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Club Motto:
Changing with the Climate

Club Project:
Making a Difference

Club Flower:
Columbine

Club Color:
Blue

Meetings and Activities

Regular meetings consist of a business meeting and a program, either with a speaker or an activities leader.

From October through May, meetings are usually held the third Friday of the month. (The exception is December when we meet on the second Friday.) We meet at the Left Hand Grange No. 9, in Niwot. Meetings are from 1-3 PM, unless otherwise noted. There is no January meeting.

Our June, July, August, and September meetings, are tours of members' gardens or other places of horticultural interest, such as greenhouses, nurseries, and arboretums. These summer meetings usually start at 10 am and end about 1 pm.

Programs discuss topics such as cultivation of flowers, trees, and shrubs, attracting birds and pollinators to the garden, conservation of water, uses of herbs, and photography in the garden, etc. Occasionally, programs may be devoted to garden-related craft projects.

A spring luncheon in May and a Holiday Tea in December (both at the Niwot Grange) bring members together to celebrate gardening friendships. At the Spring Luncheon this year (2023), we will be celebrating our 100th anniversary as the oldest garden club in Colorado!

2022-23 Meetings & Programs

Covid-19 Note

The Boulder Garden club has several older members, so as a courtesy to fellow members, we request that attendees at indoor meetings be vaccinated.

November 18, 2022, 1-3 PM Speaker: Ed Szoke Location: Left Hand Grange #9 195 2nd Ave. Niwot, CO	Meteorologist Ed Szoke will present "40-plus years of Colorado weather from a meteorologist and gardener's perspective." Coffee, Tea, and Cookies provided by members.
December 9, 2022, 1-3 PM Program: Annual Christmas Tea Location: Left Hand Grange #9 195 2nd Ave. Niwot, CO	Holiday Tea at the Grange Hall in Niwot. Members to supply refreshments. We will enjoy delicious food and sing holiday songs. We will also be preparing seed envelopes for the plant sale. (We will just be stamping and labeling the envelopes, not putting the seeds into them.) Note: This meeting is on the 2nd Friday of the month this time.
January 20, 2023 NO MEETING	{Winter Break}
February 24, 2023, 1-3 PM <NOTE DATE CHANGE> Program: Birds in Boulder County, by Suzanne Michot Location: Left Hand Grange #9 195 2nd Ave. Niwot, CO	This meeting is a week later than usual due to construction in the Grange Hall. Club member and volunteer naturalist, Suzanne Michot, will present another program about birds in Boulder County. This one will highlight summer birds and hummingbirds.
March 17, 2023, 1-3 PM Program: Ornamental Grasses in the Garden, by Amy Lentz Location: Left Hand Grange #9 195 2nd Ave. Niwot, CO	Indoor meeting at Grange Hall in Niwot. Amy Lentz, horticulturalist and Boulder County Extension Agent, will present a program on Ornamental Grasses in the Garden.
April 21, 2023, 1 PM Program: Niki Hayden, BGC member Location: Left Hand Grange #9 195 2nd Ave. Niwot, CO	How to have successful vegetable garden in Colorado. Growing annuals in pots from seed.
May 13, 2023, 9 AM - 12 PM ANNUAL PLANT SALE Location: Unitarian-Universalist Church 5001 Pennsylvania Ave. Boulder, CO 80303	FLYER: Boulder Plant Sale Plants Seeds Equipment Birdhouses Native Plants, and more
May 19, 2023, 12 PM-3 PM (An hour earlier than usual) Spring Luncheon & 100th Anniversary Celebration Program: Plant Select Program, by Carolyn Toole Location: Left Hand Grange #9 195 2nd Ave. Niwot, CO	Indoor meeting and Spring Luncheon at the Grange Hall in Niwot. Note: we will be starting an hour early to accommodate our 100th anniversary celebration tea. There will be a special charge of $30 per person for the tea and reservations are required. Horticulturalist Carolyn Toole will present a program about Plant Select.
June 16, 2023, 10 AM Member Garden Tour Deborah Foy's "A Beekeeper's Garden" (address to be provided later)	We will visit local beekeeper and pollinator educator Deborah Foy and her beautiful garden on High Street in Boulder. With a focus on native and water-wise plants, Deborah's garden is a haven for pollinators. We will see her honeybee hives and learn about the hundreds of species of native bees that live in Boulder county. We may even get a taste of some of her award winning honey!
July 21, 2023, 10 AM Activity: Tour at Chatfield Farm 8500 W. Deer Creek Canyon Rd. Littleton, CO	Chatfield Farm is part of the Denver Botanic gardens. It is a 700 acre native plant refuge and working farm. Their huge lavender fields should be in full bloom for our visit.
August 18, 2023, 10 AM Activity: Tour MASA Seed Foundation farm, 1367 N. 75th St., Boulder, CO	The farm grows local vegetables and annuals in order to distribute diverse regionally-adapted seeds. They are part of our local agricultural community dedicated to organic seeds and traditional and regenerative farming.
September 22, 2023, 10 AM Member Garden Tour: Stephanie Selden's Location: Stephanie Selden's (address to be provided later) Lafayette, CO	Tour of a member's yard. Member Stefanie Selden's garden mixes art, hardscape, and evergreens to create year around interest. The garden features xeric plantings of ornamental grasses, Plant Select (sic) and water-wise perennials. Note: This meeting is on the 4th Friday of the month this time.
October 20, 2023, 1-3 PM Annual Seed Exchange & Activities Critic Location: Left Hand Grange #9 195 2nd Ave. Niwot, CO	Member's seed exchange. Please bring seeds you have harvested or purchased. Please label your seeds with the name, care, etc. We will discuss what worked this year... and what didn't.
November 17,2023 Program: TBD Location: Left Hand Grange #9 195 2nd Ave. Niwot, CO
December 8, 2023, 1-3 PM Program: Holiday Tea Location: Left Hand Grange #9 195 2nd Ave. Niwot, CO	Holiday Tea at the Grange Hall in Niwot. Members to supply refreshments. Note: This meeting is on the 2nd Friday of the month this time.
Tours and Carpools -- For some of our tours it will be possible to meet for carpooling. If you have questions concerning a tour, a contact will be provided in our newsletter.
New members and guests are always welcome!