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Newport Hills Garden Club
EXCURSIONS AND WALKS 2008-09
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Jun 13 2009 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM June Bloom Plant
Sale
At the UCI Arboretum featuring a unique selection of succulents, perennials, and blooming bulbs. Plants are well suited
to Southern California gardens and are easy to grow. June Bloom also features a clearance on remaining spring stock, particularly
spring perennials.
The UCI Arboretum is located just south of the corner of Campus Drive and Jamboree Road on the UCI
North Campus. For more information please call (949) 824-5833.
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Free Horse Manure for Garden / Composting
Hello Irvine
Garden Club,
I live near the Back Bay and John Wayne Airport, and I would like to give away good clean horse manure
to folks who can use it to improve their gardens. Do you have an e-mail system whereby you could let club members know of
this offer?
Because of the way my horses are kept, there is no bedding and no urine in the manure. I have started
to give it away, mostly to people who want to spread it on their lawns, or those who want to speed up the processes in their
compost piles. But with 5 horses, I could make a lot more gardeners happy than I am currently supplying.
The manure
is collected twice daily. If I don't have a waiting gardener who has supplied me with a container, I toss the material in
a dumpster and it is hauled away to become landfill.
For small quantities (less than a full sized garbage can) call
me (949) 263-1772 to set up a time for you to come get your container filled. For larger quantities, I need the containers
dropped off, I will fill them over a few days, and then they are ready to be picked up. Containers need to be of a size they
will fit in your car once filled.
I welcome your calls, and look forward to helping improve your soil.
Carol  |
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New Edition of Garden Resource Guide 2007-2008 Available
The
University of California Cooperative Extension Master Gardeners announce the release of their 2007-2008 Garden Resource Guide.
Retail $10.00
This comprehensive, indexed guide of nurseries and public gardens in and around the Orange County area
is available at the Sherman Library and Gardens, Roger’s Gardens, the Centennial Heritage Museum Gift Shop and the Fullerton
Arboretum Potting Shed. Copies are also available at UCCE Master Gardener booths at home and garden shows throughout the
year.
Individual Master Gardeners initially visited nursery and garden-related places in 2002-2003, gathering and
writing about the types of plants, services, and unique offerings they found. This led to the first edition in 2003.
Since then, the publication has undergone several updates and releases and now contains indexes by plant type and by city,
as well as alphabetical listings of nursery and garden supplies (70 listings), public gardens (23 listings), farmers markets
(20 listings) and garden clubs (21 listings). In addition, the publication includes helpful websites and a listing of Frequently
Asked Questions from the Master Gardener Hotline, a free service of the UCCE Master Gardeners.
Our Guide contains
useful information for experienced and novice gardeners:
* Resource Index by Plant Type
* Resource Index
by City
* Nurseries and Garden Supplies
* Public Gardens
* Garden Clubs
* Farmer’s Markets
* Frequently asked Questions from the Master Gardener telephone and e-mail hotlines.
The University of California
Cooperative Extension Master Gardener program provides free gardening and horticulture information to Orange County residents.
They may be reached at their website at www.uccemg.com , telephone hotline at (714) 708-1646, or
email hotline at ucmastergardeners@yahoo.com. |
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