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!

Our next meeting is open to the public and will be at the Chico Library (1108 Sherman Ave) on October 20th (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 speaker for October will be Julie Barbour, who will deliver a presentation titled "We Made It Through Summer! Let's make next summer even better!" She will present from 12:00-1:00 p.m. Expect a great presentation!

Members, please bring in botanical specimens to discuss. It can be something in bloom now, a cool houseplant, or a branch with interesting leaves, flowers, or fruit. Members really enjoy seeing them, and hearing how you grow them!

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

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PHOTO OF THE MONTH: a Huernia zebrina flower from a member's succulent collection (sometimes called a "lifesaver plant" 🛟 )

Updated October 2025!

Updated October 2025!

October is Propagation Month!

Okay, not really, but it IS a terrific month to propagate our garden plants for the club's spring plant sale. Here are plants that thrive being propagated in September and early October.

  • divide and pot up daylilies (Hemerocallis)

  • take cuttings of geraniums and root directly in soil (Pelargonium)

  • divide and pot up canna lilies

  • trim, divide, and pot up bearded iris (label flower colors if known)

  • divide and pot up Coreopsis plants

  • divide and pot up Agapanthus ("lily of the Nile") and Kniphofia ("red hot pokers")

  • plant acorns in one gallon pots and leave outside to sprout in spring

  • take cuttings of cacti and succulents--let them dry in the shade for a week then pot up and water sparingly until you see new growth

  • take cuttings of houseplants: coleus, spider plants, philodendrons, monstera, ivy, begonias, prayer plants, Syngonium ("arrowhead vine"), pothos, etc.--just snip off a 3-4 inch stem, remove the lower leaves, and plop in to a glass of water

Coleus propagation: remove lower stem and all but the top 2-4 leaves

Coleus stem rooting in a glass of water

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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 ✅

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