Westside Gardeners' Club

Serving the Veneta and Fern Ridge Communities

Garden Club Meetings

November Meeting – Via Zoom – Prepping your garden for winter

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Our topic will be Prepping your garden for winter. Things to research for our round-table discussion

  • What to Prune
  • What to Seperate
  • Prepping Beds – Cover Crops or Compost?
  • Here’s a great primer, by month from out very own Master Gardener Stephen.

Our November meeting will be held virtually via Zoom. This will be a test to see how it works out for us.  You will need:

  • Decent Internet connection
  • Computer
  • Computer Camera

Here are some support videos to help you get up to speed:

https://support.zoom.us/hc/en-us?_ga=2.152236089.1831593505.1602529611-942424972.1602277774

October Meeting

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Mark your Calendars, and notice NEW VENUE – The Elmira Grange

First Fall Meeting

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It’s that time of year, a new Season of Garden Club begins! This year will be a little different, for obvious reasons.
Our first Garden Club will be held outside, behind the Community Center at our newly planted Pollinator garden bed, this Saturday, Sept 12th @ 10 am – 12 noon.
  • Please bring a chair, mask, drink and snack for yourself.
  • We will meet outside and have an hour of social time 10 – 11am.
  • 11 am – Noon we will meet and discuss the upcoming season.
  • I would like to hear your ideas of what you would like to see happen, as well as share my ideas.
Moving forward, we received word from the Community Center, that we can not use their facility for meetings.
The Elmira Grange has offered us the big Hall for use, at not cost, for the coming Season. 
Future meetings this year will be held at the Grange, provided it is feasible.
For this Saturday, if you have conflicting plans, I urge you to meet us at the pollinator garden for the brainstorming session from 11 to noon. 

All About Composting & Plant Exchange

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Please join us for a Composting talk presented by fellow Garden Club member and Master Composter, Nora Weber.

Nora will discuss the dos and don’ts of composting, breaking it down to simplify home composting and reduce food waste.

May will also be our plant exchange, so bring some plants you have to share and grow them in your garden!

May will also be our Officer votes, so please volunteer if you would like to be more involved next year. The more the merrier!

Native Plants

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Join us for a Native Plant discussion presented by Rhiannon Cochrane, Botanist of Fern Ridge District, US Army Corps of Engineers.

Following the Club meeting, we will have a club field trip to their Fern Ridge field office and get a tour of their multi-acre nursery, located at 26275 Clear Lake Rd. Carpooling is recommended.