Event: Sacramento Perennial Plant Club’s Spring Plant Sale
Date: Friday, April 12, 2024 • 9 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Sunday, April 14, 2024 • 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. (Schedule change due to weather concerns)
Location: 1911 Bannon Creek Dr., Sacramento CA 95833
Member-grown plants at great prices!
Event: 19th Annual Gardener’s Market
Date: March 9, 2024 • 9 a.m.–3 p.m.
Location: Shepard Garden & Arts Center, 3330 McKinley Blvd, Sacramento
We have a great lineup of returning favorite and new vendors bringing in some unusual plants and garden treasures. The proceeds of this event help fund the club’s Grants Program, monthly speakers and community gardening projects.
For more information, contact Lili Metzer (lmetzer@wavecable.com)
Event: Introduction of the 2024 Saul Wiseman Grants Awardees
Coordinator: Anita Clevenger, Grants Chairperson
Date: February 22, 2024 • 7 p.m.
Location: Shepard Garden & Arts Center, 3330 McKinley Blvd, Sacramento
Since 2015, the Saul Wiseman Grants Program brings us in contact with a host of remarkable people actively engaged in providing greater access to healthy soil and open spaces, increasing the supply of food for the hungry in our community, or creating places of beauty in our neighborhoods.
Many are talented educators dedicated to making all manner of gardening experiences available in our school and public places.
Our February meeting will focus on celebrating the 2024 Saul Wiseman Grants awardees.
Event: January General Meeting
Speaker: Amy Chance
Topic: Native Bees in Your Garden
Date: Thursday, January 25, 2024 • 7 p.m.
Location: Shepard Garden & Arts Center, 3330 McKinley Blvd, Sacramento
Join us on Thursday, January 25 to hear from California naturalist Amy Chance as she describes her exploration of native bees in her Sacramento garden. Even if you don’t have a single native plant, you have some native bees, too! Learn some fun facts and how you can do more to welcome them.
Event: Members’ Holiday Potluck
Date: Friday, December 15, 2023 • 11:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m.
Location: Shepard Garden & Arts Center, 3330 McKinley Blvd, Sacramento
Our holiday potluck will be a daytime event this year. More details to come.
Event: October General Meeting
Speaker: Kevin Marini
Topic: Nurturing Healthy Soil
Date: Thursday, October 26, 2023 • 7 p.m.
Location: Shepard Garden & Arts Center, 3330 McKinley Blvd, Sacramento
In this day and age, the most important thing for home gardeners to grasp is what media (“soil” type) they are using to grow plants and how cultural practices in the garden relate to each type. Container mix, potting soil, soil conditioner, garden soil, raised bed mix, soilless mix, organic compost, and bulk soil are just some of the confusing names of materials that gardeners use.
More and more home gardeners are turning away from planting in their native soils and buying soil type products instead. Let’s discuss what soil really is, how to enhance it for what you’re growing and define the content and uses for all these other types of bagged and bulk products.
