bring a medium to large pumpkin, small clippers and cuttings,if you have them.  The club will provide moss and glue.

2019

Jan. 23: Jeremy Bugarchich, Curator of Collections at the San Diego Botanical Garden.  Jeremy will give us a tour of the greenhouses and conservatory.

Feb. 20 Allan Dodd, PHD in Plant Pathology will speak on the

Irish potato famine which occurred in Ireland in Sept. 1845

and continued to 1852.

Mar. 20 Robert Snyder, our Treasurer, will demonstrate indoor and outdoor composting for your garden.

Apr. 24 Field trip to the Orchid Museum where Sarah Moreno will speak on orchid care. Plants will be available for sale.

May  22 Presentation on hummingbirds and butterflies in the garden 

with Master Gardener, Marsha Van Loy.  Marsha will also cover how to ensure healthy soil for your plants. 

June 10 SDGC is Hosting the Palomar District Summer Meeting.

SDGC will provide the luncheon,  Nan Steman, Hostess of 

“A Growing Passion”, a PBS television program.  Nan 

will be presenting garden treasures from Mexico and the 

Southwest.

Meeting Announcement

Come to our meeting on Wednesday, September 26
9:30 am       Coffee and Social
10:00          Meeting
11:00          Program: Permaculture, presented
                       by Peter Ash

Field Trip to Garden by the Sea - May 23

Garden by the Sea is a wonderful succulent nursery in Leucadia.  They have imaginative container gardens.  Our talk includes picking companion plants to put in succulent pots.  Check out their website

www.gardenbythesea.com

Meeting Announcement

  Come to our Meeting on Wednesday, Nov 15^th 
 9:30     Coffee and Social       
 10:00   Business Meeting
 11:15   Program:  Make a holiday succulent ring with a candle

You will need to bring a 2-3 inch wide candle but all other supplies will be provided.

  Note: the November meeting is a week earlier than usual, due to Thanksgiving

Facebook Page

You can now follow us on Facebook too.
https://www.facebook.com/sandieguitogardenclub/

Great Article about our club

Here is the link to November/December issue of 92024 Magazine

http://92024magazine.com/november-december-2017-issue/

Meeting Announcement

Our next meeting will be Wednesday September 27, 2017 in the Ecke Building at San Diego Botanic Garden.  Guests welcome.  

                                        9:30am     Coffee and Social Time + Board Members meet for Photo Shoot

                                        10:00        Business Meeting

                                        11:00        Program: Tony Gurnoe, Interim Director of Horticulture at San Diego Botanic Garden

        An entertaining speaker, Tony will talk to us about basic botany and plant identification. He beganworking at the Garden in 2008, left after several years to start an organic truck garden in Fallbrook, then returned this year when the Horticulture Manager position opened up. He also takes fantastic photographs of amazing flowers/plants he comes across, which you can see at his Internet site: https://www.instagram.com/botanicwanderer

Meetings and Field Trip Schedule for 2017-2018

2017

Sept 27      Tony Gurnoe, Head of Horticulture at SDBG, will speak on 

                   botany and plant i.d.

Oct 25        Field trip to Sunshine Care in Poway with Farmer Roy 

                                                 

Nov 15       Make a succulent ring, using a terracotta saucer, to 

                   surround a white candle

Dec 20       Holiday Party Potluck & Gift Exchange!

2018

Jan 24       Laura Eubanks will share some of her design ideas

Feb 28      Allan Dodds, SDBG Docent and Professor Emeritus of the 

                  Dept of Plant Pathology & Microbiology at UCR

                  

Mar 28      Decorate a birdhouse with paint and succulent cuttings

April 25    Weidners Gardens tour and talk by Evelyn Weidner

May 23     Field trip to Gardens By the Sea, a wonderful succulent 

                 nursery in Leucadia

June 27   Our End-of-the-year Potluck!

Meeting Announcement

The next meeting will be on Wednesday, January 25, 2017 in the Ecke Bldg at San Diego Botanic Gardens.  Come at 9:30 to socialize before the 10:00 am meeting.   Pauline Sechi Creative Designer will be making fabulous flower designs in various container which will be raffled off to our members and guests.  Guests welcome

Holiday Party Dec 14, 2016

FEBRUARY 24, 2016 TOUR OF PEARSON'S HERB FARM

Our Meeting on February 24, 2016 is a Field Trip to Pearson's Garden and Herb Farm in Vista.  According to their excellent website they are "Growers of Herbs, Edibles and California-friendly Bloomers; a Destination Nursery"!

The website provides lots of photos and plant information as well as directions.  (http://pearsonsgardens.com)

Here is the link to latest snapfish photos

http://www1.snapfish.com/snapfish/thumbnailshare/AlbumID=6332833015/a=8890159_8890159/otsc=SHR/otsi=SALBlink/COBRAND_NAME=snapfish/

Christmas Party - 2012

Nov 2012 Meeting