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Meetings are held the third Friday of the month, September through April, at 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm in the Eldorado Room of the East Boulder Senior Center, 5660 Sioux Drive, Boulder, CO 80303.

Each meeting consists of a program, a short business meeting, and refreshment time, with food supplied by members.

There is no January meeting. June, July, and August are "garden tours" of members' gardens or other places of horticultural interest, such as greenhouses, nurseries, and arboretums.

Programs discuss topics such as cultivation of roses, irises, or other flowers, trees, and shrubs, attracting birds to the garden, conservation of water, uses of herbs, photography in the garden, etc. February is World Gardening Month, and a program is presented about international gardening and preservation activities. Occasionally, programs may be devoted to garden-related craft projects.

A spring luncheon in May at a member's home and a Holiday Tea in December, bring members together to celebrate gardening friendships.

2011-2012 Programs

September 16, 2011 1:15 pm Program: Horticulture Tour of Denver Botanic Gardens, organized by Diane Curlette Carpool: 12 Noon from Meadows Shopping Center Location: Denver Botanic Gardens, 1009 York St., Denver 80206. Please use new parking structure, east of main gate. Follow the sign to the group entrance area (south of the main entrance door) to wait for all the group members to arrive.	Admission to the Gardens (open until 9 p.m.)will be furnished via guest passes for all members. An optional guided tour by staff horticulturalists will be available for 26 people from 1:30 to 2:45 p.m. The tour will cost $8.00 per person and space must be reserved in advance. Due to the modified time, there won't be hostesses for this event and a business meeting will not be conducted. Please bring a snack, water bottle, hat, sun protection and comfortable walking shoes. The first carpools will return to Boulder at 3:30 p.m., with others leaving at later intervals.
October 21, 2011 1:00 pm Program: Bulbs Speaker: Barbara Hyde-Boardman Hostesses: Ginny Donegan, Suzi Plooster, Julie Beall	Barbara Hyde-Boardman, author and columnist, will discuss the planting of bulbs indoors as well as outdoors, and show us how to plan for holiday blooms.
November 18, 2011 1:00 pm Program: Members Meeting: Sand Creek Project Hostesses: Geneva Austin, Cathy Bickell, Becky Jaye	Teri Ficken will discuss her current Sand Creek Restoration Project. This is a three-year project that involves the complete restoration of the wetlands area behind the Great Sand Dunes National Park along the western flank of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. Scope includes restoration of the natural floodplain land forms as well as the re-establishment of native grasses, plants trees, and a rare species of Golden Trout.
December 16, 2011 1:00 pm HOLIDAY SEASON TEA Program: Sharing Decorating Ideas Hostesses: Teri Ficken, Diane Curlette, Jill Jagemann, Virginia Stringi	Please bring samples of decorating ideas that use plants, flowers, pinecones, etc., as well as special ornaments and packaging ideas to share. Suzi Plooster will give a Christmas reading. Members are encouraged to brings donations of new or gently used gloves, jackets, blankets, and socks for Boulder Cares, a group that goes out on the streets each night to help the homeless. Sandy Edmondson will collect the donations.
January, 2012 NO MEETING February 12-20, 2012--Colorado Home & Garden Show, Colorado Convention Center, Denver, CO
February 17, 2012 1:00 pm WORLD GARDENING MONTH: A silver offering will be collected Program: Boulder Garden Club Plant Sale Readiness Speakers: Jill Jagemann, Pat Weis-Taylor, Sandy Edmondson, Pat McIllwain, and Sedna Wineland Hostesses: Linda Blomquist, Judy Owens, Christa Gloge	In addition to members signing up for various assignments and stations at the plant sale, this organizational meeting will cover all aspects of our May Plant Sale. Strategies for growing, cultivating, potting plants, plant categories, associated sale items, and volunteer opportunities will be covered. We will also have a Garden Catalogue Exchange so members should bring catalogues to share.
March 16, 2012 1:00 pm Program: Permaculture Speaker: Pat Weis-Taylor Hostesses: Kathy Greene, Phyllis Kerk, Mary Purdy	Pat will use photos from her garden to illustrate how she applied concepts on home-scale permaculture from the books Gaia's Garden (2009), by Toby Henenway and Square Foot Gardening (1981) by Mel Bartholomew. She will also show how she used our own Barbara Hyde-Boardman's three books as a sanity check on these ideas for Boulder, CO gardeners.
April 20, 2012 1:00 pm Program: Pests and the Rest Speaker: Amy Yarger Hostesses: Teri Ficken, Julie Beall, Connie Farnbach	Amy Yarger, Director of Horticulture at the Butterfly Pavilion, will present a program that helps gardeners identify the "good guys" and the "bad guys" most commonly found in Colorado gardens. She will offer earth-friendly tips for pest management.
May 11, 2012 PLANT SALE SET-UP 6:00 P.M. Member deliver plants, herbs, vegetables, supplies, and prepare the room for the plant sale at Eisenhower Elementary School. Club members will be present, beginning at 5:00 p.m. in the parking circle at the school. The members will receive early deliveries, identify plants, and organize the plants. May 12, 2012 9 a.m.-1:00 p.m BOULDER GARDEN CLUB PLANT SALE Eisenhower Elementary School 1220 Eisenhower Dr., Boulder, CO 80303 720-561-6700 May 18, 2012 11:30 am ANNUAL SPRING LUNCHEON Location: Home of Sedna Wineland 2390 Vassar Dr., Boulder, CO 80305 Program: What's New from Plant Select? Speaker: Hannah Upham Hostesses: Sedna Wineland, Sandy Edmondson, Debbie Marden, Pam McIllwain, Mollie Morton	LUNCHEON: Lunch, dessert, and drinks will be provided by the hostesses. Cost is $8.00 per person. Location: Home of Sedna Wineland, 2390 Vassar Drive, Boulder 80305. Hannah Upham, Assistant Manager, Program Outreach, and Class Coordinator at Sturtz and Copeland, will show members and guests the newest plants from the Plant Select program, as well as new heirloom vegetables.
June 15, 2012 10:00 am Tour of Marsha Yeager's garden Location:963 7th St., Boulder 80302 Carpool: 9:15 am from Meadows Shopping Center Hostesses: Marsha Yeager, Julie Beall, Rose Persichetti, Connie Farnbach	Marsha's garden is at 963 7th St., Boulder 80302. Marsha has been working on her large, shady garden for seventeen years. Many tall trees shelter a variety of flowers, including daphne, heucheras, and lilies. Please bring a salad to serve 3 or 4 people. Dessert, drinks, biodegradable plates, cups, and utensils will be furnished by the hostesses.
July 20, 2012 10:00 am Tour of Violet Aandres' Garden and Open Studio Location: 5010 Hwy 72, Nederland, CO Carpool: 9:15 a.m. from Meadows Shopping Center Host & Hostesses: Violet Aandres, Richard Deubel, Jill Jagemann, Sedna Wineland	Violet and Richard's garden is at 5010 Hwy. 72, Nederland, CO. It is a test garden for "Colorado Plant Select" and is at its peak in July. Along with a giant Sea Kale, Himalayan Blue Poppies, Penstemons, and Columbines of every color, they have added a crevice garden. Please bring a salad to serve 3 or 4 people. Dessert, drinks, biodegradable plates, cups, and utensils will be furnished by the hostesses.
August 17, 2012 10:00 am Tour of Children's Peace Garden, 1630 Hawthorn, Boulder 80304 (near intersection of Iris & Broadway) Carpool: 9:15 am from Meadows Shopping Center Hostesses: Lawrie Wilson, Mary Stewart, Riri Win August 2012 Boulder County Fair, Longmont	The Children's Peace Garden is a program of Growing Gardens, a non-profit organization whose mission is to create community through gardening. The Children's Peace Garden offers a variety of learning opportunities for 4-10 yr. olds that focuses on local food, organic gardening practices, the importance of biodiversity, community, and connecting with the Earth. In addition to the Children's Peace Garden, this organic agricultural site is home to Cultiva! Youth Project, Hawthorn Community Garden, Able Garden and Greenhouse. Annie Sweeney, Children's Peace Garden Director, and Lawrie Wilson will be our guides. Please bring a sack lunch. Dessert, drinks, biodegradable plates, cups, and utensils will be furnished by the hostesses.
Tours and Carpools -- For some of our tours it will be possible to meet for carpooling. If you have questions concerning a tour please contact the the Program Chair, Sedna Wineland. All carpools will leave from the Meadows Shopping Center parking lot northwest of Rite Aid. Turn south onto Mohawk off Baseline to reach the entrance to the parking lot.
New members and guests are always welcome!