September 2009 Newsletter
Features:
- September meeting program: “Landscaping with Native Plants” presented by Ed LaCrosse.
- “Fifty Fabulous Years!” ELWD Standard Flower Show – Club results and Photo
- Things to do in September.
Category Archives: Photo
May 2009 Newsletter
May 2009 Newsletter
Features:
- May meeting program: Tour at Bellevue Botanical Garden, guided by BBG Manager Nancy Kartes. A tour of the Willard garden will follow.
- Photos of Issaquah Earth Day April 18, 2009. Victory Garden Exhibit and The Standard Petite Flower Show “Dynamic Dainty Dimensions”
- The Benefits of our Plant Sale. Support the plant sale….support beautification of our world.
- Container Gardening.
April 2009 Newsletter
April 2009 Newsletter
Features:
- April meeting program: “From Seed to Palate” presented by Genome Keyser.
- Victory garden on the White house grounds.
- Photo of ‘Jewels of Opar’ latin name Talcum paniculatum (nicknamed: Old Lady Hat Pin)
- Plants Deer Don’t Like.
- Suggestions to Repel Deer.
December 2008 Newsletter
December 08 Newsletter
Features:
- December meeting program: “Gather Around the Table, holiday table ideas” presented by Jessica Liepins and Avant friends.
- Photo– Betty Zink Honored.
- Issaquah Historical Society, Historical Gilman Town Hall Native Plants Gardens.
- IGC members winning awards at the WSFGC Holiday Show “Holiday Memories”.
- Gardening in the month of December.
- The correct way to add organic material when planting.
November 2008 Newsletter
November 2008 Newsletter
Features:
- November meeting program: IGC annual fundraising auction, Karen Bukanz will act as auctioneer.
- Photo of nearly $1000-worth of food and diapers delivered to the Issaquah Food Bank.
- Photos of IGC members installing additional native plants at the Blue Star Memorial By-way Marker at the Issaquah Senior Center.
- Photo of Reminiscing with Ruth Morgan: Experiences early in her sixty-nine years of garden club membership.
- Photos and report of IGC Tour of Don Carlin’s Dwarf Conifer Garden.
October 2008 Newsletter
October 2008 Newsletter
Features:
- October meeting program: Joys of Miniature Rock Garden Bulbs” presented by June Ann Hassebroek.
- Photos of three trophies won by IGC, representing First Place Awards in District-wide competition.
- Back-to-Basics composting website.A Promise Fulfilled by June Ann Hassebroek.
September 2008 Newsletter
September 2008 Newsletter
Features:
- September meeting program: “African Violets” presented by Jeanette Mahoney.
- Cate Mueller, new editor of ‘Garden Delights’ Newsletter.
- Photo: Mystery Plant-Most likely Stachys mexicana (Mexican hedge nettle or Coast hedge nettle).
- Things to do in September.
May 2008 Newsletter
May 2008 Newsletter
Features:
May meeting program: “Dahlias” presented by Jon Wilson.
Small Standard Flower Show “Spring into Summer”.
Photo and report from the April field trip to the Rhododendron Species Garden and the Pacific Rim Bonsai Collection on the Weyerhaeuser Corporate Campus.
Photos of Avant Design Guild presentation during the April meeting.
February 2008 Newsletter
February 2008 Newsletter
Features:
- February meeting program: “Tips for healthy container plantings” presented by Squak Mountain Nursery staff.
- Photos and report on January meeting program on heirlooms. Slow Food vs. Local Food and websites for ‘Puget Sound Fresh’, ‘LocalHarvest’ and ‘Slow Food USA’.
- Garden Memory by Janet Figgins.
January 2008 Newsletter
January 2008 Newsletter
Features:
- January meeting program: “Heirloom plants” presented by club member, Gen Keyser.
- Photo of December Therapy centerpiece work party participants.
- Contemplating Weeds: Noxious weed control- Herb Robert or Stinky Bob (Geranium robertianum).
- Disposal of Latex Paint.
- Garden Memory by Janet Figgins.