These plants can be grown on the patio in a conainer and are about 8 feet tall.
February 17th Program 2010
The Speaker was from "One Green World," a wholesale nursery in Mollalla, Oregon that specializes in trees, shrubs, bushes and vines that yield edible fruit. The owner, Jim Gilbert, has been all over the world collecting varieties of fruit and berries that grow well in the Willamette Valley. www.onegreenworld.com
Membership
We have members from all over the West Metro area, many of whom invest a great deal of time and effort in making our Annual Plant Sale a success, so that we can provide monies for the Historic John Quincy Adams Young House, a horticultural scholarship and donations to local botanical gardens. Many of our members collect unique plants and are avid gardeners, others are novices, some come for the programs, some are judges and enter designs in flower shows, at least one is a grower. The common thread is a passion for plants and gardening, so it makes a nice mix. Dues are only $20 per year.
The Cedar Mill Garden Club
Cedar Mill Garden Club's Officers
President:
Barbara Cushman
Co-Secretary:
Delores Greenholtz
djgreenholtz@gmail.com
Summer Browner
Treasurer: Sue Owen
About the Cedar Mill Garden Club
The Cedar mill Garden Club ws organized in 1946
and currently has a membership of 39. We are
members of the Oregon State Federation of Garden clubs, inc., Pioneer District www.oregongardenclubs.org
Also the National Garden Clubs Inc.,
State and Local Officers Belonging to
Cedar Mill Garden Club
Garnet Ascher, OSFGC State President 2011-2013
Donna Cotton, Past President of Judges Council
DECEMBER 2009 and 10
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
It was great to see you all Wednesday, at the Cedar Mill Garden Club's Annual Holiday Potluck and Gift Exchange. Twenty three were able to attend. The others of you were sorely missed.
This brings you wishes for the
best of everything, holidays full of love, family and friends and good and / or improving health for the New Year.
--Barb Cushman
Here are a few pictures taken at our party.
Summary of Program on Hummingbirds Sept. 2009
Ramona Wultzen pointed out that
in the Portland Area we most frequentlysee
the Rufus and Anna's humming-birds. Black-Chinned, Allen's and Calliope are rere visitors
She said they need shrubs/vines for nesting, cover and perches; water; conifers and flowers and insecs. (yes
they can consume tiny insects!)
Supplemental feeding is helpful to their survival in the winter.
Try to have some plants in bloom throughout the seasons, even in winter for the Anna's.
Plants for Winter/Early Spring
Bergenia, Conifers, Correa, Enkianthus, Epimediums, Garrya Elliptica, Grevillea, Lonicera Standishii, Fragrantissima, Osmanthus. Pulmonaria (lungwort) Ribes Sanguinium (flowering currant) Rosmarinus, Sarcococca
(Sweet Box)
Plants for Spring/Summer
Ajuga, Columbine, Sea Thrift, Crocosmia, Diascia, Bleeding Heart, Disporum, Pineapple Lilly, Hebes, Heuchera, Lavendila, Liatris, Lobelia, Honeysuckle, Lychnis, Mazkus reptans, Miulus cardinalis, Bee Balm, Monardella, Oxalis, Penstemon, Cape Fuscia, Jacob's Ladder, Teucrium, Veronica
Judges and Designers
in Our Club
Garnet Ascher
Jeanette Benson
Marion Buckman
Aloha Cannon
Donna Cotton,
Phyllis Danielson
Ruby Warren
Hummingbirds Continued
-- Plants for High Summer/Fall
Abelia, Abutilon, Hyssop, Butterfly Bush, Caryopteris, Clethra, Fuchsia, Rose of Sharon, Hosta, Red Hot Poker, Himalyan Honeysuckle, Catmint, Oregamum, Persicaria, Russian Sage, Physotegia, Salvia, Scrophularia auriculata variegata, Sedum, Thymus, Verbena, Vitex, Yucca, California Fuchsia
Ramona pointed out that Hummingbirds prefer tubular shaped flowers, but do not necessarily prefer red flowers -- and once you have a large variety of blossems in your garden, they sample all red, tubular or not.
She had a wonderful display of plants to show us, and we recommend her highly,
Events & Projects
Our favorite events include:
The Spring Plant Sale
The Annual Christmas Party
Our Summer Picnic
Trips to Nurseries and Gardens
Hands on demonstrations
The Terrific Speakers
Projects:
Annual Spring Plant Sale (9th Year)
May 3rd and 4th (Fri. & Sat.)
A Wildflower Garden at the John Quincy Adams Young House.
(We have set aside $1,500 for a heritage herb or cottage garden when the house is restored.)
Yearly Christmas Wreaths for the Cedar Mill Library
Plantings for Public Spaces
Youth Conservation Education
Garden Study School
Horticultural Scholarships
(For 3 years in a row, the group donated $1,000 to the Pionneer District Scholarship Fund. )
We donate to the Oregon Garden and several other botanical gardens including the Leach Botanical Garden, the Berry Botanical Garden, The Chinese and Japanese Gardens and to Penny Pines which supports reforestation.
Two Six Foot Christmas Wreaths
Were Donated to the Cedar Mill Library
January 2010 Program
Highland Heathers
hheather@canby.com
The January Program was presented by Highland Heathers of Canby Oregon and consisgted of a discussiion of the different kinds of Heathers and Heaths and a slide show of beautiful Heather and Heath gardens. We discovered that there is only one true Heather, that most like full sun and do not like to have wet roots. Also that once they are established, they do well with moderate watering. The plants
come in many colors of foliage and can be trimmed into topiaries. If you are clever, you can have blooming Heathers and Heaths all year round.
Among the many unusual plants we saw at the meeting were columnar apples, Golden Sentinal variety.
Wed. March 17th 2010
Dave Doolittle from Petal Heads Nursery,
West Linn, Oregon, presented a
slide show & talk about new varieties of plants such as Heuchera, Midnight Bayoou" a deep purple and Hellebores such as "Peppermint Ice" a double that blooms upright, both
produced by wholesaler Terra Nova Nursery.
Wed. April 21st 2010
"Watch Your Step" by Francis Hopkins of Stepables "Under a Foot Plant Co." These small but sturdy groundcovers serve to fill in between stepping stones and larger plants. Different varieties can be grown nearly everywhere, some tolerating even heavy foot traffic.
.May 19th 2010
"Containers Overflowing With Plants"
Presented by Charolotte Klees
followed by a trip to her nearby home to see her mast- sterpieces. Her garden has been featured in National gardening magazines.
Charlotte's plants were truly lush and breathtaking. She explained the origins of her plants and container gardening and calls her walkways a "healing garden."
The method used to pot her plants and to keep them blooming-- to one wheelbarrow add: l large Costco bag of potting soil,1 bag of mushroom compost, a few shovels- full of compost, 1 heaping cup each of: bone meal, fish bone meal, blood meal, bat quano & cotton seed meal
Mix thoroughly and use for potting or planting new plants
Then to keep pots blooming use "blue water" powdered food as directed:
once a month in April; twice a month in May
three times a month in June and July
once a week in August and September
Just sprinkle a little food by hand once a year in the
spring (16-16-16) around planted flowers, shrubs & trees.
Spread liberally with slug bait.
Nurture your soul with the beauty and serenity of your garden.
SUMMER ACTIVITIES A Luncheon & Visit to the the Portland Rose Show & our Annual Summer Potluck Picnic
When you see this logo, you know we are at work in the community !
OCTOBER 2010 PROGRAM
GREGG HULBERT
Portlant Nursery
gave an excellent presentation on various common problem areas and misconceptions about water needs, dormancy for bulbs and much more.
P R O G R A M A R C H I V E
February 16th Meeting:
Speaker Robin Palmer demonstrated how to make gourd birdhouoses and hypertufa leaves
and birdbaths of all sizes and colors.
March 16th, 2011 Meeting,
"Fuchias throughout the Ages" The program given by Frances White of Frances' Fuchias was about upright Hardy Fuchias. Frances said that she has grown one fuchia since she was 12 or 14. But to keep them alive uprights need 1/2 day of full sun, be planted in the ground during winter and mulched. Also they do not like wet feet. If they do not thrive in one spot, move them around. She sells plants at local Farmer's Markets.
November 17, 2010
The meeting was a great success. Aloha Cannon gave a demonstration of a table arrangement and the CMGC members each made their own. The club provided flowers, oasis and low plastic containers. Members brought varied greenery pods and drieds. The results were impressive.
Ruby Warren offered design tips and the judges in our
group in addition to Aloha, Garnet Ascher (pictured ) , Marion Buchner and Donna Cotton also offered advice.
Barbara Cushman, Pioneer District Secretary,
barbswhimseys@yahoo.com
At the May 18th Meeting
The Portland Audubon Society gave a presentation about its activities. A great Horned Owl named Hoolio was the featured attraction.
Clockwise: 6 foot wreath donated to Cedar Mill Library; Aloha Cannon Past President; Annabel Bednarz; Pat Still, Plant Sale Co-Chair; Helen Rapp; Sue Owen, Treasurer, Susan Marshall, Hostess, Ruby Warren, Loraine Hacke, Paulette Busch, Jackie McClung and Shivaun Smith, Plant Sale Co-Chair
November 16, 20ll Floral Design Demonstration by Marion Buckman, judge, designer and CMGC member who created 6 unusual designs with fruit and vegetables in unusual containers.
September 21, 2011
Glen Andresen of Metro gave a slide presentation on "Native Plants for Birds, Bees and Butterflies"
October 19, 2011
"Mushroom Cultivation: Good and Bad Mushrooms," a slide presentation and talk by Ed Foy of the Oregon Mycological Society
Master Gardeners: Gail Beasley and Patricia Joyal
.
January 19th, 2011 Meeting
Beth Rose enthralled us with the ins and outs of keeping Mason Bees and the bee life cycle. Left: Beth and Mason Bee nesting box.
January 18, 2012
18 members and 5 guests braved the show to hear Jerry Anderson discuss "How to Sharpen Your Pruners and Some Pruning Tips" We learned in general that to prune your tree (or shrub) first take ouot the dead wood; then trim out crossed branches, then thin to make airy so sunlight and wind can get through; and finally trim to the natural shape of the plant.
February 15, 2012
"Attracting Birds to your Backyard"
was presented by Scott Lukens of the Backyard Bird Shop. He told of birds common to our area and some of their habits and ways to identify them. We were all given large bird identification charts.
*Field Trip Pictures: Click to enlarge.
L-R *Garden Fever;
*Cruz Nursery, Topiary Demo at Cruz;
*Braving the rain to see, appropriately enough, rain gardens at EMCSWCD,
*Ferguson's Fragrant Nursery
*Rosey Tour to the Portland Rose Test Garden
March 14 Meeting
"Shedding Light
on the Shade Garden" Stacy Palmer of 7 Dees shared more unusual and beutiful shade plants.
Ruby displayed a beautiful table with centerpiece
April 18, 2012 Meeting: Rain Gardens: The ABC's of creating one in your yard. --We learned the do's and don'ts of using rain gardens. Very informative slide presentation.
May 16th, 2012:
" Exciting Perennials for the Adventurous Gardener" Presented by Pat Thompson of the Secret Garden Growers: Interesting plants and slide show.
