The garden club had its meeting on Monday, November 16. It has been a tradition with the garden club, to put together gift bags for the Dana point seniors that do not have the luxury of leaving their homes. Our thanks to Carol Kuhn, Melanie Wilcox and Francine Stout, for spending the time to shop for all the essential things that go into the gift … [Read more...]

The Garden Club met on Monday October 19. Our thanks to Carmen Murphy, JoAnn Webb, Grace Glatt, Marilou Heckman, Karla Sanders and Suzanne Enis for a lavish luncheon. Our guest speaker was Annie Hall Bosche from Annie Hall Landscape Design of Mission Viejo. She gave an enlightening lecture on roses. She educated us on terms from Bare Root Roses to … [Read more...]

The lazy days of summer for members of the Garden Club have passed and a new club year has begun. On September 21 we had our first meeting where we listened to a great, informative talk on orchids by two members of the Orange County Orchid Society, Roberta Fox and Tony Glinskas. Tony spoke and gave tips on the growing of orchids in Coastal … [Read more...]

The Niguel Shores Garden Club’s first meeting of the 2015-16 year will be held on Monday September 21, 2015. The subject will be Floral Arranging. Our speaker, Summer Roberts, is a well known local Floral Design Artist. Summer and her sister have a local floral design business. She will share her tips on floral design with us. See you in … [Read more...]

While the Garden Club does not meet during the months of July and August the officers of the club are working to select a schedule of meeting topics, speakers and garden tours for the new calendar year, September through next June. Thanks to our president, Jerry Koppang, his tireless efforts have in the past contributed many valuable suggestions … [Read more...]

The Garden Club took a field trip to the Fullerton Arboretum on April 29. Two excellent docents gave us an informative tour of the gardens, with the history of the various plants and trees. The tour was followed by lunch at the Phoenix Club in Anaheim. Everyone enjoyed authentic German fare and beer to go along with it. On May 9, we had our … [Read more...]

The April meeting of the Garden Club was pushed to the end of the month because a field trip had been scheduled. On April 29, the Garden Club visited the Fullerton Arboretum after the deadline for the report, so the readers will have to wait for the June issue to learn more about our experience! We car pooled for the trip, leaving the Club house … [Read more...]

The Garden Club met on March 19. We want to thank Carmen, Marjean, Carol, Barbara and Grace for a great luncheon spread that included a variety of small sandwiches and choice of desserts. Our President, Jerry Koppang informed us of the field trip planned for Wednesday, April 29 to the Fullerton Arboretum. We will be carpooling, leaving from the … [Read more...]