Camelot Garden Club Meetings are held on the 2nd Wednesday of the month at the Camelot Elementary School cafeteria, starting at 7:30pm
September 2019
September 11: Camelot Garden Club Meeting “Fall Gardening – Best Practices”
Speaker David Roos, a local gardening celebrity and writer will kick off our club’s season with his tips on fall gardening. He has encouraged us to experiment with natives, use local nurseries and maximize the magic that is fall, the best time to get out and plant.
Master Gardener Plant Clinic – Do you have a gardening question you’d like to ask? Bring plant samples and photos for identification or diagnosis to the Master Gardeners Plant Clinic table at the garden club meeting. Expert advice on pruning, vegetables, insects, lawns, trees and shrubs and more.
September 21: Fern Valley Garden 60th Anniversary Event at the U.S. National Arboretum, 9am – 3pm
Several guided tours of Fern Valley, hands-on exhibits, kids activities, ferns for sale. Presentation by Dr. Carl Taylor, Botanist, Fern Expert.
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October 2019
October 7: Garden Therapy at Leewood Health Center, 11:00am
Garden club members will help residents at Leewood Health Center make floral arrangements for the fall season. The team members engage with residents to provide assistance, friendship and share the beauty of flowers. It’s a rewarding experience for both the residents and club members.
Email camelotgardenclub@gmail.com to join the group.
October 9: Camelot Garden Club Meeting “Designing with Native Plants”, 7:30pm
Elisa Meara from Native Plant Landscape Design will show us a variety of beautiful native plants that will thrive in all garden conditions and provide a riot of color and interest throughout the seasons.
Master Gardener Plant Clinic – Do you have a gardening question you’d like to ask? Bring plant samples and photos for identification or diagnosis to the Master Gardeners Plant Clinic table at the garden club meeting.
October 20: Bow Making Workshop, 2:00pm
A hands-on workshop to learn how to make an impressive bow for the holiday season and help with our annual lamp post fundraiser at the same time. We’ll supply all of the materials, you’ll make 2 or more bows- one to take home for your holiday decorating and the other we’ll keep to decorate one of the lamp post swags for the garden club fundraiser.
Experienced and novice bow makers are welcome!
Email camelotgardenclub@gmail.com for location and more information.
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November 2019
November 3: Bow Making Workshop, 2:00pm
A hands-on workshop to learn how to make an impressive bow for the holiday season and help with our annual lamp post fundraiser. We’ll supply all of the materials, you’ll make 2 or more bows- one to take home for your holiday decorating and the other we’ll keep to decorate one of the lamp post swags for the garden club fundraiser.
Experienced and novice bow makers are welcome!
Email camelotgardenclub@gmail.com for location and more information.
November 13: Camelot Garden Club Hands-on Workshop “Herbal Bath Salts” , 7:30pm RSVP Only!
RSVP for this workshop at camelotgardenclub@gmail.com
n Club member Nancy Smith will guide us through the steps of making an all-natural bath product using dried flowers from our gardens as well as dried citrus slices and eucalyptus leaves. The salts and dried material will be mixed with essential oils, packaged into small glass containers and personalized with labels, rubber stamps, and/or ribbons._______________________________________________________________________________________
For questions or more information about any event, please email camelotgardenclub@gmail.com