November 6, 2016

November 2016 Newsletter

November-2016-Newsletter Features: November meeting program: “Holiday Design Beauties” presented by Jon Robert Throne. Thank you volunteers ‘poem’ by Chrissy Brockway, Issaquah Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. A message about Awards, by June ann Hassebroek. Planting for Pollinators. Antidepressant Microbes in the Soil, by Bonnie L Grant. How to Clean Garden Tools. Garden things to do in November. Digging and storing Dahlias.

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October 6, 2016

October 2016 Newsletter

October-2016-Newsletter Features: October meeting program: ” The Beauties of Bats” presented by Veda DePaepe Flower Show results for “Shore is Fun” ELWD Flower Show Photos from “Shore is Fun” Photo Issaquah Historical Museum garden ‘Landscaping with an Eye to Design’ by June Ann Hassebroek Black Bean and Roasted Vegetable Salad recipe

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September 9, 2016

September 2016 Newsletter

Septenber-2016-Newsletter Features: September meeting program: “The Benefits of Participating in Flower Shows” presented by June Ann Hassebroek. Food handling change at Tibbett’s Manor Plant Swap Million Pollinator Garden Challenge Flower show info “Shore is Fun” & Why Flower Shows Photos A Summer to Celebrate 2016 Raw Apple Cake recipe

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April 29, 2016

May 2016 Newsletter

May 2016 Newsletter Features: May meeting program: “Easy Care Perennials throughout the Year” presented by Janel Garnett. Photo from the IGC April meeting tour of Bellevue Botanical Gardens. Photo of Janel Garnett visiting Joanne Dinken. Deer repellent recipe. “Garden Club Yesterday and Today” by June Ann Hassebroek How Dirt makes you Happy!

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April 15, 2016

April 2016 Newsletter

April 2016 Newsletter Features: April meeting program: “The Magic of Bellevue Botanical Gardens” BBG volunteer docents will lead the garden tour. Photo of Growing Great Gardeners work party. Thank you from June Ann Hassebroek to all who signed the commitment to “Bee a Wildlife Action Hero”. Photos of Judy Griesel, our March speaker and June Ann’s “Wildflowers Across Washington” display.

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March 3, 2016

March 2016 Newsletter

March 2016 Newsletter Features: March meeting program: “Four elements necessary to convert a yard into a wild life habitat” presented by Judy Griesel. Photo of work party at Issaquah Elementary School and thank you from Dianne Tanner. Elizabeth C. Miller Library programs and information-Most extensive horticulture collection of any Pacific NW Library open to the public. English Ivy: Noxious weed information Caring for Summer Bulbs Questions and Answers: Master Gardener information from Louise Luce Photos from February meeting: Lana Finegold arrangements and June Beckman table arrangements. Photo of arrangement created by Marian Nacarrow at the ELWD General Membership meeting 2-22-16. Photo of Karen Lee’s pot of Tete-a Tete daffodils.  

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February 1, 2016

February 2016 Newsletter

February 2016 Newsletter Features: February meeting program: “Magic in Floral Designs” presented by Lana Finegold Bees – Visit the Xerces Society website Alan Haywood, Arborist & Horticulturist new website information Growing Great Gardeners, Kick off to Spring report

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