April 22 Tuesday

3:00 – 4:30 or 5:00

Tea house clean-up and fertilization. Meet at 3:00 for a brief discussion about club activities, and the club’s direction.  We will start pruning, fertilizing, and cleaning up by 3:30.  Plan to spend 1 hour minimum working in the garden.  There will be a videographer filming our work for a website promo.

April 26 Saturday

11:00 am

Horticulturist Jenny Miller from Denver Botanic Gardens will present a slide show and talk about growing dahlias.  She will discuss the allure and history of dahlias, tips for propagating and growing them at home, how to divide and store tubers, and even how to hybridize them. She will bring a limited number of tubers and potted tubers for purchase.   Meadows Library meeting room (open to the public)

May 2 Friday

9:00 am

Our second Teahouse work day for those who can’t attend on April 22.  Pruning and weeding.  Plan to stay for an hour.

May 16 Friday

12 – 1 pm

Tour the Botanical Interests warehouse in Broomfield. The warehouse will be operating while we are there, so it will be interesting to see some behind-the-scenes action. We may be allowed into the donation room to snag a few seed packets to take home. Carpooling is available for those who don’t want to drive. The number of people allowed on the tour is limited, so unfortunately, you can’t bring family or friends.  

June 22 Sunday

Time TBD

We will meet at former BVRS member Sharron Zaun’s house in north Boulder for an appetizer or dessert potluck. We will tour Sharron’s garden and hear a presentation by a speaker from the Front Range Birding Company.

July

Date and time TBD

Meet at member Sally Holmes’ house in north Boulder and take a short walk to tour Dharma’s Garden, a 5-acre neighborhood pocket farm with sheep, goats, donkeys, ducks and even a Barn Owl nest with baby owlets!  Using organic, biodynamic, and regenerative agricultural practices they grow flowers and vegetables for CSA members on a 1/2 acre plot.  We will have refreshments at the farm or walk back to Sally’s house for refreshments in her backyard.

August 26 Tuesday

Time TBD

We will tour Harlequin’s Gardens’ newly renovated native plant garden and share an appetizer potluck hosted by BVRS’s own Mikl Brawner. 

September 15 Monday

4:00 – 6:00 p.m.

September 26 Friday

Time TBD

Meet for happy hour drinks and finger food at Anne Stetina’s house, followed by a plant exchange just in time for fall planting!

October 14  Tuesday

Time TBD

“Show & Tell” and potluck dinner at member Jan Zager’s house.  Slideshow of favorite garden photos (start taking pics now) and bring vases of your favorite fall flowers and roses.

November

Date and time TBD

Members’ dinner at the Tea House.  It is free for those who fulfilled the Tea House Garden work requirements (info about those requirements coming).  All others are welcome to join and purchase their own dinners.