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.....

Feb 2 Membership Meeting and Program -- ... pictures
                Program: Kathy Echols, DVC Horticulture Instructor,
                "Propagation 101"
                  below from the PHGSC's February 10 "Flower Press" (Editor Eileen Housfeld)

Mar 2    PHGSC Member meeting & speaker
            Program: Juanita Salisbury on "Color Theory and Planting Design"

Mar 6    Plant Sale - Markham Arboretum Nursery 10am - 2 p.m.
Markham Garden Center, 1202 La Vista Ave., Concord (map)

Mar 13 Plant Sale - Diablo Valley College Hort Dept 9am - 1pm
321 Golf Club Rd, Pleasant Hill, (behind the parking lot, map)

Apr 6    PHGSC Member meeting & speaker
            Program: Carol Notaras on "Begonias"

May 2 "Bringing Back the Natives" free garden tour...
you must sign-up prior to the tour via web

May 4 PGHSC Member meeting & speaker
            Program: Suzanne Arce on "Garden Makeovers"

May 8    PHGSC's Annual Plant Sale

days: hours: min: sec till the Annual PHGSC Plant Sale!!!

Jun 1    PHGSC Member meeting & speaker
              Program: Judy Sandkuhle, Sunset Color Nursery, on
              "Geraniums and Pelargoniums"

July       PHGSC No member meeting -- Member garden tour (date TBD)

Aug 3    PHGSC Member meeting & speaker
            Program: Gary Lawrence, Mt. Diablo Beekeepers, on
            "How to Attract Bees to Your Garden"

Sep 7   PHGSC Member meeting and speaker
            TBD

Oct 5    PHGSC Member meeting & speaker
            Program: Elizabeth Ruiz on "Fruit tree and Aesthetic Pruning"

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
2010 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

Contra Costa Times' 2010 Garden Calendar
Contra Costa Times' 2010 Garden Tasks by Month

Fine Gardening's Guide to Pronouncing Botanical Latin

UC Davis Arboretum All Stars
The horticultural staff of the UC Davis Arboretum have identified 100 tough, reliable plants that have been tested in the Arboretum, are easy to grow, don’t need a lot of water, have few problems with pests or diseases, and have outstanding qualities in the garden. Many of them are California native plants and support native birds and insects. We are pleased to recommend these great plants for Valley-wise gardens. The vast majority of All-Star plants can also be successfully planted and grown throughout California.

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-Th tel: 925-646-6586
(closed state holidays)
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 also has imposed guidance and restrictions similar to CCWD's conservation web page. EBMUD (serving some of Pleasant Hill, and most of Lafayette, and most of Walnut Creek and 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...