Happy Spring! The onset of Spring brings renewal and growth. It is a time of change and transition and the Civic Garden Club of San Carlos is continuously adapting to these changing times. Saturday, we celebrated the 1st day of Spring with a successful plant sale. Sales included everything from succulents to vegetables with our […]
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Author: Cristopher Brickell and David Joyce An excellent reference for pruning anything. Lots of detail, helpful illustrations, discussions of pruning/training needs starting from initial planting through maturity. Includes sections on training plants onto pillars, trellises, pergolas, and on special training techniques like espalier. There are multiple editions, including older versions from the American Horticultural Society
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Author: Pamela Peirce Detailed reference for San Francisco Bay Area, focused on growing vegetables and herbs. Suitable for beginning and advance gardeners. Very useful planting charts with timing suitable for our climate, selection of varieties, guidance for growing in containers, dealing with pests, harvesting and more. Available on Amazon
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Author: Debra Lee Baldwin Growing, Designing, and Crafting with 100 Easy-Care Varieties Available on Amazon
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Author: Jill Norman How to use a wide variety of herbs and spices, with notes about how to grow them. Paired with the Golden Gate Gardening book, it’s easy to see how you can grow many of the herbs in our area. Available on Amazon
Guest Speaker: Catherine Madison will present: “All The Buzz that’s Trending! 10 Ways to Catch your Pollinator’s Eye!” Time: 7:00 pm Location: Zoom Meeting link: https://zoom.us/j/93984551380?pwd=Ty9Cd0NIYVdFSUdMYXhaNXgyUktQZz09 Meeting ID: 939 8455 1380, Passcode: 488231 Agenda: Open (Sandy) Club business (Cathrin) Introduce updated club website Results from survey of program topics Guest speaker Catherine Madison will present:
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Happy New Year! We took a two week break from our weekly plant sale for the holidays to rest and recharge and we are now ready to take on 2021. We are delighted to announce Cathrin Callas on the Board as our Membership Chair. Some of you may remember Cathrin as our webmaster and roster
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The Civic Garden Club holds plant sales open to the public most Saturdays. Plant sales are announced on Facebook (on our club page — you don’t need a Facebook account to read this) and Nextdoor (posted by members). (May cancel if rain is forecast.) We feature many plants that do well in our area but may not
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Time: 7:00 pm Member and Club Treasurer David Waterbury gave a behind-the-scenes tour of our weekly plant sales and the Casa’s transformation into a plant propagation center. David has been the lead in our Saturday plant sales. He explains the overwhelming success of these sales and how with help of several members we are able
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