We are a group of gardeners and plant lovers who meet monthly to talk plants, share plants, seeds, and cuttings, and learn from guest garden/nature presenters. Our meetings are free and open to the public (except our December holiday potluck and our June Board of Directors Installation meeting)--please join us!

We have switched the order of the meeting components so make a note! We'll now have Social Time, our Presenter, and then the Business meeting.

Our next meeting (open to the public) will be at the Chico Library (1108 Sherman Ave) on September 15th (social time 11:30-12:00 p.m., our featured Presenter from 12:00-1:00 p.m., then our Club Business Meeting from 1:00-2:00 p.m.). Attend whichever part of the meeting you'd like. Enter the meeting room from the library foyer or from the external door on Sherman Ave.

Our Presenter this month will be Jeff Oster, a soil scientist, who present "What's Bugging You--Insects in the Garden?" on insect pests. It should be informative and fun!

Members, please remember to bring in some botanical specimens from your garden: any interesting flowers, fruit, leaves or stems that you'd like to show to the club and briefly talk about. We'd all love to see them! 🌱 👀 This is one of the most popular parts of our meetings!

Got questions? e-mail us at chicogardenclub@gmail.com

PHOTO OF THE MONTH: the plaque our club donated to commemorate the famous Hooker Oak tree, in Hooker Oak Park.

Updated September 2025!

Photo collage of beautiful downtown Chico, California.
Photo collage of beautiful downtown Chico, California.
Beautiful downtown Chico, California
A beautiful harvest of homegrown tomatoes from a club member's garden.
A beautiful harvest of homegrown tomatoes from a club member's garden.
Fresh tomatoes from a member's garden.
A Chico Horticultural Society member's flower-filled garden.
A Chico Horticultural Society member's flower-filled garden.
Butterfly bushes (Buddleia sp.), Rudbeckia, canna lilies and zinnias in a member's summer garden.
Chico Horticultural Society members potting up plants to sell.
Chico Horticultural Society members potting up plants to sell.
Club members at one of several "potting parties" to prepare plants for our fund-raising spring Plant Sale
Photo collage of 9 pink California poppy flowers from a member's garden
Photo collage of 9 pink California poppy flowers from a member's garden

Pink forms of our usually-orange state flower: the California poppy (Eschscholzia californica) in a club member's garden.

We are also known as the Chico Garden Club ✅