February , 2016 Vol. XLVII, No. 6 Gardening in Harmony with Nature President’s Message from Weej Baggaley San Clemente Garden Club P.O. Box 3891 San Clemente, CA 92674-3891 www.sanclementegardenclub.com Organized 1951 Member: National Garden Clubs, Inc. Pacific Region California Garden Clubs, Inc. Orange County District President: Weej Baggaley 1st Vice Pres. /Programs: Teresa Whitney & Diane Riopka 2nd Vice Pres./Membership: Cindy Burns 3rd Vice Pres./Ways & Means: Elyse Crane Secretary: Joanne Bush Correspondence Secretary: Eunice Schafer Co-Treasurers: Jim Proett/Bill Schafer Parliamentarian Jeannette Fromm Auditor: Heidi Gibson Garden Trellis Editor: Jim Proett Assist. Editor & National Garden Club Projects and Services: Launa Gould Circulation: Wilma & Prescott Cogswell Bill Schafer Article Deadline: 15th of the Month District, State, and National . . . . . . . . Page 2 February Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 2 Field Trip . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .Page 2 Civic Beautification . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 3 Valentine’s Day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 3 Propagation Workshop. . . . . . . . . . . . Page 4 Member: Gloria Martin . . . . . . . . . Page 4 Book Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 4 Crystal Cove St. Park . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 5 Garden Therapy. . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 5 Jr. Gardening . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 6 UCCE Master Gardeners. . . . . . . . . . Page 6 Woman’s Club Letter. . . . . . . . . . Page 7 Sponsors .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 7 February Activities . . . . . . . . . . . Page 8 Inside This Issue As we enter February here in beautiful San Clemente, I am amazed as always at what February brings to our area, namely, SPRINGTIME! The buds get fuller, the bulbs make their way out of the ground, and the birds start on their nests. Having lived in many other parts of the country, I have to pinch myself every year that I get to escape another wintry, gray, miserable February by living here. It’s like a page was ripped out of the calendar! However, as Pat Welsh warns, it’s not really springtime yet, so we shouldn’t go rushing out weilding our pruners and our shovels just yet. Instead, let’s spend time learning more about gardening and all the fun that can bring, in the form of field trips, educational offerings in the com- munity, and learning about hummingbirds in our February 3 meeting. Also, if you’re reading this before Friday, January 29, I hope you’ll join us for our Propagation Workshop. Many hands make light work! Date Conformation: Garden Tour Planning Meeting is Thursday, Jan 21, 1-3pm, at Patricia Holloway’s home, 62 Via Santa Maria Weej’s rain barrel--See the crysalis on the garden decoration?
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February, 2016Vol. XLVII, No. 6
Gardening in Harmony with NaturePresident’s Message
from Weej BaggaleySan Clemente Garden
ClubP.O. Box 3891
San Clemente, CA 92674-3891www.sanclementegardenclub.com
As we enter February here in beautiful San Clemente, I am amazed as always at what February brings to our area, namely, SPRINGTIME! The buds get fuller, the bulbs make their way out of the ground, and the birds start on their nests. Having lived in many other parts of the country, I have to pinch myself every year that I get to escape another wintry, gray, miserable February by living here. It’s like a page was ripped out of the calendar! However, as Pat Welsh warns, it’s not really springtime yet, so we shouldn’t go rushing out weilding our pruners and our shovels just yet. Instead, let’s spend time learning more about gardening and all the fun that can bring, in the form of field trips, educational offerings in the com-munity, and learning about hummingbirds in our February 3 meeting. Also, if you’re reading this before Friday, January 29, I hope you’ll join us for our Propagation Workshop. Many hands make light work!
Date Conformation: Garden Tour Planning Meeting is Thursday, Jan 21, 1-3pm,
at Patricia Holloway’s home, 62 Via Santa Maria
Weej’s rain barrel--See the crysalis on the garden decoration?
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Board Meetings -1/28The meetings will be held on the
Thursday preceding each general monthly meeting, with the exception of June.
January 28th, 10am, Freda D’Sousa’s home, 177 Avenida Cabrillo, SC
Orange County District, State, and National News/Events
2015 - 2016 CALIFORNIA GARDEN CLUBS
Winter BoardJanuary 30 - February 2, 2016
DoubleTree by Hilton, San Pedro, CA
Date: Wednesday, February 3, 2016Time: 1 pmPlace: St. Andrew’s by the Sea Methodist Church 2001 Calle Frontera, San Clemente 92673Subject: Jewels of Nature, Hummingbirds in Your Garden Speaker: Monique ReaHave you wondered what those beautiful little flying jewels are in your garden, how many different hummingbirds may be coming to visit you, what they enjoy eating, or how to attract them to your garden? Have you ever encountered a seemingly lost or injured hummingbird? Monique Rea will share with us her expertise on hummingbirds.For the past 20 years, artist, author, and speaker Monique has worked in South Orange County rehabilitating these wonders of nature. She is a volunteer for the Songbird Care and Education Center and has presented information on hummingbirds to numerous organizations and garden clubs, including the Huntington Library and Botanical Garden, Sherman Gardens, South Coast Botanic Garden Foundation, Casa Romantica, Heritage Museum of Orange County, Wild Birds Unlimited, Tree of Life Nursery, and Crown Garden Club in Ontario. She was one of 11 speakers at the 2012 Sedona Arizona Hummingbird Festival. Her extensive work with hummingbirds has inspired her art. Don’t miss this informative presentation on these wonderful jewels of nature.
February Meeting Program
February Field Trip from Lana Doyle We are off to a different and exciting venue for our February field trip. Mark your calendar for
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 22ND. We will meet at 9:30 in the parking lot of the church. Destination is Rancho Las Lomas in Silverado. It is an open-air museum that lives, breathes,squawks, and growls in addition to the beautiful gardens and buildings. Our tour begins at 11:00 a.m. Cost is $10.00 cash payable to our docent when we arrive. Please bring your own water, comfortable shoes and jacket. You can bring snacks or lunch if you would like to eat there. There are picnic tables for our use. We will see the feeding of the white tiger. The facility is gated so when you arrive use code #1906 and follow directions to the parking lot. Some of you may prefer to eat at Cook’s Corner which is very close. I will have a sign-up sheet at our next garden club meeting or contact me at (949) 498-6017 or [email protected] if you miss the sign-up sheet. If you have been following the news, some areas in Silverado have been on voluntary evacuation. I called the facility and things are OK so far. I’ll keep you updated.
In case you haven’t been to a meeting or checked out the newsletter lately, our April field trip will be to San Luis Rey Mission on MONDAY, APRIL 18th. The cost is $24.00 for a behind the scenes tour and lunch at the Mission. Details forthcoming.
April Field Trip from Lana Doyle
Orange County District MeetingRSVP with $5 immediately to Jim Proett!
Monday, February 89am Coffee, 9:30am Meeting and ProgramSt Gregory’s Episcopal Church Parish Hall
6201 E. Willow, Long BeachProgram:
“Gardens of the Pacific Coast” presentation by Lynn Jax
Silent Auction for District Horticultural Scholarship
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Civic Beautification and Rose Pruning Workshopfrom Carol LuetzAnnually, a heavy pruning of rose bushes is essential to insure their prolific bloom and the long life of the plant. This year the club pruned over 70 rose bushes at its yearly rose pruning workshop. Thank you to all that worked, learned and ate together: Jim Proett, Simone Costes, Dolly Latteier and new member Kieu Doan. Also, three former garden club presidents joined the group, Jeannette Fromm, Bette Langford, and Launa Gould. Everyone enjoyed the comradery
and feeling of accomplishment. It was a good day. The civic beautification committee continues to meet the second Tuesday of each month to help maintain the rose garden, the library garden and Park Semper Fi. Additionally, this spring the garden club will be assisting the Heritage of San Clemente Foundation revamp a section of Park Semper Fi. A new sprinkler system is to be installed in a section of the park and the club will be helping to introduce new drought-tolerant plants to the area. Stay tuned for information about how you can help.
Worker: Dolly; Supervisors: Bette & Kieu
Jeannette hard at work (with proper gloves)
Simone & Jim (taking a break)
Valentine’s Day from Susan PierceSt. Valentine is the patron of love, young people and happy marriage. Valentinus was caught marrying people in the Roman Empire and trying to convert Emperor Claudius. He was condemned to death. He was beaten and beheaded on February 14 about the year 269. Following conversion of the Roman Empire to Christianity, in the fifth century the pope of the Roman Catholic Church declared February 14 as St. Valentine’s Day. Prior to St. Valentine’s Day, feasts and festivals were held in pagan cultures in mid-February. It is thought that these events increased fertility and were matchmaking men and women. Today the floral, candy, and greeting card companies promote St. Valentine’s Day. It is the No. 1 day for flower purchases. The red rose is the most sought after flower for giving on February 14. The red rose symbolizes love and romance. Following the red rose is the pink rose which symbolizes admiration and appreciation. White roses are also
given and they symbolize marriage, spirituality and new starts. Other roses given on February 14 are the red and white mixture and orange which symbolizes enthusiasm and passion. Following the Rose Parade and typical January rose bush pruning in many areas, the supply of roses in the United States is severely diminished. Roses are obtained from large production greenhouses in the southern hemisphere primarily in Ecuador and Columbia for St. Valentine’s Day giving. No wonder the cost of a dozen long stemmed roses is so expensive. The shipping from South America to the United States and packaging to keep the flowers alive and fresh is costly.
from Weej BaggaleyI had a tour of one of these rose farms in Ecuador. Apparently, their location near the equator and at high altitude are favorable for growing big-headed, straight-stemmed roses. I recall they grew baby’s breath at this farm as well, and shipped pre-made rose and baby’s breath bouquets. Each woman on the tour got a bouquet to take away with her.
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Book Reviewfrom Weej BaggaleyA book I read a while ago that has really stuck with me is The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl, by Timothy Egan. The subtitle sort of says it all. Well, it doesn’t really tell you that this is a remarkable telling of the suffering these people in the center of our country went through. Egan is a good storyteller, you really feel involved with these families, and you feel their joy and anticipation at seeing a dark cloud in the sky, and then their heartbreak when that cloud passes them by without a drop of rain. I have felt that way myself a few times these past few years. But we are lucky enough that we don’t have to resort to eating pickled tumbleweed (!!?!!) in an effort just to live another day. Really, what a gripping account. I highly recommend this book.
February Member Profile:Member name: Gloria Martin (Nickname: Glo) Member since: 2015Email: [email protected]
I’m involved in the SCGC in the following ways: I have been attending the monthly meetings and help where needed
setting up for the meetings and cleanup.Tell us why you love gardening: Being surrounded by nature is a high priority for me. It’s relaxing to create and maintain the garden.Favorite plant: Roses are my favorite for a couple of
reasons. My mother’s name was Rose and it was her favorite flower. The pleasing scent from some of the roses reminds me of her and it’s enjoyable to work in the garden.Other hobbies: I always enjoy being outside in nature. Hiking, gardening, learning to play golf and water skied for 30 years. Work history: For a couple of years, I was a landscape manager for a property management company in Irvine. I completed the certified courses in landscape design and horticulture at Saddleback College. I have also worked for: County of Orange - Animal Control; Fountain Valley Hospital - Operating Room and Cath Lab; Saddleback College - Counseling.I’m married, I live in Aliso Viejo, and I have one married daughter and a granddaughter. We also have a Shetland Sheep dog named Bailey.
January Propagation Workshop from Teresa WhitneyWe’re getting ready for our biggest plant sale of the year on April 9th– GardenFest. We like to start propagating now to make sure all the plants are healthy and well rooted by the time April rolls around. Get your calendars out and mark down: FRIDAY, JANUARY 29th, 9:30am at Teresa Whitney’s house, 4010 Calle Bienvenido, San Clemente. Bring your hats, gloves, clippers and cuttings! Potting soil will be provided. This is also a great opportunity to catch up after the holidays and maybe get to know some of the other members a little better.NOTE: Please note the start time of 9:30am. It was noted in the January Garden Trellis as 9:00am.
“If I Had a Single Flower for Every Time I Think of You, I Could Walk Forever in My Garden.”Alfred Lord Tennyson? Claudia Adrienne Grandi? Claudia Ghandi? Anonymous?
Valentine's Day is named for the martyred Christian saint named Valentine. He was a bishop
that married forbidden couples. Valentine gave the married couple flowers from his garden. That’s why flowers play a very important role on Valentine’s Day.
-- from Wikipedia.
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Crystal Cove State Park from Launa GouldOur garden club has been involved in the restoration of the historic gardens at Crystal Cove State Park for several years. We participated with other clubs in our Orange County District. The State Park has recently received a grant for use on upkeep for the historical area of the park. They are seeking volunteers for their newly formed Garden Club Volunteer program. Volunteers will weed, trim, plant, mulch and water all the while enjoying four hours per month in the state park. In the past we would take a snack or lunch and sit at the picnic tables on the beach after tending the gardens. We always enjoyed the experience. Parking is free for volunteers. An orientation has been arranged for March 3rd at 10am. The San Clemente Garden Club will be represented.
I am hoping to coordinate our work day for the second Tuesday of the month.
If you would like to be on my Crystal Cove email list for updates, please let me know and I will add you to the existing list of members that have worked at Crystal Cove in the past. Launa Gould ([email protected])
Garden Therapyfrom Suzi Klickstein In December our jolly garden club volunteers; Heidi Gibson, Ginnie Churchill, Simone Costes, Dolly Latteier, Barbara McLaughlin, Doris Weinbaum, Lana Doyle, Teresa Whitney, Joanne Moran, Suzi Klickstein and Tom Benton good-naturedly donned a variety Christmas headwear to bring a little levity to RIO Christmas craft. Volunteers assisted the merry RIO folks in making Christmas cards, which featured either a snowman, a Santa or a penguin on the front of the card. They also decorated ornaments for the tree. At the end the session, the elated RIO clients and staff sang We wish you a merry Christmas to the garden club volunteers. It was a wonderful holiday afternoon. To herald in the New Year, the January Garden Therapy activity was to making 3-D Polar bears with signs that read, “ Have a Beary Happy New Year.” Volunteers Barbara McLaughlin, Anna Sarrade, Betty Langford, Simone Costes and Suzi Klickstein prepared the materials for the polar bear craft. For our February activity we will be helping the RIO clients make Valentines for their family and friends. Please note that in February, Garden Therapy at the RIO takes place on the second Wednesday of the month, February 10 instead of the third Wednesday. We will meet there at the same time 12:45. We will be preparing the Valentine materials Thursday, February 4 at 10:30 at Suzi Klickstein’s house. We hope you can join us for one or both of these activities. Please contact Suzi at [email protected] if you have any questions.
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UCCE MASTER GARDENERS OF OCClasses are FREE and held at Reata Park and Events Center, 28632 Ortega Hwy., SJC:February 6 - Smart Gardening 101 Overview | 9:30 -11:00 a.m.
February 20 - Composting (Master Composters)| 9:30 -11:00 a.m.
March 5 - Every Drop Counts: Harness your H2O | 9:30 -11:00 a.m.
March 26 - Terrific Tomato Tips| 9:30 -11:00 a.m.April 2 - Spring edibles | 9:30 -11:00 a.m.
* Goin Native will be giving a 30 minute free, interpretive California native plant walk with a handout following each class.Please RSVP early to [email protected] or by calling (949) 606-6386* For more class details visit:http://www.goinnative.net/programs/smart-gardening-101-with-ucce-master-gardeners/
UCCE Master Gardeners Eventfrom Weej BaggaleyThe following is from UCCE MASTER GARDENERS OF OC. If you’d like to carpool, meet at St. Andrews-by-the-Sea at 8:15am on Feb. 6th. There will be a sign-up sheet at the Feb. 3rd meeting, or contact Weej at [email protected]. The first Saturdays @ SouthCoastREC event, the new family-friendly adventure series for those interested in learning about gardening and food preservation, will be Saturday, February 6 from 9am to 11am at South Coast Research and Extension Center (seldom open to the public!) 7601 Irvine Blvd, Irvine, CA.Admission fee is $5 per person or $10 per family of 2 or more. Parking is free.Online registration in advance of the event is required at http://ucanr.edu/survey/survey.cfm?surveynumber=16663Each event features two information-rich hours focusing on: • Gardening Question & Answer Booth• Composting and vermicomposting• Pest management• Tool care/sharpening• Food safety/preservation• Docent tour of demonstration landscapes• Activity especially for childrenUCCE Master Gardeners, Master Composters and Master Food Preservers have been preparing exciting and enlightening modules to take you on a learning adventure. There will be takeaways, giveaways, and surprises for all. We hope this adventure encourages the Orange County community to enjoy gardening and food preservation as year round activities.Future events will occur on April 2, June 4 and November 5, 2016 from 9:00 to 11:00 am (mark your calendars!).
Junior Gardening: Fun Fridays in the Garden at Las Palmasfrom Doris WeinbaumWe have been having a wonderful time with Fun Fridays in the Garden at Las Palmas! We have been exploring the bugs, harvesting the lima beans and weeding. For the holidays we made bird feeders with pine cones, vegetable shortening and bird seed. Our next activity is moving the dirt that was just delivered into the garden beds.The family of Isobel Pelham donated a bench to the garden in Isobel’s memory. It is prominently placed at the entrance to the garden with a lovely plaque honoring Isobel. Isobel was a member of the San Clemente Garden Club and an active volunteer in the community. She was also a dear friend of mine and the reason I got started volunteering at Las Palmas.Please join us on Fridays from 11:30 am - 1 pm in the Las Palmas garden! For more info contact me at [email protected].
Isobel Pelham Plaque & Bench at Las Palmas Elementary School
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Orchid Sponsor - $1000San Clemente Villas by the Sea
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Rose Sponsor - $500Dana Point Nursery
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Daisy Sponsors - $250Bemus Landscape, Inc. 888-557-7910P.O. Box 74268, San Clemente bemus.com* DeNault’s Hardware-Ruth DeNault 949-888-5200 x102Glen’s Landscape & Lighting 949-492-6492Native Plant Specialist, San Clemente glenslandscape.comGreen Thumb Nursery 949-837-304023782 Bridger Rd., Lake Forest greenthumb.com* Morgan Stanley - Ken Wakefield Newport Beach 949-760-2405 [email protected]* Living Gardens Landscape Design Sacha McCrae Delane 949-218-7459 livinggardenslandscapedesign.comLuna landscape/Luna Tree 949-492-3208114 W. Paseo de Cristobal, San ClementePlant Depot plantdepot.com 949-240-210732413 San Juan Creek Rd., San Juan CapistranoRod’s Tree Service 949-492-0657San Clemente [email protected] Creek Soil Amendments 25200 Trabuco Rd., Lake Forest 949-768-1008 serranocreeksoils.comShore Gardens Nursery 949-492-3526201 S. Ola Vista, San Clemente shore-gardens.comThe Marine Monument at Park Semper FiP.O. Box 456, San Clemente marinemonument.com* Tom Benton Surterre Properties 821 S. El Camino Real, San Clemente 949-285-1945 [email protected] TOPLINE Garden Products 949-735-0438 29511 Rosenbaum Rd., San Juan Capistrano toplinegarden.com* Indicates San Clemente Garden Club Member
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Junior Gardening: Fun Fridays in the Garden at Las Palmasfrom Doris WeinbaumMore photos from Las Palmas:
Below is a letter from the Woman’s Club thanking us for a beautiful succulent planter made by Simone Costes that was auctioned off with other succulents for $200.
P.O. Box 3891 San Clemente, CA 92674-3891
Member of National Garden Clubs, Inc., Pacific Region
San Clemente Garden Club Activities
SEPTEMBER 2015
AUGUST 7 Propagation Workshop 9:30 AM AUGUST 27 Board Meeting 10:00 AM SEPTEMBER 2 Meeting & Program 1:00 PM SEPTEMBER 3 Garden Therapy Preparation 10:30 AM SEPTEMBER 8 Civic Beautification Pier Bowl Planter 8:45 AM Marine Monument at Park Semper Fi 9:00 AM Library 9:30 AM City Hall Rose Garden 10:00 AM SEPTEMBER 16 Garden Therapy-Fall Craft 12:30 PM SEPTEMBER 17 Civic Beautification – Casa Romantica Garden 9:00 AM SEPTEMBER 23 Field Trip 9:30 AM
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San Clemente Garden Club ActivitiesFebruary 2016
February 3 Meeting and Program (described above) 1:00 pm
February 8 OC District Meeting 9:00 am
February 9 Civic Beautification-Pier 8:45 am
Civic Beautification-Marine Monument 9:00 am
Civic Beautification-Library Garden 9:30am
Civic Beautification-City Hall Rose Garden 10:00 am
February 10 Garden Therapy-Valentines 1:00 pm
February 18 Civic Beautification-Casa Garden 9:00 am
