Gardenfest

And, children painted flowers.

Even Mayor emeritas, Wayne, found a treasure at the flea market.

Artist from the San Clemente Art Association painted floral designs and funky containers.

Jean Glass chose this floral design to paint.

Gardenfest

Everyone was asked to vote for their favorite floral design and funky container.

The booth with information about attracting Bluebirds to San Clemente was very popular.

Children planted flowers.

Gardenfest

Our banner hanging high downtown on El Camino Real and Del Mar.

Flea market ready for the crowd.

Suzi K. stuffing her car with the help of Christine G.

Great finds at the plant sale and flea market!

Library garden

We planted the new area next to our existing library garden. The original garden was planted years ago in memory of our founding president, Jo Reed.

Wilma, Mike, Christine, Lynne and Launa planted the gardens and placed the bench.

Preparing the beds at the Casa fountain.

Wanda, Launa, Betty and Joan

Casa Fountain work day

This is a photo of the fountain at the Casa Romantica before and after it was planted.

February meeting

Author and columnist Julie Bawden Davis, was the guest speaker for our Feburary 6 meeting.

Julie taught us how to care for our indoor plants with many helpful hints for insect control, choosing the best spot for your plant and watering tips.

Lynn Cherry, an active member of our club for 19 years brought the beautiful creative centerpiece for the cookie table.

Field Trip

Club members had a docent led tour of the Fullerton Arboretum

Vi McMahon and Launa Gould enjoying the community garden at the arboretum

Our January annual evening meeting attracted over 100 people interested in gardening and our speaker.

Our hospitality hostess Erika, always ready to accomodate!

Speaker, Ron Vanderhoff, Nursery Manager for Roger's Gardens, shared many alternatives to the typical plants for our gardens.

Rose pruning workshop

The annual rose pruning workshop was held at the City Hall Rose Garden. Our club maintains this rose garden and it is the perfect opportunity to get hands on experience from experts.

President, Homer, giving instruction to some people from the community.

Wanda Weghorst took time out from planning the GardenFest to help.

Lynn Cherry, an active club member for 19 years jumped right in and pruned the tough ones.

When the work was finished we took time for coffee and visiting.

Many thanks to Homer for his instruction. Also working were Diane and Bob O'ffill, Emilie Matthews, Wilma Cogswell, Launa Gould, and Joanne Pollard.

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Garden Tour June 7, 2008

Garden Tour chair, Mary Mohr invites you to start thinking about this year's tour.
Do you know of a garden in San Clemente that could be a candidate this year?

Photos of gardens from 2007 Garden Tour

January 2008 meeting

January 2, 2008
Club members welcomed the new year with the first meeting.
Ron Lissner created a clever design for our cookie table.

President, Homer Wishek, welcomed members.

Janelle Wiley entertained us with enthusiam about planting bulbs