Westside Gardeners' Club

Serving the Veneta and Fern Ridge Communities

Fall Cider Press & Pot Luck Party!

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Our first annual Fall Harvest Pot Luck is here. Please join us and celebrate all the colors, smells and tastes of fall!

WHAT: Cider Press Party & Pot Luck

TIME: 2:00 Cider Press followed by Pot Luck at 4:30

WHEN: Sunday, October 6

WHERE: Marian’s house

Bring your apples, a cider jug, and your favorite dish.

About 4 lbs of apples will make 1 quart of cider. Please don’t bring any apples from the ground, as they may contaminate the juice and the cider press. Bring a clean quart container to take your juice home with you. We won’t be pasteurizing the juice, but if you like, you can on your stove top at home.

If you have extra apples or an orchard, please share. If you need additional hands to harvest the apples, contact Mikel.

First WGC Meeting @ Harvest Festival

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Come and mingle at our first Meeting of the fall, after summer break!

We will have a booth at the Veneta Harvest Festival, and have our annual Member Outreach to let fellow community members know about our club. Come and mingle with members, share summer stories, and talk with community members about our awesome club.

We will also have a brief meeting at the booth, at 10:30 am to discuss the next season.  Bring your ideas, meeting subjects and anything you would like, to help shape the next Garden Club season.

Bring a chair and offer to man the booth for an hour during the festival. All while enjoying good food and music!

If you know anyone thinking about joining our Club, this is a great time for them to meet fellow members in a fun setting.

Doak Creek Native Plant Nursery Tour

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Come and enjoy a private tour of Doak Creek, followed by bring-your-own lunch under the trees. The nursery store will be open, to purchase plants you would like in your garden.

We will meet at Veneta Community Center and carpool over to the nursery.

Zumwalt Park Ice Sales Fund Raiser

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We will be selling ice at Zumwalt Park for  a fund raiser for our club and the Zumwalt Park.

We need volunteers to sell ice, pick up ice and set up / take down.

There are 2 shifts during the event: AM and PM

This is a FUN event, please contact Kate for more details!

Hope to see you there!

Summer Potluck

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Summer Garden Club Potluck & Plant Exchange

Hosted by Sue & Barbara

It’s another pot luck! Please bring a dish to share.
Fruit or vegetable salad? Quiche?
Charcuterie board? Bread & Spread?
Appetizer? …. and let us not forget Dessert!
Soft drinks and mixers will be provided
BYOB your favorite liquor.
There are plates, glasses and forks ‘aplenty,
so no need to pack your own.

Let’s have a plant exchange! Dig up a
volunteer from your yard, put it in a container,
label your plant, and we’ll have both table
decorations and a ‘-‘White Elephant” style
gift exchange – stealing allowed!
(optional, of course).

 

Contact Sue for more details.

May Meeting – Ask the Arborist

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Our final Meeting of the season, until Fall. Come join us at the Venta Community Center.

Matt our resident Arborist will discuss the various problems of trees that arise from ice and snow storms. How to handle them and when not to worry. Also we will have a discussion based on your photos of trees you are worried about and what to do about them if anything.

 

Send Mikel your photos and questions ahead of May’s meeting to be included into the discussion. It should be an informative hour. After the meeting we will have a walk about the Community Center, and Matt will point out problem trees and how to identify them in your yard or property.