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2008-2009

Canyon Crest Garden Club Officers:
L to R - Teress Weber, Secretary; Carleene Hyde, 1st VP/Programs; Jane Strait, 2nd VP/Ways & Means; Amy Inoue, President; Carole Metz, Treasurer and Sharon Smith (not pictured), Advisor/Parliamentarian

Carol Rogerson shared photos she took at a lavender farm on the Olympic Peninsula in Washington in a town called Squim.

Habitat for Humanity:

Below are photos of the plants that canyon Crest Garden Club donated to Habitat for Humanity on July 10. Jane Strait, Teress Weber and Betty Jackson planted the pots. Teress, Amy and Betty attended the dedication.

The Great Park:

Sharon Smith spearheaded Canyon Crest members at the Great Park for the summer opening. Volunteers included Sharon Smith, Paddee Neff, Linda Goold, Molly Peckels, Joyce Prouty, Jan Macdonald and Amy Inoue in the morning. Betty Jackson, Irene Bauer, Shirley Bauchiero and Beth Schweitzer with daughter handled the afternoon.

		Norman P. Murray Community Center

Ranch Santa Margarita Library

	Mission Viejo Library

		Mission Viejo City Hall

Artes de la Vida - April 25
In addition to our booth ,and in celebration of Earth Day/Arbor Day, our club donated and helped plant a tree along the Village Green.

Arbor Day - De Portola School - April 24
(The faces of the children have been intentionally blurred.) Two dwarf apple trees were donated to the children's garden.

Canyon Crest Garden Club was invited to participate in the Chamber of Commerce Mixer on April 22 in celebration of Earth Day. Thanks to all our diligent members plant sales totaled $500! Thank you all!

April Meeting

After the business meeting, Jerry Wang from Green Thumb Nursery gave a demonstrating on creating hanging baskets. The windows below were created by Paddee Neff and Sharon Smith.

Jane's House
In preparation for the public plant sale on April 22, a number of members met at Jane's house to assemble hanging baskets and prepare plant stakes.

Gardening Study School
Several members attended the two day Garden Study School at the end of March. These classes are an excellent way to improve gardening knowledge. Participants who complete the four sets of classes may qualify to be certified gardening consultants. Contact Betty Jackson for any questions you may have about the Gardening Study Schools.

The meeting was held at the Norman P Murray Senior & Community Center. Guest speak, City Services Director Keith Rattay spoke on the centers landscaping then provided a guided tour of the grounds.


				The garden stakes at left were created by Jean Rogers daughter. Cute!

After refreshments and several raffle drawings, Deanna Flintzer (bottom middle), a Rosarian from The Rose Society of Saddleback Mountain shared her rose knowledge with us before joining in to help with the annual pruning.

Bill Jensen was the guest speaker and after discussing espellier and topiary, he asked for volunteers to create spiral topiaries. Paddee Neff and Amy Inoue were glad to volunteer and Harriett added her expertise.

Below are pictures from Bill's garden in San Clemente. An apple tree espellier, a fig tree espellier and a reproduction of a 15th century knot garden. Bill and his wife own the Garden Cottage B&B where the main suite overlooks the knot garden he created.

Club members helped at the Great Park's Harvest Festival in October.
(Center photo: L-R) Judy Jensen, Marilyn Schaefer, Peggy Goldwater-Clay, Sharon Smith, Cynthia Stopforth, Annie Hall, Mary Jagiello, Joyce Prouty, Carleene Hyde, Molly Peckels and Teress Weber.

October 2008
Shipley Nature Center - Huntington Beach

Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it, and if I were a bird
I would fly about the earth seeking the successive autumns. - George Eliot

"People from a planet without flowers would think we must be mad with joy
the whole time to have such things about us." - Iris Murdoch

Our extended hospitality gave everyone plenty of time to shop among the extensive plant boutique. Fairy Gardens and supplies were on sale courtesy of Tina of "Tina's Gardens." (More details available on our Events page.)