Caring for Gift Plants It happens during the holidays. Someone, like a neighbor, goes out of town and leaves you with their gift plant to care for. Or, more frequently you are the recipient of a gift plant in exchange for being a fabulous host. If you absolutely had to group gift plants into a single kind of care category that would help them … [Read more...]

The Garden Club met on the January 19. Once again the hospitality team of Ruth Levitan, Chris Daley, Carmen Murphy and Lee Sweeny did a great job providing a variety of tasty small bites. Our guest speakers were Gabriella Guidry and Crysta Dickson. They gave a very informative presentation of organic gardening and its many benefits, both towards … [Read more...]

The Garden Club had its holiday party on the 15th of December. Many members of the club provided a great variety of salads and desserts. Our heartfelt thanks to the volunteers for setting up the tables in beautiful holiday colors. Everybody brought useful garden related gifts that were exchanged via raffle. For our January 19 meeting we will have … [Read more...]

The Garden Club met on Monday, November 17. Following lunch, which was provided by several members of the Club, all the members got busy putting together 30 gift bags for the seniors of Dana Point, in collaboration with the Dana Point Senior Center. Francine Stout and Melanie Wilcox did an outstanding job of bringing an assortment of gifts to add … [Read more...]

The Garden Club met on Monday the 20th. Our thanks to the hospitality committee for a great selection of snacks. Our guest speakers were Roberta Fox and Tony Glinskas. They educated us on how to maintain an orchid garden in the house. We are blessed with the ideal climate to grow orchids. Most of the common cultivated orchids are epiphytes and … [Read more...]

The September 15 Garden Club Meeting was scheduled for the Great Park Food and Farm Lab. Due to high temperatures in Irvine, the field trip was cancelled.  We will reschedule the trip for a later date. The first meeting of the year was held in the ClubHouse with a box lunch served. New members were introduced including Allen & Carolyn Brase, … [Read more...]

  The Garden Club management team, with Jerry Koppang at the helm, has another exciting year planned for you. I will not give out the details for the full year, so you will continue to read this column! Our first meeting of the year is a field trip to the Great Park Farm and Food Lab in Irvine. They provide a variety of educational … [Read more...]

Saturday, August 9, 2014 at DP Community Center - Learn 6 Ways To Make Your Garden California friendly DP Event Flier   … [Read more...]

The Garden Club ended another eventful year with an outdoor barbecue lunch at the Bluff on Monday, June 16. I speak for all members when I thank Linda and Jerry Koppang along with Gunjan Anand for putting together such a great spread. All the members participated by bringing their own signature dishes for the event. There was plenty to eat and … [Read more...]

The Garden Club held its annual plant sale on Saturday, May 11. Thanks to all the members for donating plants and other helpful garden accessories for the sale. Thanks also to members who spent their time on Friday organizing the ClubHouse for the sale. Last but not the least, thanks to the members for bringing some delicious snacks/desserts, my … [Read more...]