Pleasant Hill Garden Study Club

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..... 


May 10  PHGSC Plant Sale, 9am - 2pm,
               Winslow Center, Pleasant Hill 
(map)
 

May 17        CREEC Tour: Carquinez Regional Environmental Educational Center                                       10 – 12 noon.   This is one of our previous contribution recipients. We thought it
                    would be interesting to see what they are up to at the 
Carquinez Regional Environmental
                    Education Center in Crockett. This environmental restoration project site includes a
                    greenhouse to propagate plants that enhance wildlife habitats. Lunch will be at the
                    well-known Dead Fish restaurant. More info to come in the May newsletter. Sign-ups up
                    at the April and the May meeting.


May 17        DVC Plant Sale, 9am - 1pm, Pleasant Hill (map)

May 17        Markham Arboretum Spring Festival, 4pm - 7pm
                      Plant Sale starting at 3pm
                      1202 La Vista, Concord (map)


June  3          Membership Meeting - Birds in the Garden

          Jenny Papka, Curator, Native Bird Connections

June 14         Markham Arboretum Plant Sale, 10am-2pm
                       
1202 La Vista, Concord (map)

TBD             PHGSC  Members Garden's Tour (for 2007 garden tour pix... click)
                     (mid - June to  late July)

July               No Scheduled PHGSC Membership Meeting

August 2       Markham Arboretum Plant Sale, 10am-2pm
                     
1202 La Vista, Concord (map)

August 5        Membership Meeting - The Gardens of New Zealand and Australia

           Jan Coyle, Garden travel tour guide



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 and Membership
Club Officers and Committees 

Latest information (click)
PHGSC Plant Sale, May 10, 2008
            days: hours: minutes: seconds till plant sale

Plant Sale Flyer

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

PHGSC Picture Galleries

Pleasant Hill, California, weather forecast

Pictures of Some Member's Gardens

(not part of the PHGSC Member Tours) 2006  2005  


Fine Gardening's Guide to Pronouncing Botanical Latin

Get ready for summer with Watering 101 from Orchard Nursery of Lafayette  providing informative guidance on how to water your garden .. for more see CCWD's  conservation web page as well as 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

 

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





Sponsored by:

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Web Contact: Steve Morse
Email: s.j.morse@sbcglobal.net