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.....

June 21 PHGSC Members Garden's Tour

initial unedited pictures from the tours of the three gardens on Saturday a.m. (below)

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, Pacific Pathways Travel, Garden travel tour guide specializing in New Zealand and Australia. (potluck @ 6:30, members only; all invited to program @ 8:00)

Sep 2 Membership Meeting --- TBD

Sep 27 City of Martinez Plant Exhcange

There will be a community plant exchange on Sept 27th from 10 to noon at the John Muir Ampitheater at the Martinez marina. It is described as a free event where people can bring excess plants, bulbs, cuttings, accessories, and gardening equipment to echange with others. Bring boxes, bags, or other means to bring home your new plants. (reference "Martinez City Times" July-Oct 2008 newsletter.)

October 11 CCMG Gardening Seminar @ DVC

The Contra Costa Master Gardeners (CCMG) are pleased to announce their first gardening seminar on Saturday, October 11, 2008. The all-day seminar will be held at Diablo Valley College and tickets are $40 per person.

Several terrific speakers are already lined up for the day, including Rosalind Creasy, Rose Marie Nichols McGee, Betsey Clebsch, Bethallyn Black and more! Session topics promise to be very interesting, touching on topics such as salvias, fruit trees, organic gardening, ideas for small gardens and plants for dry climates, just to name a few.

For registration information, please contact Patty Click at (925) 682-6719 or email her at mclick777@aol.com Also, more information will be posted on the CCMG website ccmg.ucdavis.edu in the coming weeks.

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

Proposed 2008 DRAFT
Amendments to PHGSC Bylaws
WORD version PDF version
Comments/recommendations/questions:?
email to Eileen Housfeld or tel: 925-944-4898

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...