2017-2018 Programs
The Santa Rosa Garden Club generally meets on the fourth Monday of each month from September to May. Non-members are welcome as guests to our programs. Meetings are held at the Luther Burbank Art & Garden Center, 2050 Yulupa Avenue, Santa Rosa, California. The general meeting begins at 1:00 pm and programs begin at 1:45 pm. Programs cover a range of subjects including gardening, floral design, civic beautification, environmental responsibility and the exchange of information and ideas.
September 25, 2017
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Veronica Bowers is the Director of the California, Native Songbird Care & Conservation (NSCC) which is located in Sebastopol. Veronica founded the organization in 2004. The NSCC is dedicated to the conservation of native songbirds through rehabilitation, release back to the wild, and public education.
Veronica will be presenting a slide show on songbirds and how we can facilitate their health in this community through our choices in our gardens. As our gardens are our sanctuaries, with careful native plant choices they can be a haven for native birds too as well as a recharge station for migratory birds and a nesting area for overwintering birds. Take an opportunity to learn from a bird’s eye view what a wildlife friendly garden looks like.
Veronica will be presenting a slide show on songbirds and how we can facilitate their health in this community through our choices in our gardens. As our gardens are our sanctuaries, with careful native plant choices they can be a haven for native birds too as well as a recharge station for migratory birds and a nesting area for overwintering birds. Take an opportunity to learn from a bird’s eye view what a wildlife friendly garden looks like.
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October 23, 2017
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Toni became a Marin Master Gardener in 2011 and discovered a community of like-minded people. She began presenting seminars as their Public Seminars co-chair. Toni conducted numerous seminars and her flagship presentation “You can Garden for Life with Adaptive Gardening “. It has been exceptionally well received and is her favorite passion to share with gardeners everywhere.
Do you love to garden and don’t want to give it up ? If so, this informational seminar will inspire you to modify your garden, adapt your tools and rethink how and when you garden, enabling you to garden for life, without pain, in comfort and joy. All attendees will leave with an Adaptive Gardening Plan to refer to for years to come.
Do you love to garden and don’t want to give it up ? If so, this informational seminar will inspire you to modify your garden, adapt your tools and rethink how and when you garden, enabling you to garden for life, without pain, in comfort and joy. All attendees will leave with an Adaptive Gardening Plan to refer to for years to come.
November 27, 2017
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Diane Kenworthy and Kathleen Fitzgerald-Orr co-lead a group of Master Gardeners who have received advanced training in identifying and solving garden problems called the Integrated Pest Management Specialists. Both trained as Master Gardeners in 2011. Master Gardeners are volunteers who receive training in general gardening from the University of California, and volunteer in many ways to help home gardeners enjoy healthy and productive landscapes.
Their presentation, Healthy Gardens, focuses on best sustainable practices for home gardeners to prevent and solve garden problems.
Their presentation, Healthy Gardens, focuses on best sustainable practices for home gardeners to prevent and solve garden problems.
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December 11, 2017
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Arrive at 12:00 noon. The Bethlehem Tower Choir directed by Leanna MacDonald will perform for us this year. The choir is comprised largely of Bethlehem Tower residents and has been performing for five years. We will enjoy a catered lunch, or you are welcome to bring your own lunch. In addition, this year we will be inviting SRGC members to bring an example of their personal creativity to showcase what a multi-talented community we are. Look for the reservation form and more information in our Newsletter. Socializing, enjoying festive music and finding our more about other club members will be a wonderful way to spend a bit of time.
January 22, 2018
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Curtis Short has designed and installed residential gardens ever since becoming a California licensed landscape contractor in 1989. Although he currently focuses his business on high quality pruning work, Curtis continues to satisfy his love of landscape architecture with occasional garden design consultations. Curtis earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Plant Science/Plant Pathology from U.C. Davis and has completed several courses in Landscape Architecture with U.C. Berkeley Cooperative Extension San Francisco. He also lived and landscaped in Maine and Canada for 3 years, during which time he served as a University of Maine Extension Master Gardener (following his previous service as a University of California Extension Master Gardener).
Without printed signs, a well-designed garden tells us exactly where to go, how to move, and where to rest. Learn the architectural language gardens use to affect our behavior so that you can teach your garden to be a better communicator. Curtis Short will use movement, drawings and a slide show to help you understand how spaces and masses affect our physical response to gardens.
Without printed signs, a well-designed garden tells us exactly where to go, how to move, and where to rest. Learn the architectural language gardens use to affect our behavior so that you can teach your garden to be a better communicator. Curtis Short will use movement, drawings and a slide show to help you understand how spaces and masses affect our physical response to gardens.
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February 26, 2018
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Sue Lovelace completed the training to become a Master Gardener in 2007, and has been a very active member of the organization from the start. This year the Master Gardeners chose to honor Sue Lovelace as outstanding volunteer of the year for Sonoma County. Sue is both a Food Gardening and Garden Sense Specialist as well as a sought after speaker . Sue has also helped in training new Master Gardeners. As a Food Gardening Specialist she has actively worked with school gardens via the Youth Gardening Program as well as with community and senior housing center gardens. Since 2013, Sue has written the very popular weekly “Sundays with Sue” on the Master Gardener website.
Flower arrangements with an emphasis on foliage will be the subject of Sue’s presentation. She will discuss preparations of materials and design elements as she creates arrangements.
Flower arrangements with an emphasis on foliage will be the subject of Sue’s presentation. She will discuss preparations of materials and design elements as she creates arrangements.
March 26, 2018
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Mary Frost is a past president and a scholarship recipient of the Santa Rosa Garden Club. Since 2007, Mary has been the sole proprietor of The Gardening Tutor, a Hands-On Gardening Instruction and Consultation business here in Sonoma County. She is an alumna of the Santa Rosa Junior College and was the instructor for the Pruning Ornamentals class from 2012-2015.
This presentation by The Gardening Tutor will improve your confidence for growing plants in containers. Learn how to keep your plants happy and avoid the pitfalls that just about everyone has experienced when container gardening. The talk will be followed by a short slide presentation of plant combinations and design ideas.
This presentation by The Gardening Tutor will improve your confidence for growing plants in containers. Learn how to keep your plants happy and avoid the pitfalls that just about everyone has experienced when container gardening. The talk will be followed by a short slide presentation of plant combinations and design ideas.
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April 23, 2018
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Jani is a Sonoma County Master Gardener with experience as a wedding planner and florist, a manager of The Nursery at Emerisa Gardens, and a UC Extension Program instructor in Ornamental Horticulture. In addition she is the owner of GardenWeaver Design, a design/build landscape company.
Jani’s program will emphasize her love of conifers and how they can work in the Sonoma County garden. She will be concentrating on dwarf conifers and will address their uses and habits. She will also show how they work with companion plants and will bring examples to show, and sell. This will be a new look at conifers for all of us.
Jani’s program will emphasize her love of conifers and how they can work in the Sonoma County garden. She will be concentrating on dwarf conifers and will address their uses and habits. She will also show how they work with companion plants and will bring examples to show, and sell. This will be a new look at conifers for all of us.
May 21, 2018
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The club's last activity together before taking off for the summer. Former SRGC Presidents are honored, SRJC scholarships presented, and special awards are given. New members are recognized and SRGC officers are installed.
