Tag: Garden Club

August Yard of the Month

Erminja Maganja, Garden Club Publicity Chair For August, Letha Straub, Garden Club “Yard of the Month” chair, selected the beautiful yard of Don and Marcie Roberts at 9805 Cypress Street to receive this honorary award. Garden Club members likely recall that the Roberts’ gorgeous yard was on display for the Garden Tour in May. The…

Yard of the Month

Erminja Maganja, Garden Club Publicity Chair This month, Letha Straub, our Garden Club Yard of the Month chair, selected the beautiful yard of Dan and Brenda Bedinger at 9400 Grandview Drive to receive this honorary award. I was fortunate to accompany Letha on her visit with the Bedingers and learned they are Robson Ranch, Texas,…

Yard of the Month: June 2022

Erminja Maganja, Garden Club Publicity Chair Letha Straub is the new Garden Club “Yard of the Month” chair. For June, she selected the yard of Cheryl McCally and Bill Soule at 12313 Glenbrook to receive this honorary award. The conceptual design of this yard was created by Cheryl. She carefully sketched out her ideas and…

Garden Club Season Finale!

Erminja Maganja, Garden Club Publicity Chair A beautiful spring day awaited us on May 16, as some 50 Garden Club members assembled to close out our club year with the popular RR Garden Tour, visiting five lovely RR yards. Using golf carts as our primary transportation, we made our way across the Ranch to enjoy…

Busy Gardeners!

Erminja Maganja, Garden Club Publicity Chair February: On Feb. 21 Garden Club members and guests enjoyed an informative presentation by local tree experts TreeNewal. Arborist James Allen provided pointers on trees that do well in our area given our weather and soil conditions; discussed common issues and mistakes in selecting, planting, and caring for trees; and…

Garden Club News

Erminja Maganja, Publicity Chair The RR Garden Club closed out 2021 with its annual holiday luncheon at the clubhouse on Dec. 20. The room was abuzz with members socializing and catching up on life events. Everyone also enjoyed playing Bingo and received a prize—bulbs to be planted to surprise them in their spring garden! We…

Garden Club News

Erminja Maganja, Publicity The RR Garden Club has had a busy fall! On Oct. 18, a spectacular autumn day, a group of us enjoyed a motorcoach field trip to the Dallas Arboretum. We were enveloped in rich fall colors provided by pumpkins, gourds, and squash from Floydada, Texas, the pumpkin capital of the USA! Colorful…

Garden Club Notice

After its customary summer break, the Garden Club met on Sept. 20. Attendees enjoyed a lively presentation on Container Gardening by guest speaker Charlotte Canion. Ms. Canion is a certified Texas Master Gardener who provided practical information and tips, and answered questions from participants. With the Garden Club kicking off a new operating year, a…

September Yard of The Month

The Garden Club Yard of the Month for September is at the home of Betsy and Jeff Duncan. Please stop by and look at the courtyard, and side yard also, to view all their hard work. The address is 11716 Lynnbrook Drive.

Garden Club Visits the Botanical Gardens

Theresa Peoples Over 20 RR Garden Club members carpooled to the Fort Worth Botanical Gardens. The Japanese gardens and the Rose Gardens were much admired on this cool day in October. The members enjoyed a lunch at the Rock Springs Cafe, and then continued to tour the gardens. It was a time to get outside…