Planting Spring Blooming Bulbs

This week at Garden Club, an expert team from Territorial Seed Company will be hosting a hands-on workshop for panting bulbs. Come learn which bulbs grow well in our southern Willamette Valley and how to put them in the ground.

Please join us at 6pm for the business meeting with the blub presentation beginning at 7pm. Refreshments provided.

As always, Garden Club presentations are free and open to the public. We meet in the Friendship Hall at the First Presbyterian Church, 216 South 3rd Street (the corner of 3rd and Adams), Cottage Grove, Oregon.

Sedums: September Program

On Tuesday, September 2nd, Dale Smith of Coast Fork Feed Company will be joining the Garden Club to talk about sedums. Dale will talk about some of her favorite sedums, caring for them, and success in growing them. Dale will also show us a few exciting new sedums she has recently discovered. Plants will also be for sale.

Please join us at 6pm for our business meeting. Dale's presentation will begin at 7pm. Refreshments provided. As always -- our presentations are free and open to the public.

Garden Time t.v.'s episode premiers

Cottage Grove Garden Club's president, Andrea Mull, was recently on television in an interview about the All America City Square (also known as Opal Park). You can see the clip below.



If you aren't familiar with the t.v. show "Garden Time" check out their website (www.gardentime.tv). They are based out of Portland and include garden information and tours throughout the Willamette Valley. Locally, they are shown on KEVU, Saturday mornings at 8:30 am.

Garden Time t.v.

Garden Time is a Portland-based gardening show which airs every Saturday morning (in the Cottage Grove area on KEVU at 8:30 am). Now in their ninth year, each show features information about gardening as well as places to go and things to see.

We were delighted to learn that Garden Time was going to be in Cottage Grove and was interested in doing a clip about the All America City Square and the Garden Club's involvement with the park. Several Garden Club members converged on the park Saturday morning to spiff it up in preparation for the filming (it looked fabulous!).

Garden Club members clean the beds at the base of Opal's mural.

The Garden Time crew arrived just after 11:30 Monday morning. Produced by Gustin Creative Group (Jeff was behind the lens and Therese assisted behind the scenes) and hosted by William McClenathan and Judy Alleruzzo, the crew was friendly and a joy to talk with before and after the filming.

Andrea getting fitted with a mic.

Judy talks with Andrea as Jeff films

We attracted a small crowd on the sidewalk and street as filming happened.

A crowd watches as filming happens.

Stay tuned here or on our Facebook page where we will be posting a link to the show when it becomes available.

Invaders in your garden! What are they, why they are a problem, and what you can do!

Gardeners face the never ending problem of unwanted "bully" plants crowding out desirable plants in their garden. Many gardeners have questions like: Are these invasive species? What damage could they cause, and what, if anything, can I do about it?

On Tuesday, June 3, the Garden Club will host Tania Siemens, Program Coordinator of the Watershed and Invasive Species Education (WISE) Program at Oregon State University. Ms. Siemens will provide an overview of the broad problem of invasive species in the state of Oregon and help us understand the difference between a "weed" and an "invasive species".  Then she will focus on the identification, impacts, prevention, and control some common invasives you might find in your garden or pond.

Finally we will learn how we can make a difference in an effort to prevent the spread of these damaging invaders by preventing, identifying, reporting, and controlling some of the new invasive species that are top priority for early detection and rapid response in Oregon.

Please join us at 6pm for our business meeting and 7pm for Ms. Siemens presentation. The Cottage Grove Garden Club meets in the Friendship Hall at the First Presbyterian Church, 216 South 3rd Street (the corner of 3rd and Adams), Cottage Grove, Oregon.