Pleasant Hill Garden Study Club Home Page

Meets 7 p.m.
First Tuesday of the month (except July) at the
Pleasant Hill Community Center
320 Civic Drive
Pleasant Hill, California 94523
entrance is from parking lot behind Police Station and past YMCA (click for location map)
OPEN to all interested in gardening...
Guests always welcome to programs!!!!

Upcoming Events:
note: of possible interest to PHGSC members; some are PHGSC events and some are not.....

The Pleasant Hill Garden Study Club is sponsored by Pleasant Hill Recreation and Park District. We support the passage of Measure E to improve Pleasant Hill's parks which includes the Community Center where PHGSC meets monthly.
click here for more information on Measure E

June 2 Membership Meeting
Mary Lu Burchard awarded the

"2009 Burt A. Bertolero 2009 Gardener of the Year"!... see the pictures

Buzz Bertolero of Navlet's Garden Centers presenting the "2009 Burt A. Bertolero Gardener of the Year Award" to Mary Lu Burchard

Jun 27        PHGSC's Members' Garden Tour - see the pictures

July            No Membership Meeting
                in lieu of Members' Garden Tour -- June 27th ...
                details in June FP and link above

July 10-11 2009 Ruth Bancroft Garden Horticultural Series
                The Australians, Part II

Refreshing Your Australian Repertoire: how to mix exciting and appropriate Australian native plants in Bay Area gardens

For this seminar, Ruth Bancroft Garden and the Garden Conservancy have gathered together an excellent panel of speakers to lobby for mixing Australian native plants with California natives and plants from other mediterranean climates. These advocates know a lot about the growing conditions favored by The Australians and how to mix their bright colors and strong forms in tantalizing garden compositions. The seminar also includes an optional full day study tour.... for more information

Aug 1     Markham Regional Arboretum Society Plant Sale, 10am - 2pm
                   Markham Garden Center, 1202 La Vista Ave, Concord, CA (map)

Aug 4        Membership Meeting and Summer Potluck
                  Program: Designing With Succulents
                    David Feix, Landscape Architect (and exotic plant guru)

Sep 1        Membership Meeting
                Program: Greywater Use in the Garden
                Laura Allen, Greywater Guerillas

Sep 12     Markham Regional Arboretum Society Plant Sale, 10am - 2pm
                   Markham Garden Center, 1202 La Vista Ave, Concord, CA (map)

Sep 18        The Late Show Gardens @ Conerstone Gardens, Sonoma
Sep 19        ... more to come... see www.thelateshowgardens.org
Sep 20

Sep 19        Gardens at Heather Farms Plant Sale

Oct 6        Membership Meeting
                Program: Fruit Tree Selection and Planting
                   Bethallyn Black - UC Cooperative Extension

Oct 10        Ruth Bancroft Gardens Plant Sale

Oct 17       Markham Regional Arboretum Society Plant Sale, 10am - 2pm
                   Markham Garden Center, 1202 La Vista Ave, Concord, CA (map)

Nov 3        Membership Meeting
                Program: TBD

Nov 14     Markham Regional Arboretum Society Plant Sale, 10am - 2pm
                   Markham Garden Center, 1202 La Vista Ave, Concord, CA (map)

Dec 1        Membership Meeting and Holiday Potluck
                Program: TBD

more on upcoming events...

Objective:
Organized for the purpose of developing an interest in home gardening and the subsequent beautification of the community.

Other Information On-line
(available where underlined):

Who We Are, Membership and Bylaws

Club Officers and Committees

Recent & Past Events:
some descriptions and pictures where available
2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 earlier

PHGSC Picture Galleries

Pictures of Some Member's Gardens
(not part of the PHGSC Member Tours)
NEW 2009 (succulent gardening), 2006 2005

10 Day Garden Weather Forecast for Pleasant Hill

Fine Gardening's Guide to Pronouncing Botanical Latin

Interesting Slide Show on Bugs in the Garden

Master Gardener Hot Line
If you have gardening questions,
Master Gardeners can help
9 am - 12 noon M-F tel: 925-646-6586
Contra Costa Master Gardeners
University of California Cooperative Extension
75 Santa Barbara Rd., Second Floor
Pleasant Hill, CA 94523-4215

Get ready for summer and water rationing with Watering 101 from Orchard Nursery of Lafayette providing informative guidance on how to water your garden .. for even more detailed guidance see CCWD's web site. CCWD serves most of Pleasant Hill and Concord. Martinez gets it water from CCWD so it will also have to impose guidance and restrictions similar to CCWD's conservation web page. The CCWD has adopted a 15% drought reduction plan effective May 1st. See CCWD's requiremennts (click) . CCWD's plan will also effect Martinez with similar reductions and restrictions (click). EBMUD (serving some of Pleasant Hill, Lafayette, and Walnut Creek south) will be dropping restrictions, but is raising its rates... see EBMUD's conservation web page.

Some great hints on organic gardening were given at our September 2007 meeting, "Autumn: The Season Begins for Organic Gardening" by Wendy Krupnick... check 'em out
... also "Some Hints on Propagating Seeds and Cuttings" from Kathy Echols, DVC Horticulture Instructor, at our December 2007 meeting.... check them out too

To some of our favorite garden links:
Pleasant Hill Recreation & Park District (our sponsor)
... and more links

PHGSC is a member of the Diablo Foothills District of the California Garden Clubs, Inc.
District members, events, and newsletter...