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Welcome
How to Join
Meetings and Programs
Civic Projects
More Information
Club Motto:
Changing with the Climate
Club Project:
Making a Difference
Club Flower:
Columbine
Club Color:
Blue
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Meetings and Activities
Regular meetings consist of a program, usually with a speaker, a short business
meeting, and lunch.
Meetings are usually held the third Friday of the month. October through
May, we meet in person at
the Left Hand Grange No. 9, in Niwot. Meetings are from 1-3 PM.
There is no meeting in January.
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 to
the garden, conservation of water, uses of herbs,
and photography in the garden, etc. February is World
Gardening Month, and a program is presented about
international gardening and preservation activities.
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.
2022 Meetings & Programs
Special Covid-19
Requirements (as
of 3/3/22)
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The Boulder
Garden club has decided to maintain our current COVID policy
until our June meeting As a private organization, with many
elderly members, we will continue to enforce the requirement
that all members be fully vaccinated to attend indoor
meetings.
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We are
requiring proof of vaccination. If you have not already done
so, please email Stefanie at “Stefanieselden@gmail.com” with
a copy or photograph of your vaccination card or show her
your vaccination card at the next meeting. Mask are
optional at our indoor meetings.
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 January,
2022
NO MEETING |
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February
18, 2022,
1-3 PM
Program: Presentation by Brian Wheat: "How to Tame Your
Indoor Jungle"
Location: Left Hand Grange #9
195 2nd Ave.
Niwot, CO
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Indoor meeting at Grange Hall in Niwot. Members to supply
refreshments. Brian Wheat, the owner of Lafayette Florist,
will discuss the latest crazes in houseplants, caring,
propagation, and problems. |
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March 18,
2022, 1-3 PM
Program: Presentation by Ana Sitter: "Mushrooms"
Location: Left Hand Grange #9
195 2nd Ave.
Niwot, CO
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Indoor meeting at Grange Hall in Niwot. Members to supply
refreshments. Ana Sitter, mushroom expert and manager of
GROW, a local landscape company, will talk on them being an
essential organism in the garden and how to forage for them. |
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April 15,
2022,
1-3 PM
Program: Presentation by Suzanne Michot: "Birds of Winter"
Location: Left Hand Grange #9
195 2nd Ave.
Niwot, CO
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Indoor meeting at Grange Hall in Niwot. Suzanne Michot, who volunteers for Boulder County Parks & Open Space,
will talk about birds. |
May
7, 2022, 9 AM - 12 noon
ANNUAL PLANT SALE
Location: Boulder Elks
Club,
3975 28th St., Boulder, CO 80301 |
Directions: The Elks Club is
on the West side of 28th about a block north of the light at
Winding Trail Drive (which is Palo Parkway to the east of the
light). It shares an entrance off 28th with Sunrise Senior
Living. There is ample parking at the Elks Club. The sale is
indoors.
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May 20, 2022, 1-3
PM
Spring Luncheon &
Speaker: Carolyn Toole
Location: Left Hand Grange #9
195 2nd Ave.
Niwot, CO
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Indoor meeting and Spring Luncheon at the Grange Hall in Niwot.
Carolyn Toole's topic is the Plant Select Program, with the 2022
new selections. |
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June
17,
2022, 10 AM
Wildflower Hike with Suzanne
Michot & Picnic
Bald Mountain Open Space
4795 Sunshine Canyon Drive
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Bald Mountain--Boulder County Open Space.
Please carpool due to limited parking.* To get to Bald Mountain
Scenic Area, take Mapleton Avenue west from Broadway.
Mapleton becomes Sunshine Canyon Dr. The Bald Mountain Scenic Area is a
little over 2 miles up Sunshine Canyon Dr. It will be on your left.
Plan to arrive at Bald Mountain parking lot at 10 AM.
This is a short 1 mile walk. Dress for the weather and wear good
shoes. Bring sack lunch and water. Available toilet facilities
are somewhat primitive.
*Stefanie Selden can help coordinate
carpools. [stefanieselden@gmail.com] |
July
15, 2022, 10 AM - 12 PM
Meeting & Lunch
Tranquility Farm
5517 St. Vrain Rd., Longmont |
Meeting and lunch will be at Tranquility
Farm on St. Vrain Road.
Beautiful property with a lake, well established trees, and a
big vegetable garden. Bring a sack lunch.
DIRECTIONS: 1) From Boulder: Head north on
Hwy 36 toward Lyons; go past the Greenbriar (Left Hand Canyon);
go past Nelson Rd; then, in about a mile when 36 goes up a hill
and around a curve or two, St. Vrain Rd will be on the right.
There will be a right turn lane, but it comes up quickly and the
sign is not very big. Turn right and the farm is a mile or two
east and on your left (north side of the road).
2) From east Boulder area, you can go up 63rd until it ends at
Nelson Rd; turn right and go 1 block distance to 65th and turn
left to continue north; this part of 65th will dead end into St.
Vrain Rd; turn left and it is about a mile west to the farm.
3) From farther east in Boulder county, find your way to 75th in
SW Longmont and go north; Just before you cross the St. Vrain
river (less than a mile before Hygiene) turn left on to St.
Vrain Rd. The farm will be 2 miles west toward the mountains.
Stefanie Selden can help coordinate carpools.
stefanieselden@gmail.com |
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August 19, 2022, 10
AM - 12
PM
Tour of
High Plains Environmental Center
2698 Bluestem Willow Dr.
Loveland, CO 80538
Website: www.suburbitat.org.
Or see, Jim
Tolstrup's book Suburbitat
for more info.
Phone: 970-622-9676.
Carpools can be arranged prior to the date.
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We will tour the "HPEC" in
Loveland, an urban environmental center open to the public. The
center has gardens of native plants & landscaping to support
wildlife, especially insect pollinators and birds. Highlights
include a wetland garden, a plant demonstration garden, an
heirloom fruit orchard, a medicine wheel garden, and the wild
zone.
Wear comfortable shoes
and bring a sack lunch--we'll picnic there.
Stefanie Selden can help coordinate carpools.
stefanieselden@gmail.com |
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September
16, 2022, 10 AM - 12 PM Member
Garden Tour |
Tour of a member's yard. Details when plans are finalized. |
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October 21, 2022, 1-3 PM
Seed Exchange
Location: Left Hand Grange #9
195 2nd Ave.
Niwot, CO
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Member's seed exchange. Please bring some saved seeds from
plants in your yard. Make sure packets are labeled with
botanical name, whether plant is an annual or perennial, color
of flowers, when to plant, and any other helpful details.
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November 18, 2022, 1-3 PM
TBD
Location: Left Hand Grange #9
195 2nd Ave.
Niwot, CO
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TBD
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December
9,
2022,
1-3 PM
Program:
Holiday Tea
Location: Left Hand Grange #9
195 2nd Ave.
Niwot, CO
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Holiday Tea at the Grange Hall in Niwot. Members to supply
refreshments. |
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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. |
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New members and guests are always welcome!
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