Vol. XLVII, No. 9 Gardening in Harmony with Nature€¦ · Master Gardener advising us how to deal with the unwelcome guests visiting your garden. In my garden every year, it’s

May, 2016Vol. XLVII, No. 9

Gardening in Harmony with NaturePresident’s Message

from Weej BaggaleySan Clemente Garden Club

P.O. Box 3891San Clemente, CA 92674-3891

www.sanclementegardenclub.comOrganized 1951

Member:National Garden Clubs, Inc.

Pacific RegionCalifornia Garden Clubs, Inc.

Orange County District

President: Weej Baggaley

1st Vice Pres. /Programs: Teresa Whitney & Diane Riopka

2nd Vice Pres./Membership: Cindy Burns

3rd Vice Pres./Ways & Means: Elyse Crane Secretary:

Joanne BushCorrespondence Secretary:

Eunice SchaferCo-Treasurers:

Jim Proett/Bill SchaferParliamentarian Jeannette Fromm

Auditor: Heidi Gibson

Garden Trellis Editor: Jim Proett

Assist. Editor & National Garden Club Projects and Services:

Launa GouldCirculation:

Wilma & Prescott CogswellBill Schafer

Article Deadline: 15th of the Month

District, State, and National . . . . . . . Page 2May Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 2Installation Luncheon . . . . . . . . . Page 2Field Trips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 2Garden Therapy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 3Membership. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 3Sponsors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 4Members’ Favorite Finds . . . . . . . . Page 4

GardenFest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 4Sponsor Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 5Easter Lilly . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 5Jr. Gardening (Las Palmas) . . . . . . . Page 6 Green Team . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 6Garden Tour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Page 7District Meeting, Apr 4th . . . . . . . . . Page 7

Inside This Issue

In Remembrance: Jay Johnson, Dave Reineman. Our sympathy to: Kathy Johnson, Phyllis Reineman, Gloria Alfrey & Joanne BushGet Well to: Jim Proett (actually, Jim feels better now than before--the coronary stents really work! But he has to stay on medication for a year.

Eunice Schafer, Correspondence Secretary

I hope everyone got a chance to make it out to our wonderful GardenFest on April 9. We had so much fun and sold so many plants and flea market items! The exhibitors were quite busy, too. If you’ll recall, it was threatening rain that day (alas, no actual rain, or maybe just a tiny bit). The less-than-perfect weather might have driven a few more patrons indoors to our little party. Thank you to everyone who volunteered their time, labor and talents to this year’s successful event, and an extra hearty THANK YOU to Elyse Crane, who put it all together without the smile ever leaving her face! Our next big SCGC event, and the last of our Garden Club year, is our Garden Tour on June 4. Woot! Woot! I love our Garden Tour. I have volunteered as docent many years and have enjoyed myself tremendously! I have found the people coming to see our gardens just have the best time, and it’s infectious! We hope to sell many of our carpool discount tickets at $25 a piece (4 or more purchased together), because it’s so much fun to share with friends and to reduce the number of cars out there. Patricia Holloway has been doing a wonderful job keeping track of all the moving pieces that make up a successful Garden Tour. Be sure to talk up the Tour with all your friends, bridge buddies and tennis partners. At our next meeting on Wednesday, May 4, at 1:00 pm, we’ll have a local Master Gardener advising us how to deal with the unwelcome guests visiting your garden. In my garden every year, it’s slugs and snails, loopers, tomato hornworms, scale, and aphids. I do not like these guests. Join me and learn how best to deal with these and a host of other slimy, furry, or winged pests. BYOBC (Bring Your Own Beverage Container).

The new 2016-17 membership form is at the end of this newsletter. Please print it (just page 10, not the whole newsletter), fill it out and bring it and your check to the meeting or mail it as indicated. We need your form and your dues by July 1st in order to include you in next year’s book.

The Garden Trellis - San Clemente Garden Club May, 2016 - Page 2

Board Meeting - 4/28April 28th, 10 am, at the home of

Bill & Eunice Schafer, 316 Ave. Santa Margarita, SC

Orange County District, State, and National News/Events

DISTRICT MEETING:Monday, June 6, 2016 at 9:00 am

“Jewels of Nature: Hummingbirds in Your Garden”

with Monique Rea At the home of Elaine Davis

32562 Sea Island Drive, Dana Point 92629Cost *$10.00 RSVP to Jim Proett by May 25

*Added cost to cover fee of the professional speaker.

Date: Wednesday, May 4th, 2016Time: 1 pmPlace: St. Andrew’s by the Sea Methodist Church 2001 Calle Frontera, San Clemente 92673Subject: Critters in your Garden, Eww Gross!Speaker: Joan WhithorneIs that what you think of those insects in your garden? Learn ways for effective pest control from Master Gardener Joan Whithorne. Joan will give us multiple techniques that are the least toxic for our gardens and homes. She’ll also give us the latest information on a variety of methods to keep those bad pests away and encourage beneficial insects while protecting the environment. Joan has been a Master Gardener since 2007. She is also past president of the Toastmaster Gardeners of Orange County and active in the UCCE Master Gardener Speakers Bureau. She is the Lead Master Gardener at Casa Romantica, a member of the Talega Garden Club and serves on the Talega Landscape Committee.

May Meeting Program

Our field trip for May is the Environmental Nature Center in Newport Beach. The date is Monday, May 23rd. We will leave at 9:30 from St. Andrew’s church. Lunch will be on your own. I will have a few ideas of eateries in case you are interested.

May Field Trip from Lana Doyle

If you are interested in attending and have not signed up at a meeting, please call me at (949) 498-6017 or email [email protected] so I can put you on the signup sheet. We will meet in the parking lot of St. Andrew’s Church at 9:30 am and carpool from there weather permitting. I will have directions when you arrive, if needed.

Field Trips:

Vegetable Gardening from Teresa Whitney Here’s a link to a quick article on the 10 Easiest Vegetables to Grow that I thought might be fun. Click on: http://www.almanac.com/content/ten-easiest-vegetables-grow-seed.

Our March Field Trip at Leo Carillo Rancho

The By-law changes are to be voted on at the May meeting, May 4th. See the April newsletter for the proposed changes.

Our Installation Luncheon will be on Wednesday, June 8th, on Mike and Launa Gould’s Deck,1212 Avenida Buena Suerte, San Clemente, CA 92672.

Ph.949-492-551811:30 am Social Time/12:15 pm Luncheon

Installation of officers/Award announcementsScholarship recipients introduced

Send check made out to SCGC for $15 to:Teresa Whitney (4010 Calle Bienvenido, SC 92673)

by June 1st.Casual and fun—see you there!

Installation Luncheon, June 8th

http://www.almanac.com/content/ten-easiest-vegetables-grow-seed

http://www.almanac.com/content/ten-easiest-vegetables-grow-seed


New Membership from Cindy BurnsWelcome! to our newest members:Teresa Shilling 510-551-5075 14 Corte Vizcaya, San Clemente [email protected] Sharp 949-489-553625656 Seaside, Dana [email protected] Sara Bethurum 949-939-548027961 Via de Costa, San Juan Capistrano [email protected]

The wonderful folks at the RIO received an especially bountiful Garden Therapy activity in the month of March. The activities began with a nod to “Fat Tuesday” where volunteers Teresa Whitney, Bette Langford, Lana Doyle, Doris Weinbaum, Heidi Gibson, Simone Costes, Dolly Latteier, Jo Anne Moran, Mary Mohr, Suzi Klickstein and new member Kieu Doan, all decked out in bunny ears, passed out Mardi Gras masks and beads to each of the delighted RIO clients. After donning their Mardi Gras regalia, the RIO folks were ready for their Easter craft. Dolly Latteier, Simone Costes and Bette Langford organized the preparation of the two beautiful Easter crafts. The clients each made a colorful Easter card and also got to decorate a lovely realistic looking colored Easter egg ornament. Everyone, volunteers, staff and clients

had a very hip-hoppity good time. Bette Langford, Barbara McLaughlin, Simone Costes and Suzi Klickstein prepared materials for the April activity. The theme is “Spring has Sprung.” The clients embellished zigzag stand-up cards with the accouterments of spring, flowers, birds, bees and bugs. In May, our final month of Garden Therapy this year, we will be celebrating butterflies and beneficial bugs. We will be preparing materials at Suzi’s house at 10:30 am, Thursday May 5. Garden Therapy will take place at 12:45

pm on Wednesday, May 18. We hope you can join us on one or both of these dates. Any questions feel free to contact Suzi at [email protected].

Garden Therapy from Suzi Klickstein


Do you ever wish you had a great referral for gardening goods and services? Well, look forward to this new section called “Favorite Finds” in our award-winning Garden Trellis newsletter. We will feature a specific topic every month and need your referral input. Please email your referrals for best hose and/or nozzle to Cindy Burns ([email protected])

Please make a note of the following: • Hose or nozzle • Type (any further specifics) • Approximate cost, if known • Where to buy it • Any comments regarding the item

Favorite Finds from Cindy Burns

1. http://store.shopdepalma.com/Ultimate-Water-Hose-Hose.htm

great hose and nozzle, locally based in San Clemente. Deals at SD and OC fairs

2. Pocket Hose Ultra sold at CVS.Easy Out-of-site storage in a flower pot--

3x stronger, never kinks.

Members’ Favorite Finds from Cindy Burns

from Elyse Crane Our annual GardenFest was held on Saturday April 9th. It was a great success with the plant sales at over $2500 and the flea market at over $800. Thanks to all the garden club members, husbands and sons who donated their time, vehicles, horticultural expertise, plants and muscle to make the event a huge success. We had some great vendors this year that I hope will come back next year. The community organizations that had tables were The Reserve, Master Gardeners, City of San Clemente Water Conservation, Farm Fresh to You, Goin’ Native Therapeutic Gardens, Tower Gardens and the Rose Society of Saddleback Mountain. We also had SCGC members help with blue birds and butterflies, children’s face painting, children’s activities and a popcorn machine. Saddleback Jr. College sent two docents that were very helpful in the plant sale area along with our very own Lisa Goff. They were able to assist our customers with their numerous questions. Thank you to our sponsors Armstrong Gardens, Bemus Landscape, Inc., Plant Depot and Shore Gardens. They all were very generous with their plant donations. Our winners for our Funky Container contest this year were: 1st place Rodney McChesney and tied for 2nd place was Bertie Lloyd and Dolly Latteier. The San Clemente Art Association winners this year were: 1st place Mary Scott, 2nd place Rose Walker and 3rd place Pattie Hoskims. Thank you to all of our volunteers that made this GardenFest fabulous. We appreciate you!

GardenFest 2016

Orchid Sponsor - $1000San Clemente Villas by the Sea

660 Camino De Los Mares, San Clemente949-489-3400 sanclementevillas.com

Rose Sponsor - $500Dana Point Nursery

34100 Coast Hwy, Dana Poiint949-496-5137

Daisy Sponsors - $250Bemus Landscape, Inc. 888-557-7910P.O. Box 74268, San Clemente bemus.com* DeNault’s Hardware-Ruth DeNault 949-888-5200 x102Glen’s Landscape & Lighting 949-492-6492Native Plant Specialist, San Clemente glenslandscape.com Green Thumb Nursery 949-837-304023782 Bridger Rd., Lake Forest greenthumb.com* Morgan Stanley - Ken Wakefield Newport Beach 949-760-2405 [email protected]* Living Gardens Landscape Design Sacha McCrae Delane 949-218-7459 livinggardenslandscapedesign.comLuna landscape/Luna Tree 949-492-3208114 W. Paseo de Cristobal, San ClementePlant Depot plantdepot.com 949-240-210732413 San Juan Creek Rd., San Juan CapistranoRod’s Tree Service 949-492-0657San Clemente [email protected] Creek Soil Amendments 25200 Trabuco Rd., Lake Forest 949-768-1008 serranocreeksoils.comShore Gardens Nursery 949-492-3526201 S. Ola Vista, San Clemente shore-gardens.comThe Marine Monument at Park Semper FiP.O. Box 456, San Clemente marinemonument.com* Tom Benton Surterre Properties 821 S. El Camino Real, San Clemente 949-285-1945 [email protected] TOPLINE Garden Products 949-735-0438 29511 Rosenbaum Rd., San Juan Capistrano toplinegarden.com* Indicates San Clemente Garden Club Member

Support our 2015 - 2016 Club Sponsors!

PROCRASTINATE-- verb--usually intro) to put off or defer (an action) until a later time; delay [C16: from Latin prōcrāstināre to postpone until tomorrow, from pro-1 + crās tomorrow] We all do it from time to time, but please don’t procrastinate in renewing your 2016-17 garden club membership. Attached to this newsletter is the new membership form. You can send it to P. O. Box 3891,San Clemente, CA 92674-3891 or bring it to the May meeting.

Membership from Cindy Burns


-- Quinn Bork, Shore Gardens NurseryHi, I’m Quinn, the new owner of Shore Gardens Nursery. I was born in Minnesota but moved to California at the age of 5. I came to San Clemente at age of 12. I am now 33 and live in a little old house here with a huge backyard, my lovely wife Starla, new baby Rain and our little black Chihuahua Lola. I am admittedly a novice gardener but love savoring everyone’s gardening tips and comparing notes with my customers about successful gardening.

I started working at Shore Gardens at the age of 18, a year after graduating from high school, and not really having a clue as to what to do with my life. Suddenly, I realized that I loved gardening and was amazed at all the career options I could pursue with that education. Subsequently, I thought it to be the best thing ever to own my own nursery

or even to work as manager at a large production nursery. I had been randomly taking general education and some elective courses at Saddleback College, but quickly refocused on a major in Ornamental Horticulture. I was then working full time at Shore Gardens while taking all the classes needed for my degree. I was making excellent grades but I could only afford to do 3 or 4 classes per semester. That was quite an economic burden, but then I heard about a scholarship offered by the San Clemente Garden Club. In 2002 or 2003, I decided to apply and was chosen! Subsequently, the Garden Club kept renewing my scholarship the whole time I was in the program, which really motivated me to continue when, at times, I thought I might have to give college a break. It took a long time for me to complete my degree but I wound up graduating in 2006 with an Associate Degree of Science, with emphasis on Ornamental Horticulture. They have a great program at Saddleback and I took every relevant class available, eventually earning an Occupational Skills Certificate in Plant Identification and Landscape Design. My wife Starla is a talented florist and a few years ago, Bob Carrick, the former owner of Shore Gardens and my mentor, offered to let us build a flower shop in the nursery. The thinking was that we would be able to practice running a business with a view to

Sponsor Prof le: buying Shore Gardens from him when he planned to retire. The Carrick family had built a great legacy out of this business and it’s likely one of the oldest in San Clemente, having been established in1955. Subsequently, Bob kept his word and I bought Shore Gardens from him in November of 2015. I am very proud to have become the new owner of Shore Gardens with its great heritage and customer base. I want to continue doing business in much the same way as it has been leading up to my ownership. It is really great to get to know all the locals and to make relationships on a name-by-name basis. I love the Garden Club and all the great folks I have met there. Garden-type people are my kind of people, and it is truly a pleasure to see all of you in the shop. Thanks for all your support over the years! Quinn Bork, Owner

Easter Lily (Lilium longiflorum)from Susan Pierce In the 1880s, Mrs. Thomas Sargent visited Bermuda and loved this flower so much that she brought back bulbs to her home in Philadelphia. A local nurseryman, William Harris, forced the Bermuda lily bulbs to bloom in the spring and sold them as Easter lilies. If you have an Easter lily plant, once the blooms have faded it can be planted in your garden. Prepare a sunny location in the garden using a well draining commercial planting mix, or a mix of one part soil, one part peat moss and one part perlite. (Good drainage is essential for lilies.) Set the entire pot and plant into the ground until the foliage has died back, then gently remove it from the pot and plant it directly into the ground. Spread the root ball by gently pulling upward and outward from the center to loosen the clumped and matted roots. Plant it a little deeper than how it was growing in the pot, with the bulb about three inches below the soil surface. Water thoroughly after planting. Cover it with soil, mulch, and cut the stems back to the ground. Feed monthly with an all-purpose 10-10-10 water-soluble fertilizer. New shoots should begin to appear in a short time, and it may bloom again in late summer. Good luck!


Looking For Gardens To Paintfrom Doris Weinbaum Do you have a garden that you would be willing to share with painters? The San Clemente Art Association is interested in painting some of our beautiful private gardens. All you need to provide is room for artists and their easels in your yard and access to a bathroom. If you are interested, please contact Doris Weinbaum.

During Fun Fridays in the Garden at Las Palmas, we’ve been trimming the celery and wrapping the remaining stalks in cardboard (for support and blanching). We’ve been harvesting the lettuce too. Celery with cream cheese and raisins and lettuce dipped in homemade dressing were big hits! All volunteers are welcome. Contact me for more details. Doris Weinbaum

Junior Gardeners from Doris Weinbaum

Members’ Garden Tour from Cindy Burns In addition to our SCGC Annual Garden Tour on June 4, open to the public, we would like to put together our 5th annual Members’ Garden Tour for Tuesday, May 17. We’ll start at 9:30 with a potluck brunch at the home of club president Weej Baggaley, and then drive to several members’ homes to take a peek at what’s going on in their gardens. It’s a fun and relaxed way to get to know other club members. If you’d like to have your own garden on the tour, please let Cindy Burns know at [email protected] or 949-433-6608. Don’t be confused--- This is for our members’ own gardens, and just for our SCGC members to visit. It is not the public Garden Tour that Patricia Holloway is putting together.


Docents Needed For Garden Tour! from Patricia Holloway

This year’s June 4th Garden Tour features five private gardens in San Clemente and a private garden and public park in San Juan Capistrano. Members who volunteer as docents at one of the seven gardens are eligible to purchase tickets for half price. Volunteers may choose either a morning shift (9:45 am to 1:00 pm) or afternoon shift (12:45 pm to 4:00 pm) by signing up at the May 4 club meeting or by calling Simone Costes, docent chairperson, at (949) 492-7133. Docents are encouraged to purchase their discounted tickets by mailing a completed flyer/ticket form along with a check for $15 made out to SCGC to: SCGC, Attn: Bette Langford, 102 Calle Cuervo, San Clemente, CA 92672. Ticket forms may be downloaded from our website sanclementegardenclub.com (http://sanclementegardenclub.com/) or flyers can be picked up at the next club meeting. Questions about tickets? Call Bette at (949) 498-3317.

Garden Tour, June 4

Today is the First Day of Spring...It’s time to Plant Your Garden....

No Dirt Required...

For the Garden of your Daily Living

Plant Three Rows of PEAS:

1. Peace of mind2. Peace of heart3. Peace of soul

Plant Four Rows of SQUASH:

1. Squash gossip2. Squash indifference3. Squash grumbling4. Squash selÞshness

Plant Four Rows of LETTUCE:

1. Lettuce be faithful2. Lettuce be kind3. Lettuce be patient4. Lettuce really love one another

No Garden is Without TURNIPS:

1. Turnip for meetings2. Turnip for service3. Turnip to help one another

To Conclude Our Garden You Must Have that wonderful herb THYME:

1. Thyme for personal reßection2. Thyme for each other3. Thyme for family4. Thyme for friends

WATER FREELY WITH PATIENCE AND CULTIVATE WITH LOVE.THERE IS MUCH FRUIT IN YOUR GARDEN BECAUSE YOU REAP WHAT YOU SOW

District Meeting, April 4th Irvine Regional Park from Jim Proett The meeting was attended by Bette Langford and Jim Proett. The venue was a very nice outdoor BBQ picnic area near the convention center. After the welcome by OC District Director Elaine Davis and the flag salute, Bette gave the Inspiration. There were gloves for sale for $7. Elaine announced that the District Clubs are to be involved in selecting meeting venues, hosting food and developing ideas for programs for next year. Meeting dates and times were given. Convention information was also given:Online forms for voting rights must be submitted to the Credentials Chairman by April 28th. Registration fee, meals and tour sign-up is done individually and due by April 27th for the Early Bird rate. No reservations will be taken after May 10th. More possibilities for the District Director’s Project, in addition to the National Pollinator Garden Network and Million Pollinator Garden Challenge, were presented:Monarch Watch Waystation (http://monarchwatch.org/waystations/)Xerces Society for Invertebrate Conservation (http://www.xerces.org/bringbackthepollinators/)North American Butterfly Association (http://safesite.4agoodcause.com/naba/program1.aspx?id=1)A class in painting botanicals was given by Dalynn Malek with materials supplied.

P.O. Box 3891 San Clemente, CA 92674-3891

Member of National Garden Clubs, Inc., Pacific Region

San Clemente Garden Club Activities

SEPTEMBER 2015

AUGUST 7 Propagation Workshop 9:30 AM AUGUST 27 Board Meeting 10:00 AM SEPTEMBER 2 Meeting & Program 1:00 PM SEPTEMBER 3 Garden Therapy Preparation 10:30 AM SEPTEMBER 8 Civic Beautification Pier Bowl Planter 8:45 AM Marine Monument at Park Semper Fi 9:00 AM Library 9:30 AM City Hall Rose Garden 10:00 AM SEPTEMBER 16 Garden Therapy-Fall Craft 12:30 PM SEPTEMBER 17 Civic Beautification – Casa Romantica Garden 9:00 AM SEPTEMBER 23 Field Trip 9:30 AM

Save A Tree - please consider the environment before printing this newsletter.

San Clemente Garden Club ActivitiesMay 2016

May 4 Meeting and Program

Election of Officers 1:00 pm

May 10 Civic Beautifcation-Pier 8:15 am

Civic Beautifcation-Marine Monument 8:30 am

Civic Beautifcation- Library Garden 9:00 am

Civic Beautifcation-City Hall Rose Garden 10:00 am

May 18-22 CGCI Convention, Irvine Hotel

May 18 Garden Therapy-Springcraft 1:00 pm

May 19 Civic Beautifcation-Casa Garden 9:00 am

May 30 Memorial Day Ceremonies -Community Center 11:00 am

Memorial Day Ceremonies -Marine Monument 1:30 pm

Rev 4/2016

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The San Clemente Garden Club is an active organization. We ask that all members try to volunteer at least five hours per year in various club projects. Please check any committees below that may interest you and a committee chair will contact you to acquaint you with upcoming activities. We are sure you will find something that excites you! Welcome to the San Clemente Garden Club. ___ Awards. Help apply to the state garden club for awards about our programs, workshops, etc. ___ Butterflies at San Clemente State Park. Help set up butterfly habitats. ___ Civic Beautification. Prune, weed and plant with club members at community gardens monthly. ___ Fall & Spring Plant Sales (Gardenfest). Help propagate plants, set-up and work our sale events. ___ Front Yard Garden Contest. Help annually to select local residential & commercial gardens. ___ Garden Therapy. Assist monthly with garden related activities for special-needs adults. ___ Garden Tour. Assist in selecting gardens, planning the tour, docent, etc. at this major fundraiser. ___ Green Team. Promote responsible stewardship of earth's resources within the community and club. ___ Jr. Gardeners. Share your time monthly at local schools’ garden clubs. Learn things, too. ___ Newsletter. Assist monthly in writing, editing and distributing award winning monthly newsletter. ___ Publicity. Help get the word out about the club’s activities through targeted media contacts. ____Scholarships. Assist in reviewing applications and selecting annual scholarship recipients. ___ Website. Assist monthly in writing, editing and posting articles on club’s website

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