Improving Our Homes & Community One Plant At A Time
Previous Meeting
November 2023
February 2023 Program
Susan Roof, a member of CGC's Grand Gardeners, presented a program on North American native plants.
Shown above are some of the plants she discussed. She also provided some interesting literature about native plants and how they are 'friends to pollinators'.
January 2023 Program
Flora Sources
Club members shared their favorite gardening books, guides, magazines and websites.
November 8, 2022 Meeting
Scottsdale Farms Field Trip
A class on assembling Fall/Winter Containers was the focus of this meeting. Each club member was given a container filled with soil and could choose from various plants to create their design. A sunny lunch followed at the newly built gazebo with shopping available at the Gift Barn, which was decorated for Christmas.
Bromeliads - Growing and Maintaining
Hans Rueffert - October 2022 Program Speaker
Hans Rueffert - October 2022 Program Speaker
Vase type bromeliads use roots to anchor and pine bark can be used as a stabilizing medium. The Bromeliad mother plant blooms only once.
Hans Rueffert - October 2022 Program Speaker
Hans Rueffert - October 2022 Program Speaker
Hans Rueffert - October 2022 Program Speaker
As well as a professional chef who was a contestant on Next Food Network Star, this motivational speaker grows and sells Bromeliads.
Hans Rueffert - October 2022 Program Speaker
If you just water the Bromeliad center, it will rot. Don’t allow water in cups to become stagnant as it is better to let the plant go dry than overwater.
September 2022 Meeting
"Nothing better than a free plant"
Elizabeth provided packets of seeds for everyone. A propagated Mystic Spires Salvia
was won by Lynn Boeve.
"Propagation" by Elizabeth Scott
Club member Elizabeth Scott discussed
the basics of propagation
by seed, cuttings, scoring, and dividing.
Horticulture Moment
Horticulture Moment
Frances Tidd shared a horticultural moment at September meeting.
She described rooting and growing African violets.
The specimens were given as door prizes.
April Program Recap
Japanese Garden Walking Tour
Japanese Garden Walking Tour
Plants in bloom included azaleas, peonies,
lavender, dogwood, redbud, quince
and saucer magnolia.
Japanese Garden Walking Tour
Japanese Garden Walking Tour
Japanese Garden Walking Tour
Bud Scines (below) treated CGC
to a tour of his garden, which includes tons of boulders and forty Japanese maples.
Japanese Garden Walking Tour
The rear of his property boasts Bonsai
as well as maples overlooking a beautiful
view of Lake Lanier.
"Growing Dahlias" Program Recap
February 8, 2022 Program
Janine Perkins spent her childhood in Southern California and eventually moved to Oregon where she first started planting dahlias after visiting the Swan Island Dahlia Gardens and Nursery. When her husband was transferred to Georgia, she planted her first Dahlias here in 2016.
Dahlia Needs
- Two enemies of Dahlias are bad drainage and herbicides.
- Hand weeding should replace herbicides.
- Till the area at least six to eight inches and amend soil with aged manure that has no chemicals; aim for PH of 6.5 - 7.
- Dahlias need morning sun with afternoon shade.
- Supports are usually necessary. Peony supports work well.
Debora Renae Dahlia
Debora Renae Dahlia
Handouts entitled "All About Dahlias" were provided. Janine displayed a Debora Renae Dahlia tuber before dividing it as gifts for the two club members whose handouts had a flower on the back cover.
January 11, 2022 Program Recap
"ALL ABOUT COFFEE"
Orlando Beltran, a Master Gardener and Master Naturalist, discussed how coffee is grown and processed. Orlando emigrated from El Salvador in 1961 but still grows coffee on his family plantation. His coffee is the Catimor variety because it is resistant to coffee rust and has the most body of El Salvador coffees.
Orlando discussed growing and processing coffee, and makes it available for purchase. He sells his coffee in either whole beans or ground. His contact information is 678-313-2451 and his email is beltranorlando824@gmail.com.