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Click here to purchase 2020 Christmas Home Tour tickets.
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Established July 9, 2008
Latest "New" information added to our website:
* On "Resources" Page: * Linked to article by Jeff Retzlaf on "Home Container Gardening Guide for Your Family * Link to article by Suzanne DeJohn (Gardener's Supply Co) on "Plant Terminology: Hybrids, Heirlooms, and More" sent by Susan Bauman * Link to article by Hermann Samano on "Creating the Best At-Home Composting System" * On "Members" Page: * Added Latest Meeting Minutes * Updated Membership Roster * Added 2020 CHGC Chrismtas Tour Tree Decorating Contest List * On "Home" Page: * Updated Plant of the Month * Garden Club of Houston's Bulb & Plant Mart Info * On "Board Members" Page: * Added Latest Meeting Minutes and Budget info from Lynda.
The Garden Club of
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Established in 2008, the Club provides an informal forum for local gardening education, friendship and beautification of the community of Chappell Hill. We are a 501(c)(3) non-profit, funded through membership fees, donations and annual fundraisers.
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Welcome to our newest members:
Jana Lefebvre
Jana Lefebvre
"If you've never experienced the joy of accomplishing more than you can imagine, plant a garden."
--- Robert Brault
--- Robert Brault
“Wherever life plants you, bloom with grace”
--- (French proverb)
--- (French proverb)
MEETINGS & ACTIVITIES
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Regular meetings are usually held on the 2nd Wednesday of each month from 10:00 AM - 12:00 noon, at the Fellowship Hall of the Chappell Hill United Methodist Church, 5195 Church Street.
Monthly meetings include speakers, raffles, door prizes and refreshments. In addition o our meetings, we have different projects, sponsor scholarships, garden art, plant swap and field trips. Annual Club Fundraiser: Christmas Home Tour.
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One of the Club's most visible projects is maintaining the flower beds in front of the town's Post Office, also a few other areas along Main Street. We hold monthly work days to do the planting and weeding.
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We invite you to join us:
Instructions for Application Form - Click on the link to open the form with Adobe Reader. You can print the form to your printer and fill in all the information needed. The form can be 1) mailed to the The Chappell Hill Garden Club (PO Box 24, Chappell Hill, Tx 77426), or 2) dropped off at Bluebonnet House and Garden Center in Chappell Hill.
Note: Payment must be submitted with the application to become a CHGC member.
Note: Payment must be submitted with the application to become a CHGC member.
If you have questions, please use the contact form at the top of this page . . . or call club president, Dale Ramey, at 713-562-6191.
| CHGC Application Form |
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Scholarship/Funding Request
If you are looking to request scholarship or general funding (due to an unfortunate circumstance), please submit the Scholarship/General Funding Form. All instructions for completion are on the form.
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Plant of the Month - Carex Sedges
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Carex - These grass-like plants are grown mainly for their typically evergreen leaves, which combine well with other ornamental grasses and are used in prairie-style plantings of robust summer-flowering perennials. The types for wet soil can be grown at the edges of ponds.
Looks: Arching leaves, produced in clumps, can be pale to dark green, bluish-grey, bright yellowish-green or bronze-purple. They can also be edged and striped with white or cream. The often brown, inconspicuous flowers appear in summer-autumn.
Likes: Most carex prefer reliably moist soil in sun or light shade. A few like wet soil, with others preferring acid soil. Bronze-leaved varieties produce their best leaf colour when grown in sun.
Dislikes: Most sedges will not do well in dry soils or in deep shade.
Did You Know?: What distinguishes a sedge from a grass is the flowering stems, which are triangular in cross section and solid, rather than round and hollow.
1st Picture: Carex Prairie Fire
2nd Picture: Carex Divulsa
3rd Picture: Carex Everillo
4th Picture: Carex Feather Falls
Read more at https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/popular/carex
Looks: Arching leaves, produced in clumps, can be pale to dark green, bluish-grey, bright yellowish-green or bronze-purple. They can also be edged and striped with white or cream. The often brown, inconspicuous flowers appear in summer-autumn.
Likes: Most carex prefer reliably moist soil in sun or light shade. A few like wet soil, with others preferring acid soil. Bronze-leaved varieties produce their best leaf colour when grown in sun.
Dislikes: Most sedges will not do well in dry soils or in deep shade.
Did You Know?: What distinguishes a sedge from a grass is the flowering stems, which are triangular in cross section and solid, rather than round and hollow.
1st Picture: Carex Prairie Fire
2nd Picture: Carex Divulsa
3rd Picture: Carex Everillo
4th Picture: Carex Feather Falls
Read more at https://www.rhs.org.uk/plants/popular/carex
An important phone number:
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Calling a poison expert directly saves precious time. If the poison center determines that you need emergency transportation, it will bring in a 911 operator. Just have the number programmed into your cell phone for when there is no time to hunt through telephone books . . . on or off line.
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TIMELY INFORMATION
Vegetable Garden
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2020 Bluebird Season Kick-Off
The Texas Bluebird Society website.
Don't miss the Friday Evening Social. General Public and Members Invited!
Contact us below if you think you have a presentation that would be of interest.
Email Contact: eventplans@txblues.org
Photos from the 2019 Texas Bluebird Society Summer Symposium. All of their events are listed on their online calendar. Note: Will update when details are available.
Don't miss the Friday Evening Social. General Public and Members Invited!
Contact us below if you think you have a presentation that would be of interest.
Email Contact: eventplans@txblues.org
Photos from the 2019 Texas Bluebird Society Summer Symposium. All of their events are listed on their online calendar. Note: Will update when details are available.
Hummingbird Information
There are many hummingbird festivals and events throughout the United States. If you are out an about on vacation you might want to check out some of the festivals. List of Hummingbird Festivals and Events will show you a list of events and all kinds of interesting information on hummingbirds.
The 32th Annual Rockport-Fulton HummerBird Celebration is Sept. 17-20, 2020. 1801 Onohundro St., Rockport, Tx.
The 32th Annual Rockport-Fulton HummerBird Celebration is Sept. 17-20, 2020. 1801 Onohundro St., Rockport, Tx.
Texas Parks & Wildlife
2020 Bulb Plant Mart - The Garden Club of Houston
The Garden Club of Houston has adapted this year's sale to our city's current circumstances, This year's bulb and plants can be viewed and ordered only online at www.gchouston.org. You should plan to pick up your order on either Friday, October 16 or Saturday, October 17 from 10:0 A.M. - 2:00 P.M. at Silver Street Studios, Sawyer Yards, 2000 Edwards Street, Houston, Tx 77007. Shipping is not available.
| Gardenn Club of Houston's Bulb & Plant Mart Press Release |
Bellville Town & Country Garden Club - 2019/2020 Programs/Activities
| Bellvile Town & Country Garden Club 2019/2020 Programs/Activities |
Texas Superstar Plants
Having trouble deciding what to plant . . . what will work in a particular spot? Texas A&M has compiled a list of annuals, perennials, shrubs and trees that do exceptionally well in our hot, dry climate. See it here: Texas Superstars
Master Gardeners
The Bluebonnet Master Gardener Association serves the Washington, Colorado, Fayette and Austin Counties area of Texas. Visit their website and Facebook page for online gardening resources and information about becoming a Master Gardener.
Washington County
Lunch-N-Learn Presentations
A monthly series of gardening-related presentations, free to the public, presented by Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service and the Bluebonnet Master Gardener Association. 1st Tuesday of each month (Feb.-May and Aug,-Nov.) More information coming soon.
2020 The John Fairey Garden (was known as Peckerwood) Info
Sad News with the Passing of John G. Fairey. See website for details (www.jfgarden.org).
The Herb Society Annual Plant Sale - CANCELLED
DATES:
Friday, March 20, 2020 9 am – 5 pm
Saturday, March 21, 2020 8 am – 5 pm
Bring your wagons to Round Top on March 20 and 21 to the 25th Annual Plant and Gift Sale of the Herb Society of America – Pioneer Unit. Replace plants and refresh beds that were freeze-damaged from the great selection of bedding plants, herbs, shrubs, roses, succulents, and trees. You will find new varieties and old favorites in the Plant Sale, as well as lovely garden gifts and food items in the Thyme Well Spent Shop.
Credit cards, cash, and checks accepted. There is no admission free. Proceeds from the sale are used to provide support for the gardens at Festival Hill as well as the Sensory Garden at Brenham Elementary.
LOCATION: Festival Hill Institute at 248 Jaster Road, just north of Round Top off Hwy 237
CONTACT INFORMATION: Find us on Facebook at Pioneer Unit Herb Society of America
Website UL: www.herbsocietypioneer.org
Friday, March 20, 2020 9 am – 5 pm
Saturday, March 21, 2020 8 am – 5 pm
Bring your wagons to Round Top on March 20 and 21 to the 25th Annual Plant and Gift Sale of the Herb Society of America – Pioneer Unit. Replace plants and refresh beds that were freeze-damaged from the great selection of bedding plants, herbs, shrubs, roses, succulents, and trees. You will find new varieties and old favorites in the Plant Sale, as well as lovely garden gifts and food items in the Thyme Well Spent Shop.
Credit cards, cash, and checks accepted. There is no admission free. Proceeds from the sale are used to provide support for the gardens at Festival Hill as well as the Sensory Garden at Brenham Elementary.
LOCATION: Festival Hill Institute at 248 Jaster Road, just north of Round Top off Hwy 237
CONTACT INFORMATION: Find us on Facebook at Pioneer Unit Herb Society of America
Website UL: www.herbsocietypioneer.org
