Oakmont Garden Club
“Live each day as if it were your last, and garden as though you will live forever.” AnonymousHOPE ON THE HORIZONIf the COVID case numbers
“Live each day as if it were your last, and garden as though you will live forever.” AnonymousHOPE ON THE HORIZONIf the COVID case numbers
~ Patty McHugh“All through the long winter, I dream of my garden. On the first day of spring, I dig my fingers deep into the
Patty McHugh I don’t know about the rest of you, but I’ve been taking advantage of the nice days to garden, although I have to
Patty McHugh “The purpose of a kinked garden hose is to make you stop, look at the world around you, and waste precious time.” Steve
Patty McHugh “If I’m ever reborn, I want to be a gardener – there’s too much to do for one lifetime!” Karl Forester 2020 LESSONS
Patty McHugh “The shovel was truly a ground breaking invention.” Unknown It’s still too early to know when we can meet again but one can
ONE LEGEND BEHIND THE CHRISTMAS TREE It’s not Christmas without a tree. But it wasn’t always that way. Early European pagans would use evergreen branches
The Garden Club meeting scheduled for April 8 is canceled.
The Garden Club meeting previously set to be held in the East Rec Center on Wednesday, March 11 has been canceled.
Patty McHugh “A garden is always a series of losses set against a few triumphs, like life itself.”—Mary Sarton JANUARY MEETING WHEN AND WHERE: Tuesday,
Oakmont Garden Club Annual Tour of Gardens–RESCHEDULED The Board of the Garden Club regrets to inform all of you that the Tour scheduled for Tuesday,
Patty McHugh MAY GARDEN TOUR – OPEN TO ALL OAKMONTERS When: Tuesday, May 21st – 10am to 1pm Where: Pick up a map of the
Patty McHugh When: Tuesday, May 21st – 10am to 1pm Where: Pick up MAP at the Berger Center at 10am. One map per group/car
Patty McHugh “We can complain because roses have thorns or rejoice because thorn bushes have roses.” Abraham Lincoln APRIL MEETING/SPEAKER Where/When: Tuesday, April 16th, Berger
Patty McHugh “I once had a rose named after me and I was flattered. But I was not pleased to read the description in the
Patty McHugh There will be NO meeting/speaker this month. In lieu of a meeting is our field trip to the San Francisco Flower and Garden
Patty McHugh “Plant and your spouse plants with you; weed and you weed alone.” Jean Jacques Rousseau” FEBRUARY MEETING Where/When: Tuesday, February 19th, Berger Center
Patty McHugh FEBRUARY MEETING Where/When: February 19th – Berger Center Time: Tea and Social at 9:30 followed by meeting from 10:00 to 11:15 am Topic/Speaker:
Patty McHugh “The love of gardening is a seed once sown that never dies.” Gertrude Jekyll JANUARY/FEBRUARY MEETINGS Today, January 15th, Ron Brown demonstrated Ikebana,
Patty McHugh “Among gardeners, enthusiasm and experience rarely exist in equal measures.” Roger Swain When & Where: Tuesday, January 15 – Berger Center Time: Tea
Patty McHugh “I perhaps owe having become a painter to flowers.” Claude Monet JANUARY MEETING Topic: IKEBANA, the Japanese art of flower arrangement, presented by
Patty McHugh NOVEMBER MEETING When & Where: Tuesday, November 20 – Berger Center Time: Tea and Social at 9:30 followed by meeting from 10:00 to
Patty McHugh “We may think we’re nurturing our garden but of course it’s our garden that is really nurturing us.” Jenny Uglow OCTOBER MEETING When
October Meeting & Make Good Use Of The Fall Months Patty McHugh “What this country needs is dirtier fingernails and cleaner minds.” Will Rogers OCTOBER
SEPTEMBER MEETING When & Where: Tuesday, September 18 – Berger Center Time: Tea and Social at 9:30 followed by meeting from 10:00 to 11:15 am
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