Reduce • Reuse • Recycle

On Tuesday, January 4, 2011 Brett Jacobs, Education Director for BRING Recycling, will be at the Cottage Grove Garden Club to talk about reducing, reusing, and recycling in the garden. Brett will begin by discussing the problem caused when compostable material end up in our landfills. He will then field questions about applying the 3 Rs in the garden.

Please join us at 6:00 pm for our regular meeting, followed by Brett’s presentation at 7:00 pm. And please, bring your questions about recycling.

Creating Seasonal Centerpieces

Join the Garden Club on Tuesday, November 2, to learn about creating seasonal centerpieces. For our program, we will be joined by Kim Barker, a local floral designer, who will show us how to "make something out of nothing." This program is an optional hands-on demonstration; either watch and learn, or create one yourself.

Whether you want to watch or do, all members and guests are asked to bring items which can be used in creating the centerpieces, such as: dried sticks, dried flowers, pods, pine cones, silk flowers, and ribbons.

Please join us this Tuesday, November 2, at 6:00 PM, LCC Campus, Cottage Grove, Room 130.

Guests and Visitors welcome. Refreshments provided.

Upcoming Local Garden Happenings

Thursday, October 14, 7:00 pm: Peter Korn talks about "Building for Growing: How to Create Different Environments in the Garden, from Deserts to Bogs" at the North American Rock Garden Society (location: the Eugene Garden Club, 1645 High St.)

Saturday, October 16 (10-9pm) and Sunday 17th(11-6pm): Orchid Society Fall Show. Center Court at the Valley River Center.

Monday, October 18, 7:00 pm: Jeffery Bale presents a slide show on the Gardens of Italy. Avid Gardeners meeting, at the Eugene Garden Club, 1645 High St.

Tuesday, October 19, 11:30am: Eugene Garden Club Meeting, with Merry Bradley of the GrassRoots Garden presenting a program on "Dirty Tricks" at 1645 High St.

Sunday, October 31, 10-5:00pm: Mt. Pisgah Mushroom Festival and Plant Sell.

Tuesday, November 2, 6-8:00pm: Cottage Grove Garden Club meeting and program. Location and topic to be announced.

Saturday, November 6, 11-1:00pm: Join the Heather Society in pruning the Heather at the Cottage Grove Hospital. Bring a lunch.

Mark Your Calendars

Start your September with the Cottage Grove Garden Club. This month's presentation by Pat Patterson, a Master Gardener, will be on Adaptive Gardening. Pat's presentation will start at 6:00 pm with the regular meeting to follow.

Join us at 6:00 pm, Tuesday, September 7, in room 130 at the LCC-Cottage Grove Campus (1275 S. River Road, next to the high school). There will be refreshments and door prizes!

Please don't be late as you won't want to miss any part of this program.


You'll also want to mark your calendars with these other local gardening events:

September 14. 7:00 pm. Willamette Valley Hardy Plant Group
Planting a Bird-Friendly Hedgerow with Kali Robson

September 18-19. Gathering of the Gardeners
Gather with fellow gardeners at our own Village Green Resort. Check their web site for a schedule of events and speakers. While there, don't forget to stop by the Garden Club booth to learn about upcoming speakers.

September 25. 1:00 pm. New Ideas for the Shade Garden
The Oregon Garden, Silverton Oregon.

September is just around the corner, and so are ripe tomatoes (so they tell me), and so is the annual Gathering of the Gardeners held at our local Village Green Resort. The Gathering of Gardeners will be held on Sept 18-19 at the Village Greens' amazing grounds!! The Cottage Grove Garden Club had an informational booth there last year and we hope to have another one this year as well (calling all volunteers!!). So, gardeners, dust off your boots, grab your most ripe tomatoes for the Territorial Seed tomato taste-off, and join us for a weekend of art, demonstrations, plants and everything garden-related.