Livermore Amador Valley Garden Club (LAVGC) is a non-profit educational service organization affiliated with California Garden Clubs, Inc.
serving the Tri-Valley Area: Dublin, Livermore, Pleasanton, San Ramon and Sunol.
LAVGC Mission:
Encourage interest in all phases of home gardening;
Promote better horticultural practices;
Promote civic beauty;
Promote conservation of natural resources.
LAVGC offers special interest groups and workshops on a variety of related subjects.
Different special interest groups
include Floral Design, Herb and Culinary, and Mediterranean/Native Plants.
Members take tours to see outstanding gardens, nurseries and to attend horticultural events.
In addition, there are local hikes to see the wild flowers growing in the Tri-Valley area.
Members also perform community service locally and nationally.
The Hacienda Network published an article on how
Livermore Amador Valley Garden Club Cultivates Plants and Community Service,
highlighting our work at the Sensory Garden behind the Pleasanton Senior Center.
Thursday May 10 at 7:00 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Care and Culture of Succulents
LAVGC monthly meeting is at the Alisal Elementary School multipurpose room,
1454 Santa Rita Road, Pleasanton.
Our speaker for May is Ernesto Sandoval, a Professor at UC Davis. Ernesto is back by popular demand. He visited our club 5 years ago and gave us all the inside scoop on growing, propagating and watering succulents. He is returning for updated information and lots of succulents for us to enjoy and purchase. Please come and enjoy!
Dinner with the speaker: We will be meeting at the Oasis Grill, 780 Main Street, Pleasanton, at 5:15PM on May 10th before the club meeting. All members are invited to attend. It is a great way to meet and converse with the speaker.
If you plan on attending, please contact Sharon Howard by Wed., May 9th.
The Program Committee is planning the speakers for next year and needs your input.
What were your favorite speakers this year? Is there someone special or a special topic you are interested in for next year? What are you interested in?
Call or email Sondra Bierre, Sharon Howard, Karen Jefferson, Colleen Newman or Doris Ryon to pass on your suggestions. Thanks!
Visitors are welcome!
Please take a moment to fill out the Membership Application form
Membership Application Form - July 2012 to June 2013
PDF requires the free Adobe Acrobat Reader.
New Service for Gardening Community Offered at Diablo Valley College
Diablo Valley College's horticulture department is offering an exciting new service. Have you been frustrated by seed starting failures?
Frustrated by the limited variety of plants available for sale locally?
We will start specific varieties of plants, heirloom or hybrid. All proceeds help the DVC horticulture department.
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CGCI 81st Annual Convention
June 4 through June 7, 2012
The DoubleTree Hotel, Sacramento
Please note that the deadline to make your hotel reservations to receive the special CGCI discount is May 15, 2012.
Reservations must be made by telephone only to receive the special CGCI room rate. Call early for handicapped rooms.
Please also note that a late registration fee applies for convention registration forms postmarked after May 15, 2012.
Questions, contact Registration Chairman Gay Rigmaiden or
Convention Chairman Ron Byrd.
Details
Memorial Garden for the Fallen
On May 30, 2011, the Memorial Garden for the Fallen, Phase I was dedicated at Dover Air Force Base as a project by the
Delaware Federation of Garden Clubs supported nationwide by members of National Garden Clubs, Inc. Ground was broken for a
new Base Chapel to be completed in the summer of 2012. Plans are underway to create a Chapel Garden, Phase II of the
Memorial Garden for the Fallen. CGCI will match $100 donations from CGCI districts, clubs or individuals, up to a total
CGCI contribution of $5,000 in support of the Memorial Garden for the Fallen, Phase II.
Contribution Form
Alameda County Fair volunteers
We will pretty much follow the pattern for how we have done things in the past, only we will be working 4 hour shifts.
Our club will receive $4/hour for each hour volunteered.
In addition, each volunteer will receive a complimentary pass to the fair (in addition to the day you will be working).
The horticulture department needs help the following dates. Wed June 20 Cut flowers, 7-11 am; Sat June 23 Roses 7-11 am; Sat June 30 Cut flowers 7-11 am;
Tue Jul 3 Roses 7-11 am; Thurs Jul 5 Cut flowers 7-11 am
Please email : Vernie Laube what day(s) you would be available.
To volunteer in other departments for a 6 hour shift, please contact Vernie Laube for forms.
Thanks, thanks, and more thanks ....
