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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 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.
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November 18, 2022, 1-3 PM
Speaker: Ed Szoke
Location: Left Hand Grange #9
195 2nd Ave.
Niwot, CO
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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.
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December
9,
2022,
1-3 PM
Program: Annual Christmas 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.
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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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)
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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 AMMember
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
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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.
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November
17,2023
Program: TBD
Location: Left Hand Grange #9
195 2nd Ave.
Niwot, CO |
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December
8,
2023,
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.
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!
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