Our January speaker, Julie Carlsen, has been a Clark County Master Gardener for 17 years, helping to train new volunteers in the Master Gardener program and volunteering at the master Gardener Foundation Plant Sale as their “Perennial Princess”, leading perennial propagation efforts. She also heads the “Dig Team” that coordinates finding plant donations for the … Continue reading
Category Archives: Monthly Meeting
NO Garden Club meeting during December
There is NO “Community Garden Club of Camas Washougal” meeting during the month of December. November 20th, 1-3pm, is the last club meeting for the 2019 year, with Karen B. guiding members to create “Floral Arrangements by YOU!” January 22nd, 1-3pm, with speaker Julie Carlsen, “Plant Identificaton” will be our first meeting of 2020. Hope … Continue reading
Floral Arrangements by YOU! Nov 20, 2019 – 1-3pm
The “Community Garden Club of Camas Washougal’s” November meeting is ONE WEEK EARLY Nov 20th, starting at 1pm, to avoid conflict with Thanksgiving. Following light snacks and a short business meeting, members make their own individual floral arrangements using materials from their own yards and gardens (and each others!) to take home afterwards. Member Karen … Continue reading
Stephen Murphy on “Propagating Plants” – Sep 25th
Join us at our Garden Club’s September general meeting to hear our first speaker for the 2019-20 season talk to us about propagation of plants — how to make many out of a few! Stephen Murphy grew up in Battleground, WA, but in 1997 moved to Skagit Valley (north of Seattle) to study horticulture. He … Continue reading
It’s a Potluck and Garden Club meeting! May 22, noon-2pm
Our last meeting for the fiscal year will be May 22 in the (old) Camas Community Center, 1718 SE 7th Ave., Camas, WA 98607. It will start at NOON and is a potluck! Members are encouraged to bring a dessert, entree, side dish or other interesting item to share. Club public meetings resume after summer … Continue reading
March 27th Speaker – Vern Schanilec on best PNW trees & shrubs!
Join the “Community Garden Club of Camas Washougal” on March 27, 2019 to hear Guest Speaker and fellow member, Vern Schanilec, speak on the best Pacific Northwest shrubs & trees under 30 feet. Vern will discuss both, “Is there life after arborvitae?” and “Evergreens for your garden.” Specimen selection will be covered relating to a … Continue reading
Updated 2018-19 Garden Club Speaker List
Here is the “Community Garden Club of Camas Washougal‘s” Speaker List for 2018-19 as of March 13, 2019. Our March 27 speaker will be Vern Schanilec, a longtime Garden Club member. Vern will tell us about the “best shrubs and trees under 30 feet that everyone should have in their landscape”. All meetings take place … Continue reading