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LUCERNE, Calif. – The North Lake Garden Club will meet on Tuesday, April 26.
The group will meet at Lucerne Community Church, 5870 E. Highway 20.
They will meet at 6:30 p.m. for refreshments and sharing plants, with the meeting starting at 7 p.m.
Jim Xerogeanes of Mendocino College will speak on a fantastic Oregon garden.
The club, which always has interesting presentations on gardening, is gearing up for the first annual High School Scholarship Fundraiser Garden Tour, Fashion Show, and Tea May 21 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The tours will include gardens in Nice, a fashion show from Virtuous Woman, a fantastic luncheon tea in the beautiful home of Sharon Thorne and Don Smith. Each tea setting has a special theme.
Tickets are on sale now for the event; please call 707-274-9723 to purchase one.
All proceeds will go to the new 2012 scholarship fund for local high school students interested in careers in horticulture.
Last month, guest speaker Jim Celeri of Celeri and Son Rhododendron Nursery shared the fabulous seaside botanical garden on Highway 1 plus lovely specimens of the hardy plant.
Some rhododendrons can grow over 20 feet with active deadheading and pruning. Some species are even cut to bonsai size.
The speaker brought plants to share and members ended up buying them.
He also gave information on the Rhododendron Show and Plant Sale with free admission on April 30, from 1:30 p.m. to 5 p.m., and May 1 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Fort Bragg at the Dana Gray Elementary School. Call 707-964-4435 for more information. The 2011 Rhodie theme is Oldies but Goodies.
The plant comes in many varieties and hybrids which are known for their unusual colors or shapes.
North Lake Garden Club is a member of California Garden Clubs Inc., National Garden Clubs Inc. and Mendo-Lake District with meetings held on the fourth Tuesday of the month.
The May 24 meeting will feature hybridizer and camellias with Dan Charvet of Heartewood Nursery Fort Bragg.
If you have a Northshore-area garden to share for our tea, have a public place where a tree should be planted or need more information about our garden club please call club President Don Smith, 707-972-6023.
