Event: March General Meeting
Speaker: Judy Tretheway
Topic: Healing Herbs and Heart Centered Gardening
Date: Thursday, March 27, 2025 • 7 p.m.
Location: Shepard Garden & Arts Center, 3330 McKinley Blvd, Sacramento
Judy is inviting us into her vision of a collaborative-style community garden and herbal clinic guided by the plant community. She will share a sensory exploration of five herbs as we sip tea and muse together about the healing benefits of gardening.
Event: 20th Annual Gardener’s Market
Date: Saturday, March 8, 2025 • 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) or download the 20th Annual Gardener’s Market flyer.
Event: February General Meeting
Speaker: Saul Wiseman Grants Committee
Topic: Introduction of the 2025 Saul Wiseman Grants Awardees
Date: Thursday, February 27, 2025 • 7 p.m.
Location: Shepard Garden & Arts Center, 3330 McKinley Blvd, Sacramento
Our February meeting will focus on celebrating the 2025 Saul Wiseman Grants awardees.
Event: January General Meeting
Speaker: Daisy Mah
Topic: Three Decades at William Land Park
Date: Thursday, January 23, 2025 • 7 p.m.
Location: Shepard Garden & Arts Center, 3330 McKinley Blvd, Sacramento
After touring the William Land Park work site and meeting staff, the Parks Supervisor tried to tamp down Daisy Mah’s interest as she gazed over the hillside—referred to as the maze or the jungle—ablaze in white, a plant she would later coin the “wretched onion.” His words were uttered in vain; the dreamer was smitten and thus began a story lasting over three decades.
The hillside garden, developed in 1940 by the Works Progress Administration (WPA), had long been reduced to ivy, periwinkle and weeds. Daisy learned all too soon the folly of gardening with minimal support, lack of experience, vandals and thieves. As years passed, other areas were renovated but have since been abandoned, victims of budget crunches. In Daisy’s post-retirement, the WPA Rock Garden quickly went into decline but now with help from dedicated employees, volunteers and funding from the Perennial Plant Club, the garden supporters are marching forward with rekindled hope and vision.
Event: September General Meeting
Speaker: Roxie Jones
Topic: Inviting Birds to Your Yard
Date: September 26, 2024 • 7 p.m.
Location: Shepard Garden & Arts Center, 3330 McKinley Blvd, Sacramento
Come find out about simple things you can do to create an enjoyable yard that is alive with birds. Why it is important, and what is needed. Roxie will also talk about how you can go about getting started and how to enjoy your yard once the birds are coming. We will even do a short “Bird Sit” via video.
Roxie Jones grew up under the redwoods on 32 acres in the Santa Cruz mountains, so her heart is in the forest. She taught Computer Science for 21 years at Sacramento State University. Since becoming a master gardener in 2013, her ideas about city landscapes have evolved. She started giving talks on native plants and water-efficient, river-friendly landscaping; then sustainable landscaping. Now, she is devoted to supporting wildlife in our yards and urban landscapes. In 2022, she became a Certified California Naturalist.
