Features:
- January meeting program: “Developing a Backyard Wildlife Sanctuary for the Beauties of Nature” presented by Jim Ullrich
- “Meet Up” discontinued. A big Thank You to Gloria Woo!
- “Delights of the Season” photos from our December meeting
- “Nature Happenings” for January, from Jim Ullrich’s website
- Helping the Bees, by Carole Menser
- Book review “Gardening for a Lifetime”
- Vegetable-soup-in-30-minutes recipe
Features:
- December meeting program: “Delights of the Season” Members bring something they have grown or created to share.
- President’s message from Lenda features photos and names of Hawaiian indigenous plants.
- Photo of a Jon Throne arrangement from our November meeting.
- WSFGC Holiday Show “Parisian Holiday” report and photos by Karen Lee.
- Book review: Beatrix Potter’s Gardening Life
- Poor Man’s Caviar recipe
- Indoor Plant Tips.
Features:
- November meeting program: “Holiday Design Beauties” presented by Jon Robert Throne.
- Thank you volunteers ‘poem’ by Chrissy Brockway, Issaquah Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.
- A message about Awards, by June ann Hassebroek.
- Planting for Pollinators.
- Antidepressant Microbes in the Soil, by Bonnie L Grant.
- How to Clean Garden Tools.
- Garden things to do in November.
- Digging and storing Dahlias.
Features:
- October meeting program: ” The Beauties of Bats” presented by Veda DePaepe
- Flower Show results for “Shore is Fun” ELWD Flower Show
- Photos from “Shore is Fun”
- Photo Issaquah Historical Museum garden
- ‘Landscaping with an Eye to Design’ by June Ann Hassebroek
- Black Bean and Roasted Vegetable Salad recipe
Features:
- September meeting program: “The Benefits of Participating in Flower Shows” presented by June Ann Hassebroek.
- Food handling change at Tibbett’s Manor
- Plant Swap
- Million Pollinator Garden Challenge
- Flower show info “Shore is Fun” & Why Flower Shows
- Photos A Summer to Celebrate 2016
- Raw Apple Cake recipe
Features:
- May meeting program: “Easy Care Perennials throughout the Year” presented by Janel Garnett.
- Photo from the IGC April meeting tour of Bellevue Botanical Gardens.
- Photo of Janel Garnett visiting Joanne Dinken.
- Deer repellent recipe.
- “Garden Club Yesterday and Today” by June Ann Hassebroek
- How Dirt makes you Happy!
Features:
- April meeting program: “The Magic of Bellevue Botanical Gardens” BBG volunteer docents will lead the garden tour.
- Photo of Growing Great Gardeners work party.
- Thank you from June Ann Hassebroek to all who signed the commitment to “Bee a Wildlife Action Hero”.
- Photos of Judy Griesel, our March speaker and June Ann’s “Wildflowers Across Washington” display.
Features:
- March meeting program: “Four elements necessary to convert a yard into a wild life habitat” presented by Judy Griesel.
- Photo of work party at Issaquah Elementary School and thank you from Dianne Tanner.
- Elizabeth C. Miller Library programs and information-Most extensive horticulture collection of any Pacific NW Library open to the public.
- English Ivy: Noxious weed information
- Caring for Summer Bulbs
- Questions and Answers: Master Gardener information from Louise Luce
- Photos from February meeting: Lana Finegold arrangements and June Beckman table arrangements.
- Photo of arrangement created by Marian Nacarrow at the ELWD General Membership meeting 2-22-16.
- Photo of Karen Lee’s pot of Tete-a Tete daffodils.
Features:
- February meeting program: “Magic in Floral Designs” presented by Lana Finegold.
- Bees – Visit the Xerces Society website.
- Alan Haywood, Arborist & Horticulturist new website information.
- Growing Great Gardeners, Kick off to Spring report.
Features:
- January meeting program: “Savoring the Magic of our Heritage (High Tea)”. Speaker Erica Maniez, Issaquah Historical Museum Director.
- Things to Do in January.
- Issaquah Garden Club won a National Garden Club Award and cash for their Issaquah Historical Museum native garden project.
- Ethnobotany….Plants sustaining people.
- Million Pollinator Garden Challenge.
- January is National Soup Month: 4-2-1 Vegetable Soup recipe.