We are a group of gardeners and plant lovers who meet monthly to talk about gardening. We also share plants, seeds and cuttings, and learn from horticultural guest presenters.
Our next meeting is October 16th and is a members-only event. It will be a "make and take" tile workshop facilitated by our own member Jessica B. The cost is $10.00 per tile per participant for supplies. Participants will take home a tile(s) and bring it back to our November meeting for the final grouting. Because our usual meeting location (the Chico Library) is closed for remodeling, we will meet at 14052 Limousin Dr., Chico. Attendees are encouraged to bring their own chair. We will have social time from 11:30-12:00, then the tile workshop from 12:00-1:00 p.m., then our Business Meeting from 1:00-2:00 p.m.
A nice variegated-leaf geranium in a member's garden. Botanically, geraniums are known as Pelargonium, and they thrive in Chico in full or partial sun, with average water. Easy to propagate from stem cuttings rooted directly in soil outdoors in the shade.
September's Photo:
September gardening activities
Plant purchased or home-grown seedlings of autumn vegetables: cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, Swiss chard, kale, and lettuce.
Plant garlic
Plant seeds of biennials outdoors to have small plants by autumn that will flower next year (forget-me-nots, evening primroses (Oenothera), foxgloves, hollyhocks, Canterbury bells, lunaria, etc)
Direct-seed carrots, leaf lettuce, onions, spinach, beets, and turnips in the garden
Take stem cuttings of geraniums and root in potting mix outdoors. Do extras to donate to our club's annual plant sale in April
Scatter seeds of California poppies, clarkia, and African daisies around the garden. They'll sprout in late autumn/early winter and will flower next spring
Plant potatoes
Dig up and divide clumps of bearded iris, daylilies, and peonies if you wish to make more of them.
Fertilize camellias with a fertilizer for acid-loving plants (azaleas, camelias, gardenias, etc). This will get them in good shape to flower this winter and grow next spring.
Fertilize summer annuals and vegetables
Once you've harvested the berries, cut back the canes that bore fruit on your berry plants. They're done bearing and its good to make room for this year's growth.
Order spring bulbs to plant in October/November for spring flowers 🌷
Beautiful downtown Chico, California
Fresh tomatoes from a member's garden.
Butterfly bushes (Buddleia sp.), Rudbeckia, canna lilies and zinnias in a member's summer garden.
Club members at one of several "potting parties" to prepare plants for our fund-raising spring Plant Sale
