Tag: Gardening

Garden Club Meeting March 18

Nancy Finley The next Garden Club meeting is Monday, March 18, at 10:30 a.m. in the Lonestar Room at the Robson Ranch clubhouse. This is our annual Plant Exchange. Bring all your plant “volunteers” or divided plants, ready to replant in their new home. Please include planting instructions and fully grown size. Each member gets…

Holiday Cactus

Donna Hull It’s the time of year to enjoy a few holiday-inspired plants. The garden centers are filled with poinsettias and fresh pine, but don’t forget to invite another beauty into your home—the holiday cactus. There are three holiday cacti: the Thanksgiving cactus, Christmas cactus, and Easter cactus. The first two are separate species of…

Welcome to the Robson Ranch Garden Club

Nancy Finley There are so many beautiful gardens at the Ranch, and your neighbors have a wealth of experience in our Robson Ranch soil, sun, and rain conditions. Our neighbors have wonderful gardens and landscaping that provide pleasant viewing on your rides/walks or runs. Those new to Texas, you’ve almost survived summer. The cooler weather…

Yard of the Month

Letha Straub, Chair, Yard of the Month The Garden Club Board has selected the yard of Doris and Joe Hazewski as the recipients of the honorary Yard of the Month award. Doris and Joe stated, “Our journey began in early 2020 with our decision to relocate from our home in Missouri City, Texas, to a…

Yard of the Month

Erminja Maganja, Garden Club Publicity Chair Letha Straub, who leads the Garden Club’s Yard of the Month project, has selected the yard of Tim and Amy Bowman as deserving of this honorary award. While Tim hails from Oklahoma and Amy from Kansas, they consider themselves Texans at heart, having lived here “as long as they…

Garden Club Trip to Ponder

Erminja Maganja, Publicity Chair Twice yearly, Garden Club members leave the Ranch to enjoy a field trip to local gardens or garden-related establishments. For our April meeting, we visited a unique flower farm in Ponder called Aunt Sue’s Barn. We were greeted by owner Sue Newhouse who purchased the 10-acre property in the mid-1990s with…

Garden Club—Let’s Get Growing!

Erminja Maganja, Publicity Chair Garden Club members assembled on March 20 for the always-popular annual Plant Exchange. President Lori Slocum opened the meeting with club business, announcing that two board seats will be vacated this year: vice president and publicity. She asked members to consider serving on the board. Those interested, please contact any board…

April Yard of the Month

Erminja Maganja, Publicity Chair Native Texans Barbara and Gary Geiser met during high school in Dallas, then graduated from UNT. Work life took them to Arkansas, and as they eyed retirement, it was natural for them to return home to their Texas roots. They built their home in Robson Ranch 11 years ago and began…