June 2012 Newsletter
Features:
- June 13: “Summer on the Move” Small Standard Flower Show held at the Issaquah King County Library branch.
- Photos of Growing Great Gardeners project.
- Annual Plant Sale report by Audrey Ellingsen
All posts by Debbie DeFilipps
May 2012 Newsletter
May 2012 Newsletter
Features:
- May meeting program: “Indigenous Birds of South King County” presented by Joyce Crowder.
- “Summer on the Move” a small Standard Flower Show-schedule.
- A New Orchard and Garden and The Country Housewife’s Garden, reissued 17th century garden design books for women.
- Yard Art (part 3).
April 2012 Newsletter
April 2012 Newsletter
Features:
- April meeting program: “Floral Design: What’s New for Spring” presented by Jon David Throne.
- Berry Good For You- the benefits of berries.
- Seattle’s Edible Forest.
- Sandy’s Curry Casserole recipe.
- Yard Art (part 2).
March 2012 Newsletter
March 2012 Newsletter
Features:
- March meeting program: “Hybridizing Rhododendrons….and How it All Began” presented by Gwen Bell.
- Lentil and Sausage Soup recipe.
- Gardening in March.
- “My Labyrinth Garden” article by Mary Frances O’C. Moriarty.
- Yard Art.
February 2012 Newsletter
February 2012 Newsletter
Features:
- February meeting program: “Selection, Care and Control of Bamboo in Pacific Northwest Landscapes” presented by Jeffrey Leonard.
- Gardening in February.
- Regina’s Beignet recipe and Beignet history.
- Great backyard bird count.
- Flowers that bloom in winter.
January 2012 Newsletter
January 2012 Newsletter
Features:
- January meeting program: “Lakewood Gardens: A Look Back as We Move Forward”, presented by Stephanie Walsh.
- Photos from the December Plant Therapy Workshop.
- “How I started flower arranging” by June Willard.
- Issaquah History Museum press release.
- Potage Saint-Germain recipe.
December 2011 Newsletter
December 2011 Newsletter
Features:
- December meeting program: “Christmas Greenery and Decor” presented by Michele Seth-Bristow.
- Nancy Claire Guth’s Favorite Water Garden Plants.
- Container Cleanup: How to Clean, Sterilize and Store.
- Things to do in December.
- Growing Bulbs in Outdoor Containers.
November 2011 Newsletter
November 2011 Newsletter
Features:
- November meeting program: “Rain garden design” presented by Nancy Claire Guth.
- Photos of floral designs for the ELWD Flower Show 9/26/2011.
- Horticulture Displays using pumpkins.
- Over-wintering Geraniums.
- Corn Chowder and Pumpkin Bisque recipes.
- Camassia, native plant review.
October 2011 Newsletter
October 2011 Newsletter
Features:
- October meeting program: “Ethnobotany” and particularly the relationship of native American peoples with the plants they used, presented by Rita Moore.
- Photo of Rita Hansen’s miniature arrangement, theme “Spider’s Fancies”
- Photo of Dianne Tanner presenting award to Louise Luce for her twenty-five year membership in IGC.
- Saving tender plants, what temperatures to bring in plants.
- Invasive vines and Butterfly Bush.
- Lakewood: Magnificent Northwest Garden, book review by Rosemary Fahey
September 2011 Newsletter
September 2011 Newsletter
Features:
- September meeting program: Speaker Sue Olsen, owner of the Bellevue nursery, Foliage Gardens.
- Photos from the May Issaquah Garden Club Plant Sale.
- Photo of June Ann Hassebroek’s entry awarded best in show at the ELWD show “Allure of the Silk Road”
- The Creative Garden , book review and order information.