Alta Vista Garden Club Business Meeting Minutes June 22nd 2021 Call to Order: by Stephen Brubaker at 1:00 pm. Meeting Minutes: Unanimous approval of meeting minutes for April and May. Guests: None The new recording secretary is Kathy Gean. Old Business: Amendment I; Article X Changing posting requirements to be newsletter, website or email. Motion …
Alta Vista Club Meeting July 27, 2021 (via Zoom) Call to Order: Stephen Brubaker, President, called the meeting to order at 1:04 pm. Approval of Minutes: The minutes of the June meeting require some changes. Jane Lovely and Marci Sorrell are new members rather than guests. Penny Pines wording should indicate $68 was given to …
An Outline of the Bean Presentation Marion Johnston, a master gardener, presented to the club about beans. The PDF above is an outline of the presentation. After establishing her credentials as a serious bean gardener, and the credentials of beans as serious food, she gave a a broad stroke summary of her own successful low-environmental-impact …
Elizabeth Loos, master gardener, presented to the AVGC in June on Wildflowers. These are native flowering plants, or forbs, that thrive without human care. They are well suited as garden plants because of their low-care nature and their ability to attract pollinators. The presentation covers choosing an appropriate site, preparing the ground, buying seeds, planting, …
University of Arizona Extension Service Presents… Landscaping with Native Plants – Yavapai County Date & Time: Wednesday, July 28th @ 6:30pm (No admittance after 6:45pm for security reasons.) Zoom Link: https://arizona.zoom.us/j/82372076262 (Registration is not required. Click on the link at the date and time listed above to access the presentation.) The Yavapai County Master …
The AVGC Fourth of July float included not only flowers, but also javelina, deer and bunnies munching on the garden. Snakes and lizards, along with a coyote and quail family represented the wildlife of our highland environment. The rocks were created out of plaster cloth placed on rocks in Christine and Dianne’s gardens. Christine painted them to look …
I will admit it…I am a tomato snob from the Midwest! Growing up in Indiana, eating a juicy, red beefsteak tomato from my backyard garden was something I looked forward to each summer. It is a food flavor memory that I will never forget, and it makes it tough to buy a tomato from the …
