Gardens / Willow Garden Club

ABG Annual Meeting Friday, March 28 7pm - 9pm Featuring “My Weedless Garden” by Lee Reich

ABG Spring Garden Conference Saturday, March 29 8:30am - 5:30pm Choose 6 of 21 Informative Topics Including:

  • Sustainability & You
  • Bees
  • Green Roofs
  • Soil Fundamentals
  • The Art of Organic Gardening
  • Rain Gardens
  • Composting
  • Fruit Trees
  • Bering Glacier Flora Inventory
  • Birch Leaf Miner Research
  • Backyard Bugs: the Good, the Bad, & the Ugly
  • Invasive Weeds

Join us for a full day of gardening seminars! Attend up to six of twenty-one sessions about a wide variety of topics, from “Luscious Landscaping”, organic gardening, environmentally-friendly lawn care, and composting, to green roofs, Rain Gardens, and growing fruit in Alaska and more!

$60 members, $70 non-members Complimentary lunch if registered by March 21, 2008

New! A reception with the speakers will be held immediately following the conference at 5:30 pm. Enjoy this meal of Hors d’oeuvres and beverages for an additional $35.Where & When UAA/APU Consortium Library, 3rd Floor Anchorage, Alaska Saturday, March 29, 2008 8:30AM-5:30PM Visit www.alaskabg.org or call 907-770-3692 to register.

Alaska Botanical Garden www.alaskabg.org P.O. Box 202202, Anchorage, Alaska 99520907-770-3692

Visit the Garden at 4601 Campbell Airstrip Rd. Open Daylight Hours Year Round

Save 10% on purchases of $25 or more (excluding books or consignment items) Mention this ad at the ABG Shop-in-the-Garden Retail Nursery & Gift Shop Offer Expires: June 20, 2008

Grand Re-Opening Saturday May 24 at the ABG Plant Sale & Membership Drive

WILLOW GARDEN CLUB MEMBERS ARE MEMBERS OF THE BOTANICAL GARDENS, SO IF YOU MAKE RESERVATIONS FOR THIS CONFERENCE, YOU CAN GET THE MEMBER DISCOUNT. KAREN

Willow Garden Club 2008 Meetings & Events

All meetings and programs are scheduled at the Willow Community Center Main Hall at 7:00 p.m. unless otherwise noted.

(This is a tentative schedule ~ please check back for updates)

2008

  • January 17 ~ Dorothea Taylor ~ Planting to Attract Birds
  • February 21 ~ Business Meeting ~ Speaker to be determined
  • March 20 ~ Dorothea Taylor ~ Seattle Garden Show
  • April 17 ~ Flowers of the Sea speaker to be determined. 6:30 Business Meeting, “Elections” ; 7:15 Speaker.
  • May 15 ~ Willow Library Garden reparing the Garden for Summer. 6:00 And special program by Willow Artist limited to 5 people; time to be determined.
  • June ~ No meeting
  • July 19 ~ Willow Garden Tour and Les Brake Open Garden Tour
  • August ~ Hands On Concrete Leaves ~ Date to be determined ~ Rachel Harrison Home with Karen Mattson, Instructor
  • September 20 ~ Willow Library Garden Clean-up at 5:30 p.m. & Harvest Dinner, share the Bounty

The garden has been cleaned up and the Harvest Pot Luck was a wonderful success. Thank you to all who participated. The garden was absolutely beautiful this year and thank you to everyone who made it happen. For more information, please call Karen at 495-6636 or Shirley at 495-5267.

The Willow Garden Club is an independent organization with everyone welcome. Our main goal is to have fun while we educate ourselves on all aspects of gardening in Alaska. Our summer project is to maintain and beautify the Library Garden at the Willow Community Center. Our members volunteer by weeding and watering this special garden. Our programs are held at the Willow Community Center on the 3rd Thursday of the month starting at 7pm, unless otherwise announced. Scheduled business meetings, open to anyone wishing to attend, will be limited to four per year, and will be held at 6:30pm prior to the programs. Come and learn with us, join us on our field trips, make new friends, and have some fun!


Willow Garden Club
Karen Mattson President
Phone: 6636 Email
Meets: 3rd Thurs/month, WCC, 7:00PM
Shirley Wakeman/5267 • Karen Mattson/6636

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