GARDEN CLUBNiguel Shores Garden Club meton February 15. Our own Tom O’Keefe presented an informative talk on Monarch Butterflies and their favorite plant, milkweed.Tom’s interest in Monarchs goes back to the 1970s when he remembers the hillsides of this area alive with fluttering Monarchs and the native California milkweed plants that sus- tained … [Read more...]

Boo-Hoo. As you know, for safety reasons your officers decided to cancel our January meeting where we hoped to discuss our proposed Garden Club activity, the Monarch Butterfly Project. Do not despair. We have shifted that presentation to our February 15 club meeting.Just before I was preparing to write this article, I was checking my emails and saw … [Read more...]

Speaking for the officers of our great Niguel Shores Garden Club, we hope all members had a safe, happy and joyous holiday season. We felt sadness that we could not meet for our traditional holiday festivities and see your tanned foreheads (from spending all your time masked and observing social distances outdoors working in your gardens) and … [Read more...]

I hope you didn’t miss the Garden Club meeting on November 16, because everyone there had a great time and lots of fun assembling beautiful Christmas ornaments for our Forget-Me-Not Project.This project is named after a delicate blue flower symbolizing friendship and remembrance. We are going to extend the gifts we made for friendship and holiday … [Read more...]

From the feedback that I heard, our first club meeting this fall on September 21 was well attended and your officers received many positive remarks and suggestions.Our October club activity was a field trip to visit the “Shangri-la” of our neighborhood—Seaside Growers and Nursery in San Juan Capistrano. Owner Jim Cassady described the 1980s … [Read more...]

We're finally getting off to a new start after such a long pause. I think we've never had so much time on our hands to work in our gardens! During this quarantine, my neighbor and I have spent many hours in my garden. We started calling it the Sanity Garden because it provided such peace. I hope that we all can tend our lovely little Sanity … [Read more...]

Your New Club Officers for 2020-2021 met outdoors in Francine’s beautiful garden on Monday, August 3, to begin planning activities for the club’s coming year. They were wearing masks, observing social distances, and enjoying individually wrapped treats. (CDC, please note.)■ Co-Presidents – Nadine Allen and Francine Stout■ Vice President – Susan … [Read more...]

To Garden Club Members and All Niguel Shores: Are you concerned about global warming? Well here are some statistics that might interest you taken from a gardener’s (name with- held) research. (Editor’s Note: H’mmm. Who could that be?)Trees and Climate:■ Trees help fight climate change. Excess carbon dioxide (CO2) is building up in the atmosphere, … [Read more...]

Usually in the July issue I happily report on our Beach Bluff BBQ but, because of the pandemic restrictions, we had to cancel this fun get-together. Although the office said we could still use the Bluff provided we bring our own tables, table covers and shade umbrellas and non- sharing of food, we decided that was not something weshould … [Read more...]

On February 17, twenty Garden Club members met at the San Juan Capistrano Mission to enjoy a docent led tour of this historic California treasure, one of twenty- one missions established by Spanish missionaries up and down the coast and inland.Mission San Juan Capistrano, the ninth mission established, is a California landmark and cultural icon as … [Read more...]