The Grants Committee identifies the grant recipients for the club year. Speaker- Richard Huntley, Earthworm Cultivation

It’s the annual Holiday Party and time to celebrate the season.  A holiday potluck luncheon will be served and Santa will make an appearance.  Gifts will be exchanged on a voluntary basis.  We may also participate in the food collection for the Twin Lakes Food bank “Holiday Basket Program” and the toy collection with the California Highway Patrol (CHPS for Toys). There is no Dirt Gardeners event this month. Happy Holidays See you all at the January meeting.  

Debbie Arrington, Award Winning Garden Columnist, Blogger and Rosarian. We’re starting the year off right with speaker Debbie Arrington, our long-time friend and gardening expert who actively promoted our garden tour in years past through articles in the Bee.  We will be happy to reconnect with her and what she’s up to now and she will give us tips on readying our yards for the upcoming year as well as what’s new in the gardens she is seeing.

Program:  Mike Heacox – Principle Landscape Architect, Luciole Design, Inc. Mike is a native Californian with a UCSC Environmental Studies Bachelor’s degree and a Cal Poly, Pomona Landscape Architecture Master’s degree.  He is a former president of the Sacramento Valley Native Plant Garden Club and was also involved with the California Native Plant Society.  Mike will be sharing his knowledge of native and drought tolerant plants to enhance your landscape as they harmoniously grow within your garden.  Mike will inspire…

Program:  Speaker – Fred Hoffman, Preparing Garden Beds Our favorite farmer – “Farmer Fred” will join us to help us focus on preparing excellent garden beds to have a bountiful harvest.  To say that Fred is busy is an understatement.  He is still doing timely podcasts radio shows, maintaining his webpage, and working with Master Gardeners.   He has always been available to answer our gardening questions though and we welcome his visit to the FGC.

Program:  No Speaker in April as the club will be preparing for the garden tour.

Program:   We will present the Garden Tour successes and preliminary counts of the income and expenses. We will hold the election of the Board of Directors for the upcoming year. And we will hold the annual Garden Tour Silent Auction with an assortment of “In-kind Donations” from local businesses that support our fund raising efforts.  No speaker in May.