Event: Members’ June Salad Potluck
Date: Thursday, June 27 • 6:30 p.m.
Location: Shepard Garden & Arts Center, 3330 McKinley Blvd, Sacramento
We’ll have a special “end-of-season” salad potluck dinner at 6:30 p.m. Bring a salad to share. Drinks and rolls will be provided.
Event: May General Meeting
Speaker: Charlotte Owendyk and Linda Knowles
Topic: Gardens of Southern England—Part 1
Date: May 23, 2024 • 7 p.m.
Location: Shepard Garden & Arts Center, 3330 McKinley Blvd, Sacramento
Charlotte Owendyk and Linda Knowles, “Rose Buds,” are excited to share with you some of the fabulous gardens they visited on their tour sponsored by
Garden Gate and Horticulture magazines in July 2022. It was a wonderful,
jam-packed 8-day trip with like-minded gardeners.
They will share their photos of Sissinghurst Castle, Great Dixter House,
Sussex Prairie, and The Royal Horticultural Society Floral Fair at Hampton Court. Prepare to swoon over all the gorgeousness!
They hope to dig into the evolving different styles of English garden design. You’ll see the famous, traditional English flower borders, modern garden design, and even their concept of the American prairie!
Be ready with questions and comments. They invite you to interrupt them as often as they interrupt each other! There will be laughter!
Event: April General Meeting
Speaker: Brian Woods
Topic: Urban Habitat Creation and Restoration
Date: April 25, 2024 • 7 p.m.
Location: Shepard Garden & Arts Center, 3330 McKinley Blvd, Sacramento
Urban Habitat Creation and Restoration is a personal mission of Brian Woods to bring diversity and wildlife to our gardens and more broadly, Northern California. We’ll explore alternative ways of thinking about, and managing the challenges we find in our local gardens, from the multi-year drought to an onslaught of plant-killing fungi and hungry insects looking for a meal. We’ll also explore the benefits of exotic and drought tolerant flora, and the importance (and beauty) of our Native California plants. The benefits of practicing Urban Habitat Restoration extend beyond the tiniest of creatures and yield opportunities for us to observe, and interact with a rich ecosystem in any size plot.
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.
