Monthly Meetings are designed to educate by providing interesting and diversified programs. Our programs run the gamut from guest speakers on all aspects of gardening, landscaping ideas, horticulture, perennial gardens, etc. to members sharing their own expertise, to special socializing times, such as our annual Holiday Party and our June barbecue picnic in the park.
2nd Tuesday of each month (except July and August)
Noon (unless otherwise noted in our newsletter)
New Meeting Place as of April 2007: St. Stephen Catholic Church
Address: 31020 Cole Grade Road, Valley Center.
Hands-On Workshops that feature the How-To's on Gardening Projects are usually scheduled on the same day as our monthly meetings. These are projects that members would like to try, but would like to see a demonstration on how to do them first. In the past, we've learned about pruning roses and fruit trees, created wreaths out of succulents and other plant materials, built birdhouses, made greeting cards out of dried flowers, made hanging baskets, built a wooden cart to hold potted plants, and made mosaic tile stepping stones, to name but a few creations.
Our Greenhouse Plant Propagation session has been so popular, we've added a second day. Members learn to grow new plants from seeds, grafting, air layering, and leaf rooting techniques. Interested members meet on the first and third Tuesdays of the month at the Martin Gang Ranch, 28922 Cole Grade Road.
Directions to Martin Gang Ranch: Going north on Cole Grade Road from Valley Center Road, turn right (east) into the first driveway after you pass the stop-go signal at the Adams Park/VC Elementary School/Boys & Girls Club street entrance.
Designer's Workshops are offered every fourth Tuesday of the month. Expert floral designers are available to demonstrate the techniques of award-winning designs suitable for a flower show or to complement the beauty of your home. It's a hands-on opportunity for beginners to more advanced students who share a passion for this art form.
Floral Design Forums, a California Garden Club, Inc., Palomar District program, are scheduled on the first Monday of the month from October 2006 through May 2007 at the Women's Club of Carlsbad, featuring some of the finest designers anywhere, some from as far away as Montana, even Great Britain.
Tours of Members Gardens and Other Field Trips are very special occasions. A planned visit to enjoy a Member's Garden is really a delight. Valley has vastly different soils, so you might find cacti on one member's property, California natives on another member's land, and a old-fashioned perennial garden on someone else's place. Another member might include all three types of plants and add a Japanese , as seen at Pikake As member Jim Bathgate wrote, "It's tough to know how to treat plants in different areas. On our five acres, soils range from loose alluvial through several grades of decomposed granite to rocky pegmatite and red clay."
Dos Valles Garden Club
P.O. Box 123, Valley Center, CA 92082
(North County Region of San Diego County)
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