Beverly Duncan Inspiration and education abounded through self-guided tours of five unique Denton County properties located in Flower Mound and Double Oak, including four private gardens and one community garden. Attendees learned about mycology, erosion control, planting within HOA restrictions, and vegetable gardening, plus the importance of trees and planting native perennials in their landscapes.…
Trish Percy, Master Gardener Do you have trouble committing? Feel just a bit of anxiety when you dig a hole to plant something permanently in your yard? Not to worry—let’s bring out the containers! By far the best reason to grow in containers is location, location, location. Containers give us the flexibility to put plants…
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…
Sharrie Ely, Master Gardener In the darker days of winter, it’s always lovely to have beautiful flowers. Even now, it’s not too late to consider “forcing” bulbs to enjoy indoor blooms for the winter season. If you are sensitive to fragrance, then grow amaryllis, as they have no scent. For fragrant indoor flowers, you can…
Martha Cantrell, Master Gardener Hello. First off, I want to thank you for taking such great care of my friends and me, your gardens! We flourished throughout spring, summer, and fall but, now, parts of us need to rest. That doesn’t mean the pleasure of caring for us stops! While some of you might be…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…