Barbara Anderson, Garden Club President Calling all gardeners regardless of your skill level. The Robson Ranch Garden Club will begin its program year on Monday, 19 September, 10:30 a.m. in the Lone Star Room at the Clubhouse. The meeting will last approximately 90 minutes. We particularly invite our many new residents. If you have moved…
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Clubs & Classes, June 2016
Garden Club on hiatus for the summer
Barbara Anderson, President, Robson Ranch Garden Club Wise are the people who learn from experience! Fact: North Texas has an average of 36 inches of rain per year. Fact: May is the wettest month of the year with an average of four inches of rain. For the second year in a row the long-anticipated Robson…
Clubs & Classes, May 2016
Garden Club enjoys presentation by Andrea Cloutier
Barbara Anderson On Monday, 18 April, The Robson Ranch Garden Club had a wonderful presentation by Ms. Andrea Cloutier from The University of North Texas. A master’s degree candidate at UNT, Ms. Cloutier explained that we are “urban gardeners” with unique climatic and soil conditions. First and foremost know the site where you wish to…
Clubs & Classes, March 2016
Garden Club learns about Wildlife Pollinator Gardening
Barbara Anderson, Garden Club President On Monday, February 15, the Robson Ranch Garden Club enjoyed a visit from three delightful ladies from Ponder, TX. Expert gardeners Pat England, June Marquis and Joyce Nuckels joined forces to talk about “Wildlife Pollinator Gardening,” encouraging the use of plants native to north Texas. Each presenter showed pictures of…
Generals, March 2016
Garden Club learns about Wildlife Pollinator Gardening
Barbara Anderson, Garden Club President On Monday, February 15, the Robson Ranch Garden Club enjoyed a visit from three delightful ladies from Ponder, TX. Expert gardeners Pat England, June Marquis and Joyce Nuckels joined forces to talk about “Wildlife Pollinator Gardening,” encouraging the use of plants native to north Texas. Each presenter showed pictures of…
Clubs & Classes, February 2016
Garden Club news
Barbara Anderson The Robson Ranch Garden Club began the new year on January 18 with a very informative program by Mr. Beau Propes on the benefits of organic lawn compost top dressing. We were reminded that our lawns are living organisms and need “a healthy balance of organic matter to grow lush, healthy grass and…
Clubs & Classes, January 2016
Garden Club enjoys annual Christmas lunch
Barbara Anderson Robson Ranch Garden Club members enjoyed their annual Christmas lunch at the Grill on Monday, December 21, in The Heritage Room. Santa brought table favors and there was even entertainment! Did you know that there was a “drama group” in the Garden Club? Well maybe not, but a small ensemble participated in a…
Clubs & Classes, December 2015
Garden Club members enjoy beautiful meeting at Calloway’s Nursery
Barbara Anderson Flowers are the perfect way to brighten a dreary morning, and the Robson Ranch Garden Club was surrounded by lovely blooms at Calloway’s Nursery in Denton for our November 16 meeting. Tammy Trimmer, store manager, had a beautiful display of colorful plants for winter blooming. Tammy demonstrated planting a simple wooden orange crate,…
Clubs & Classes, November 2015
Garden Club hears program on honey bees
Barbara Anderson There is no better way to begin a week than with laughter on a Monday morning, and that is just what the Robson Ranch Garden Club experienced on Monday, October 19 with a program on honey bees and just good story-telling by Bill Marquis of Storey, Texas. We learned that honey bees are…
Clubs & Classes, September 2015
Garden Club news
Barbara Anderson, President The Robson Ranch Garden Club will begin its nine-month program year on Monday, September 21, at 10:30 a.m. in The Lone Star Room. We will be transitioning into new leadership in September with our very dedicated president, Janie Cindric, and incredibly competent secretary, Joan Petre, going off the board. These two devoted…