Event: Members’ Salad Potluck—2026
Date: Thursday, June 25, 2026 • 6:30 p.m.
Location: Shepard Garden & Arts Center
3330 McKinley Blvd, Sacramento
Don’t miss our annual June potluck! Please bring a salad or dessert of your choice.
Event: May Meeting—2026
Topic: “These are a few of my favorite things . . .”
Speakers: Perennial Plant Club members
Date: Thursday, May 28, 2026 • 7 p.m.
Location: Shepard Garden & Arts Center
3330 McKinley Blvd, Sacramento
May’s meeting will be an inspiring “Show & Tell” from 10 of our members. Each will share a favorite garden book or plant from their gardening journey. There will likely be an opportunity to ask each one a question or two.
We will also have an informal book/plant exchange table, where anyone with something to share can participate. Bring a book or a plant (or several) and feel free to collect something you want from the table!
Event: April Meeting—2026
Speaker: Pat Smith
Topic: Famous, Fabulous, Free-Spirited, Fetching–French Gardens in All Their Glory
Date: Thursday, April 23, 2026 • 7 p.m.
Location: Shepard Garden & Arts Center
3330 McKinley Blvd, Sacramento
Patricia Beach Smith, a retired journalist and opera singer, an avid traveler who gets great pleasure tromping in and around gardens, wherever she may find them!
Her April program will take us to some pretty amazing French gardens, from eclectic and off the beaten track to some we will likely all recognize.
Event: Spring Plant Sale—2026
Dates: Friday & Saturday, April 10–11, 2026
9 a.m.–1 p.m.
Location: 1911 Bannon Creek Dr., Sacramento CA 95833
Our member grown plants will include:
Also at the Spring Plant Sale—
Stan, The Tool Man
Garden tool, scissor and kitchen knife sharpening; container drilling
Event: March Meeting—2026
Speaker: Darcie Nunes Paulin
Topic: Beautiful Container Planting—Tips for Success from One of the Best
Date: Thursday, March 26, 2026 • 7 p.m.
Location: Shepard Garden & Arts Center
3330 McKinley Blvd, Sacramento
Darcie Nunes Paulin is the expert landscape design and construction specialist behind Custom Plantings, a premier service known for their design excellence and attention to detail. In her program she will create a container garden, step-by-step sharing techniques and tips along the way. We will gain insight into how to select a container, what soils work best and plant selection.
