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As I am writing this, it is quite chilly outside – it was nice and cozy for a while, but now it is just get-ting...well, boring! The freeze is good – it is killing some of those dreadful bit-ing bugs and actually some of my natives did need to freeze down and start with new shoots this spring. After Michael Shoupe’s talk last month, I am getting

more motivated to dig a circular bed in the middle of my backyard for roses. Just want it to flow with the rest of my micro-scopic back yard. I discovered 5 lemons on my tree that I did not know existed until the foli-age had frozen around them. (I like squeezing the juice into an ice tray, bag-ging them and then put-

ting cubes in my tea.)

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Newsletter of the Sugar Land Garden Club, Established 1932

www.SugarLandGardenClub.org

Help your garden and lawn

February 2014 Volume 16 Issue 7

2013-2014

Club Officers

President:

Carrie Sample

1st Vice President:

Jo Beth Moore

2nd Vice Presidents:

Gay Chavez

Donna Romaine

Mary Ellen Twiss

Recording Secretary:

Jeanmarie Short

Treasurer:

Leslie Niemand

Parliamentarian:

Marilynn Zieg/Scanlin

President’s Message By Carrie Sample

recover from "Polar Vor-tex 2" and enjoy a lively in-teraction with Houston's own Randy Lemmon of Sat-urday and Sunday morning GardenLine on NewsRadio 740 KTRH. He will also give us some Citrus Growing Tips before taking questions from the floor. It should be an infor-mative and quick hour! Bring your questions. Knights of Columbus Hall,

702 Burney Road, Sugar Land. Refreshments 9:30am.; program 10am; business meeting 11:am. Free and open to the public. Randy's book, 1001 Gar-denLine Questions with Randy Lemmon will be on sale for $15 or 2 for $20, 3 for $30, etc.

The rose pictured bloomed after

the first cold blast we had

February 18 Guest Speaker, Randy Lemmon “Help! One-on-One with Randy Lemmon”

By Jo Beth Moore

President’s Message

A big thanks to those who volunteered to be the Managers for our GAPS: Diana Miller Coordinator Marketing Manager Joan Pritchard Plant Manager Jean Waleke Site Set-Up Manager Carolyn Salmons Vendor Manager Beverly Todd Volunteer Manager. This is a terrific group of managers and I know everyone will give their support to make our first GAPS at the Knights of Columbus Hall a success. Our Garden Tour is quickly approach-ing. Cheryl Swanson has all the homes lined up. They will be in New Terri-

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Dues for SLGC are

payable each spring,

$30 for the following

year. New members

joining June 1-

December 31 shall

pay $30 for the

current year. New

members joining

January 1-March 31

shall pay $20 for the

current year. For

new members

joining in April, dues

are $30 and apply to

the following garden

club year. Each

member receives a

monthly newsletter

and copy of the club

yearbook.

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MEMBER YEAR

BOOKS

Member year books

are available for pick up at the monthly general meetings.

Be sure to pick up your copy if you

have not yet done so!

tory. The Garden Tour is scheduled for May 10 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. She will be signing up volunteers soon. Volunteering at the tour has always been so much fun, talking to both the visitors and the home owners. There are people who plan on this tour every year! Seems like May will be a busy month this year, as the Painted Church’s Tour has been rescheduled for May 6th. Another thanks to the Field Trip Committee for efficiently re-scheduling this popular field trip. Their last trip to Brazos Bend was also canceled due to the weather. Hopefully, we can fit Brazos Bend into our schedule next year. Our nominating committee will be an-nouncing their candidates for our Garden Club officers at the February Meet-ing. Members can also nominate candi-dates from the floor. My thanks go to all who help make the Sugar Land Garden Club successful.

Field Trip February 25, 2014 $16.00 Pre-Paid Fee Martha’s Bloomers and Tea Room—Navasota, Cookie Peeler, Chair

Martha’s Bloomers and Tea Room are located on Texas 6 in Navasota. Martha’s opened in 2000 as a Home and Garden store and has since grown into a dining and all day shop-ping destination. The plants and nursery are fabulous with a pottery shed adjacent. The whole venue is beautifully laid out with old farm implements turned into interesting focal points. The retail store is chock full of lovely

must haves! There is a Gourmet shop that is a must see with tea sets, gourmet cookbooks and cookware. Just a fun place to visit.

Our meal at Martha’s Tearoom must be pre-ordered. We will collect $16.50 at sign-up. That price includes your meal, tax and tip. If you signed up at the last meeting you will need to come back to the Field Trip table at the Feb. meeting, make your meal selection, and pay (cash only). That will be your last chance as that is ex-actly 7 days prior to our visit to Martha’s Bloomers.

Important Announcement to Our Gardening Friends

In 2014, the Fort Bend Master Gardeners will discontinue their regularly-scheduled monthly programs and instead offer and support a wide variety of educational programs in cooperation with Fort Bend County Texas AgriLife Extension. The programs will not be offered on the same day of the month, but they will be posted to this calendar, so please visit us often.

Feb 6, 2014 29th Annual FBC Vegetable Conference

29th Annual Fort Bend County Vegetable Conference Texas A&M AgriLife

Extension Service of Brazoria, Fort Bend, Galveston, Harris, Wharton, and Waller Counties

will host the 29th Annual Fort Bend County Vegetable Conference. Time:8:00 a.m. – 4:00

p.m. Location: Fort Bend County Fairgrounds, Building B & C, 4310 Hwy. 36 South,

Rosenberg, Texas. Registration on or before Monday, January 27, 2014 is $20 per person and

includes lunch. The charge for registration received at the door is $25 per person and cannot

be guaranteed a lunch. Attendees may receive up to five continuing education units (CEUs)

for attending the full-day educational event. The conference presentations will include:

Building Soils from the Ground Up, Improve Yields and Quality with Season Extenders,

Crop Rotation Strategies, Niche Varieties from Garden to Fork, Pesticide Laws and

Regulations Update, Grow it and sell it!, and Integrated Pest Management – Biological

Control Methods. Please contact Brandy Rader at the Fort Bend County Texas A&M

AgriLife Extension Service Office at 281-342-3034 for more information. Download

the Registration form and submit to address shown on form.

Feb 15, 2014 Fort Bend Master Gardeners Annual Vegetable-Herb

Sale Preview

Join us to learn about the vegetable and herb varieties to be sold at our annual sale.

Time 8:30 am – doors open; 9:00-11:00 – program. Location: Bud O’Shieles Community Center, 1330 Band Rd., Rosenberg, TX 77471

Feb 22, 2014 Ready to plant spring vegetables and herbs?

The Fort Bend Master Gardeners are growing tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, herbs and more for the sale.

Time: 9:00 am -12:00 pm or until sold out. Location: Fort Bend County Greenhouse located behind the County Extension buildings on Band Road, Rosenberg, TX 77471. Parking will be available behind the County Extension buildings. For information: Click the Events tab above, then Annual Sales/Vegetable-Herb Sale; call 281-733-7068 or email FortBendmg@ag.tamu.edu.

NATIVE PLANT

SOCIETY OF TEXAS

HOUSTON

Houston Arboretum and

Nature Center

in Memorial Park.

Meet at 7:00 pm. Program at

7:30 pm

February 21

Lynn Herbert—River

Oaks Garden Club

“Native Plants in a new A

Garden Book for Houston

and the Texas Gulf Coast”

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Sugar Land

Heritage Hike

This historical hike is

held the 2nd Saturday

of each month at

10:00 am, leaving

from the Museum at

198 Kempner St. The

walk is about 1-1/2

miles and takes one

and one half hours.

Costs are $10 for

adults, $5 for ages 12

to 18, and free for

children under 12. For

information on group

tours, which may be

scheduled during the

week call

281-494-0261

Upcoming Events

Horticulture by Paula Goodwin

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This is the first time I am repeating one of my horticultural columns (in Greenleaf February 2010) because we have many

new members and this column is not online. It is also for my own reference where I can get on the internet and retrieve all

this information instead of flipping through piles of paper files. This has been slightly

edited and has photos.

One of my favorite field trips with our club was to Baxter Williams’ rose garden. He is a

Master Rosarian and three-time president of the Houston Rose Society. I followed him

with pen, paper, and camera in hand, trying to soak up as much information as I could dur-

ing that beautiful afternoon in his rose garden. He is a retired engineer and has got growing

roses here down to a science. He was hard-pressed to name his favorite rose among the

hundreds of bushes—he said it would be like trying to pick a favorite child. But he did

finally say it was “Gemini”—the featured rose here. Isn’t she lovely?

Here are some of my notes from that field trip:

A great place to buy roses is at Robertson’s Nursery in Pasadena, TX.

To control black spot and powdery mildew, he uses the contact fungicide Mancozeb. Use one day after watering

because the rose stems need to be filled with water. His insecticide of choice in Banner Maxx. It will last two weeks.

Living Earth from Nature’s Way is good for native mulch.

Alfalfa pellets, granular Osmocote, Color-Star, and Epsom salts are good fertilizers.

He does not use Neem oil as it burns foliage.

The Fortuniana rose is a great rootstock.

A Felco #6 bypass pruner is great to trim bushes.

Pruners can be sterilized with alcohol or disinfect and should be wiped between prunings to prevent spread of dis-

ease. ‘Everclear’ available at your local liquor store, is also an option to use to sterilize your pruners.

Fragrant roses in Mr. Williams’ garden were Lemon Spice (yellow) and Oklahoma (red).

Lemon Spice Oklahoma

These are the roses in his garden that I thought were beautiful enough to take pictures of: Big Duke, Flamingo, Jean de Til-

leux (pink); Joyfulness (yellow); Spice Twice (orange); Timeless, Uncle Joe (red) Conundrum (red/yellow).

Big Duke Flamingo Jean de Tilleux Joyfulness Spice Twice

Horticulture by Paula Goodwin

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Timeless Uncle Joe Conundrum

On another field trip to Texas A & M, our group was guided by one of our scholarship winners who was specializing in

roses. Her favorite rose was Crimson Glory (a red climber). She, too, was reluctant to name just one.

Crimson Glory

As you can see, growing hybrid roses is high maintenance. But you (and your friends) can have beautiful bouquets almost

every day of the exquisite and fragrant flowers. I dug a rose out of my grandparents’ yard and planted it in my own. The

roses started out a pure white, but then that grafted rose died and the rootstock took over. I did some research online and

found that this is a Dr. Huey, a commonly used rose rootstock. It produces deep burgundy-red roses, has a slight fragrance,

and has a climbing, mounding habit.

Dr. Huey

Here’s a good recipe for Texas Rose Rustler’s Rose Tea or Witch’s Brew. Apply every spring and fall.

In a knee-high garbage can put:

4 chimpanzees of Medina (any variety). That is, start pouring and count “one chimpanzee, two chimpanzee…”

1 chimpanzee of liquid fish emulsion

1 cup Epsom salts

2 cups manure or 4 cups manure/hummus mix

2 cups alfalfa, pellets or meal

Mix well. Let it sit a couple of days. Pour a small coffee can’s worth around the drip line (where most branches end) of

your rose bush. Water in after application. Smells bad, but roses love it!

Some of my own favorite roses? Daybreaker, Double Delight, Chrysler Imperial, Martha Gonzales, Mr. Lincoln, and

Belinda’s Dream. If you want to know everything there is to know about growing roses here, join the Houston Rose

Society—it’s a great bargain!

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Thanks to many supporters and Jennifer Lorenz of the Bayou Land Conservancy (BLC), who raised the $4 million in less than a month, an unprecedented speed, to purchase the platinum quality prairie in Deer Park, that prairie will be preserved for perpetuity. The NEW owner is the Native Prairies Association of Texas (NPAT), a nonprofit, and the holder of the conserva-tion easement, a contract stipulating what may or may not be done on that land, is BLC. The Grand Opening of Deer Park Prairie on April 4, 2014 features a full day of free tours and ends with a sit-down dinner that evening at Monument Inn. Links to more informa-tion and registration is at the Houston-NPAT (HNPAT) web-page http://prairiepartner.org/group/hnpat. Registration is required and space is limited. On Thursday, February 27 2014, HNPAT welcomes everyone to hear Jason Singhurst, Author and Texas Parks & Wildlife Department Botanist, speak on "Mardi Grass: Flora of the Famous Cajun Prairie in Deer Park Texas". For those, whose third Thursdays are now open, this is a perfect opportu-nity to learn something about the beautiful prairie plants found at Deer Park Prairie. Time: 6:30 p.m. for refreshments; 7:00 p.m. meeting starts. Location: 3015 Richmond Ave. 77057 (parking lot entrance is on Eastside St.) HNPAT and Coastal Prairie Partnership is co-sponsoring a series of Prairie Power events for 2014. Click the link for a copy of the save the dates flyer or this link for detailed information and registra-tion. The first event is a Growing Prairie Plant Class followed by at Trip to Brazos Bend State Park on March 1. The BBSP trip is led by SLGC member Barbara Willy.

Your Houston Garden magazine There's a new way to learn about gardening in the Hous-ton area! Your Houston Gar-den is a digital magazine bring-ing you expert advice from local gurus who know how to make things grow in Hous-ton's challenging climate and soils. Currently offered on the

Apple Newsstand, and coming soon to Android, your magazine is conveniently downloaded to your device so you'll have the ad-vice you need on hand. From plants to pruning, vegetables to trees, containers to compost, lawns to landscaping, you'll find local expert advice to help you have more success and fun in your Houston area garden. Be sure to check out this new resource that will include many Sugar Land Garden Club members as contribu-tors. View their YouTube Video for more information

http://youtu.be/bybUQJuC5Js

Missouri City Green and our very own

Sugar Land Garden Club Greenleaf Contributor, Don Johnson were featured in the Houston Chronicle’s neighborhood section on Nov. 14. Pictured are three of our garden club members. Don Johnson second from the right who is chairman, his wife Penny (fifth from the right) and Pam Allen (sixth from the right). The goal of Missouri City Green is to recycle, reuse, reduce and beautify. Don also mentors the Mayor’s Youth Council. The group will have a tree planting on Feb 22, a city-wide clean-up on March 29 and a garage sale on April 26th. More informa-tion on their organiza-tion can be found on Missouri City Green Facebook page. Keep up the good work! Story submitted by Carrie Sample

Community News

Photos from February Workshop, Mosaic Wine Cooler

by Lynette McQueen

Volunteers Needed

for Sugar Land

Butterfly Garden

Workday

February 27

Thursday

Sugar Land Branch

Library, 550

Eldridge 8:00am—

9:00am

Garden Club Personality Bettye Anhaiser by Gretchen Cockerill

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Contact

Joel Chavez

Joel.chavez@earthlink.net

832-633-0400

Thursday

February

20

the Native Plant Society of

Texas - Houston

presents "Greening the

News" by Lisa Gray, Houston

Chronicle Columnist and

Editorial Board member. Lisa

will talk about media coverage

of ecology and native-plant

issues and how the Deer Park

Prairie story captured the

public's imagination. Time:

7:00 - 9:00 p.m.; presentation

at 7:30 pm. Location: Houston

Arboretum & Nature Center,

4501 Woodway

Drive www.npsot.org/houston;

free.

March Workshop

Gardening Utility Bag

by Gail Clarke

Take the pocketed utility

bag and design each

pocket to serve whatever

purpose you wish. Paint

designs on each pocket

to show your “design

power”.

Tuesday, Mar 4,

10:00 am—12:00pm

Imperial Park Rec Ctr

I was born in Galveston, lived two years during World War II in Massassachusetts, re-turned to grow up in Sweetwater, Texas, twenty miles west of Abilene; I finished growing up in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Leon and I have two sons and one daughter and six grand-children ranging in age from eleven to twenty-five.

I have been an office secretary for an insurance company in Baton Rouge, the Air Force ROTC unit at LSU, and St. Theresa's Catholic Church in Sugar Land. My last employ-ment is as a volunteer for organizations like the Sugar Land Heritage Foundation and the Fort Bend County Historical Commission. The enjoyment of gardening really hit me when I moved to Baton Rouge from dry west Texas. When Leon and I were first married and living in Frederick, Maryland, we had a huge garden in a city plot. What we grew and the plots surrounding grew were lush vege-tables and flowers. It was amazing. Vegetables are a lot of work after you pick them, so moving on to flowers and shrubs was more satisfying. My mother and her mother gar-dened, and with time I appreciated the effort their gardens needed to be beautiful and to always have colorful blooms.

I think, because I cannot find it written down, that I joined the Sugar Land Garden Club in the 1970s. I was a guest many times before then because I had small children to raise first. Sugar Land was a population of about 2500 when I came in 1963, and the only things to do in town were church and garden club. My garden has always been whatever would grow, a mishmash of plants, shrubs, and trees. I like so many varieties! One place we have lived in Sugar Land formerly belonged to an early Garden Club member, and the yard was full of plants and so many varieties of Texas natives. Retirement has given Leon time to notice the yard, and he plants items he likes, too.

My hobbies are still Sugar Land history, Texas history, collecting artifacts, Texas Historical markers, antiques, genealogy, traveling, recycling, etc. The SLCG has influenced my life to try new plants, add color to the yard., and to admire nature. The camaraderie among members is phenomenal with the cheerfulness, sharing stories about plants and crafts, and serving the community with so many activities. A true gardening lesson I learned was to be careful about what you transplant and share with neighbors. In the yard of so many plants that I mentioned, I found a lovely vine growing as a clump in the front yard. I decided to transplant it to the back yard, and it did well. However, I soon began itching where I had held it over my lower arms to carry to the back yard. Yes, you guessed it, I transplanted poison ivy!

Don’s Nature Corner Kids “n” Bugs

When our grandchildren come to visit they usually announce what they want to do. Some-

times two grandsons, ages four and two, want to “help” me with my model train. Sometimes

they and our two-year-old granddaughter want to make cookies or feed the birds. One activ-

ity that we usually do is to “feed the bugs” in the compost pile. We talk about how the in-

sects have a “job” in nature. The decomposers are making soil for our garden. Our two-year

-old granddaughter is especially interested in this activity. What can be done to keep that

curiosity alive?

Their visit to our house is not complete until we have examined the bugs in the compost

pile. Our granddaughter wants to hold the worms, talk to the roly-polies and look for other

creatures. After holding a “bug” she wants to put it back in the same place “So it can be

with its family.” Not long ago our daughter-in-law was fussing about a cockroach in the

yard, when our grandson stated, “It’s okay Mama, it’s a decomposer and it’s doing its job.”

The children observe many of the “bugs” gathered around the food scraps we’ve placed into

the compost. They can see that our food scraps today are

making plant food for tomorrow. We talk about the larvae

and what is happening in the pile. Sometimes we take the

temperature of the compost pile with a long thermometer

In other parts of the garden they know that the ladybug is “our friend.” The four-year –old

knows the life cycle of butterflies, can identify a swallowtail butterfly, and looks for chrysa-

lises and caterpillars. Our granddaughter turns over rocks around our flower beds looking

for bugs. There are several “learning stations” in our back yard where we removed the

grass and have plants that attract butterflies and hummingbirds. In the herb garden we

have a small pond that contains gambusia (mosquito fish). Children learn about their environment through hands-on activi-

ties. In addition to the science, there is language development taking place. Above all, we hope that our children and grand-

children develop a love and respect for nature

Having our grandchildren become entomologists is not our goal. We want them to be able to observe what is taking place in

their environment and to understand and respect it. Hopefully, they will come to understand that all insects have a “job”

whether as a predator, pollinator, decomposer, or just food for another animal. Sharing their enthusiasm should encourage

their interests and foster more curiosity. Our grandchildren work with our son in their

garden at home where they attract butterflies and look for decomposers. Gardening With

Children, by Monika Hannemann and The Family Butterfly Book by Rick Mikula, are two

books that have ideas for things to do with your kids or grandkids. With young children,

read Under One Rock, Bugs, Slugs and other Ughs by Anthony Fredericks. We will have a

birthday party for the soon- to- be three granddaughter. She wants Grandma to make

the cake and she wants it to be in the shape of a butterfly. We’ll all eat a “bug” for her

birthday.

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Sugar Land Garden Club member Don Johnson , is a member of the

Fort Bend Master Gardeners’ Entomology Group and of the Texas

Master Naturalists, Coastal Prairie Chapter.

Bren holding a bug.

Drayden taking the tempera-

ture of the compost pile.

Drayden catching a moth at night.

Landon admiring a monarch caterpillar.

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Save the Date...Spring Installation of Officers Lunch By Patty Ranson

MAY 20, 2014 RIVERBEND COUNTRY CLUB

11:00a.m. -- 1:00p.m.

SIGN UP SHEETS AT FEBRUARY GENERAL MEETING

ALONG WITH MENU $22 INCLUSIVE

pattyransn@aol.com or 281-494-6405

Hospitality by Suzanne Hanks and Jean Waleke

All members are required to help with hospitality, which includes supplying refreshments for the meeting, helping with set-

up before the meeting and helping with clean up after the meeting. If you realize several weeks in advance that you are unable

to help during your month please contact us so we can try to move you to another month. Of course, we also know that

sometimes things arise at the last minute. If that occurs, and you are unable to meet your obligation please note that our by-

laws require you to find a replacement or pay $15 to the club (check should be make out to Sugar Land Garden Club). The

money will be used to purchase paper products or other refreshments. Thanks to all the wonderful members who have

volunteered to be monthly host chairs

September Jonita Ramirez

October Sharon Pence and Carolyn Salmans

November Elizabeth Jones and Jeanmarie Short

December Patty Ranson and Social Activities

January Gay Chavez

February Debe Fannin

March Marian Kozlovsky

April Rose Ann Acosta

Arbor Day Dedication January 21, 2014 by Beverly Baumann Arbor Day Chair

The wind was strong but it could not blow away our joy at seeing the two beautiful trees, a Red Oak and a Mexican Syca-

more, which we donated and were planted in Pawm Springs Dog Park. Pawm Springs is located in the Memorial Park of

Sugar Land. Several Garden Club members attended the dedication, and even two dogs came with their people to join in the

celebration.

We were honored to have Ms. Kimberley Terrell, Sugar Land Park Development Manager, who gave a brief presentation on

Pawm Springs Park. Also representing the City were Mr. Joe Chesser and Mr. William Hadjik who were instrumental in as-

sisting with tree selections and planting. They expressed thanks for our contribution in the beautification of the park.

Photos by Randy Kozlovsky.

SLGC General Meeting Tuesday, March 18, 2014 Social 9:30 am, program 10:00 am “Honey Honey! - Where’s the Bee?” Speaker - Nancy Hentschel Knights of Columbus Hall, 702 Burney Rd 77498

Native Plant Society of Texas—Houston

March 21, 2014

Meet at 7:00 pm. Program at 7:30 pm

Jamie Gonzalez, ConservationEducation Director, Katy

Parairie Conservancy—”Nine Natives—A New Model for

Public Engagement and Native Plants?”

Houston Arboretum and Nature Center

in Memorial Park. 4501 Woodway 77024

SLGC Field Trip

March 25, 2014 Industrial Country Narket and Janis Vasut’s

Farm. Columbus and Highway 71, Industrial Country Market

SLGC Butterfly Garden Workday

Thursday, March 27, 2014 8:00 am

Sugar Land Branch Library, 550 Eldridge 77478

For more information contact Joel Chavez at

joel.chavez@earthlink.net or 832-633-0400

Houston Federation of Garden Clubs

February 14, 2014 10:00 am

“Jewels of the Desert”,

Darrin Duling, Dir Mercer Arboretum

West Gray Multi Service Center, 1475 W. Gray, Houston

Fort Bend Master Gardeners Annual Vegetable-

Herb Sale Preview Seminar

February 15, 2014 8:30 am doors open, 9:00am-11:00am

Bud O’Shieles Community Ctr, 1330 Band Rd, Rosenberg

SLGC General Meeting Tuesday, February 18, 2014 Social 9:30 am, program 10:00 am “Help! One-On-One with Randy Lemmon” Open question and answer format Knights of Columbus Hall, 702 Burney Rd 77498

Native Plant Society of Texas—Houston

February 21, 2014, 2013 Meet at 7:00 pm. Program at 7:30 pm

Lynn Herbert—River Oaks Garden Club- “Native Plants in

the new A Garden Book for Houston and the Texas Gulf

Coast”

Fort Bend Master Gardeners Annual Vegetable-

Herb Sale

February 22, 2014 9:00am-12:00 pm or sold out

Bud O’Shieles Community Ctr, 1330 Band Rd, Rosenberg

SLGC Field Trip

February 25, 2014 Martha’s Bloomers and Tea Room—

Navasota

SLGC Butterfly Garden Workday

Thursday, February 27, 2014 8:00 am

Sugar Land Branch Library, 550 Eldridge 77478

For more information contact Joel Chavez at

joel.chavez@earthlink.net or 832-633-0400

SLGC Workshop

Tuesday, March 4, 2014 10:00am—12:00 noon

“Gardening Utility Bag” By Gail Clarke

Imperial Park Recreation Center

234 Matlage Way, Sugar Land, Texas 77478

Houston Federation of Garden Clubs

March 14, 2014 10:00 am

“Oranges, Apples and Pears, Oh My!”,

Angela Chandler, Master Gardener and Master Naturalist

West Gray Multi Service Center, 1475 W. Gray, Houston

February Calendar of Events March Greenleaf February 2014 Volume 16 Issue 7 Page 10

NEW GREENLEAF ARTICLE

SUBMISSION DEADLINE

So we may issue the Greenleaf the week prior to the

General Meeting, it is now requested that you submit

your articles no later than the 1st day of the month. Send

your article and any photos by email to

both Diana Miller, dmiller@realtor.com and

Gay Chavez, GayChavez@earthlink.net