april, may, & june 2016 newsletter
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Member Garden Clubs & Plant
Societies: Albuquerque African Violet Club Sharon Shannon, 865-0171
Albuquerque Area Master
Gardeners Keith Mead, 379-6786
Albuquerque Aril and Iris Society
Holly Finlay, 379-0157
Albuquerque Daylily Society Amy Howard, 250-2318
Albuquerque Rose Society Bill Farmer, 823-9818
BCEMCA John Zarola, 929-0414
Cactus and Succulent Society of
New Mexico
Carl Hime, 275-6777
High Desert Designers
Shirley Tetreault, 294-4331
Ikebana International
Sylvia Webb, 453-8199
NM Dahlia Society Jim Lohkamp, 821-5757
New Mexico Floral Artists
Debi Harrington, 296-8208
NM Orchid Guild Keith Mead, 379-6786
Petal Pushers Garden Club Carol Stomp 298-3824
Uptown Garden Club Debra Sorrell, 615-8564
Valley Gardeners Maple Levine, 899-8255
Xeric Garden Club of Albuquerque
Beth Herschman, 450-2078
Affiliates:
New Mexico Garden Clubs, Inc.
NMGC, Inc. Judges' Council
District I NMGC, Inc.
District I NMGC, Inc. Judges
Council
Associates:
NM Native Plant Society
George Miller, 352-9019
Rio Grande Botanic Garden
Catherine Hubbard, 848-7181
April, May, & June 2016 Newsletter President’s Message:
Greetings and Happy Spring,
I hope that this newsletter finds you all healthy and happy and enjoying time in your
garden. It has been a magnificent spring so far!
2016 has been a busy, productive year at our center. In January, we had our first
'Carnival de Albuquerque', a Mardi Gras Gala with food, fun and dancing. We had a
great team of dedicated volunteers who helped to design, decorate and stage the entire
event. Roger Burns Entertainment generously donated their musical talent and was the
highlight of the evening! February saw our annual Rummage Sale with over 40
volunteers, many of whom volunteered each day for set-up, pricing, sales and tear down.
March has been busy with floor renovations and other interior changes, especially our
renovated Garden Shop. Our gardens are coming alive as we speak, where we recently
hosted a well attended workday in the gardens. We had a great showing of Master
Gardeners and several of our other member clubs were represented.
April will be here before we know it, and the AGC schedule is packed with a
Cactus/Succulent Show and Council's Annual Flower Show - with a fabulous Beatle's
theme this year. Many are looking forward to our Spring Fair Plant Sale. In May, you
may enjoy The Orchid Guild Show, an Iris/Aril Show, a Rose Show and the National
Convention and African Violet Show! June brings our organization great exposure
with an Ikebana Floral Arts Workshop, our Garden Tour, followed a week later with
"Friends in the Garden" and a Daylily Show.
Speaking of 'Friends', PPLLEEAASSEE ccoonnssiiddeerr jjooiinniinngg oouurr FFrriieennddss ooff tthhee AAllbbuuqquueerrqquuee
GGaarrddeenn CCeenntteerr, with your tax-deductible gift. Your membership will allow us to
continue to make much needed improvements around our facility. We must repair our
roof, fix outdoor lighting and accomplish many other tasks within our facility as we
begin our 41st year at our site. My how time flies!
As you can see, there are many wonderful opportunities coming up for garden related
enrichment, floral design, and volunteering. Please join us for some of these upcoming
events!
Thank you to our many volunteers! 2016 at the Albuquerque Garden Center
was been a great year! Council would not be able to run and maintain our unique
facility, or our many programs, if it were not for your thousands of volunteer
hours!
Thank you for allowing me to serve as your President!
Debi Harrington (505) 206-0930
www.AlbuquerqueGardenCenter.org (505) 296-6020
10120 Lomas Boulevard NE, Albuquerque, NM 87112
The Council of Albuquerque Garden Clubs is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization
Council News:
ALBUQUERQUE GARDEN CENTER GARDENING UNIVERSITY aka "Gardening‘U’ "
__ April 18 – Class, “How to With Herbs” – Growing,
Harvesting, Cooking and Creating Tinctures/Ointments:
$5 __ April 25, 2-4pm – Workshop, “Floral Design for
Everyday Living” - $10, Reservations Required!
__ May 16 – Class, “Iris & Arils 101” –$5
__ May 23, 2-4pm – Workshop, “Floral Design for
Everyday Living” - $10, Reservations Required!
__ June 20 – Class, “Preserving Your Harvest” – How to
Safely Preserve your Fruits, Herbs and Vegetables
Tastings and Recipes Included!: $5
__ June 27, 2-4pm – Workshop, “Floral Design for
Everyday Living” - $10, Reservations Required!
*Each Class/Workshop/Nature Walk costs $5 or $10
each, plus any materials fees that are listed. Classes
will meet from 6:30 p.m. - 8:30 p.m. at the Albuquerque
Garden Center unless otherwise noted. Please check our
website for additional daytime courses not listed:
AlbquerqueGardenCenter.org.
Garden Shop, Open 9:30-2:30 Monday-Friday CAGC GARDEN SHOP NEWS- the garden shop remodel
is finished and we are open for business! If you haven’t
had a chance to see it, then stop by and check out our new
look. We have an ever- changing display of merchandise,
floral design materials, gardening tools and gardening
books of all sorts. We look forward to seeing you!
GARDEN SHOP VOLUNTEERS WANTED: Are you
Looking for VOLUNTEER HOURS? Want to have a
great time doing them? Then come and volunteer in the
Council Garden Shop! The shop is open from 9:30am-
2:30pm Monday – Friday, and we are open several
Saturdays as well, when council events going on. You’ll
have a great time, answering gardening questions and
ringing up sales. All training is provided, and you’ll meet
and work with some wonderful people. If interested, you
can sign up in the Garden shop, or email Laurie at
[email protected] or call her at 505-296-6020.
Come join us!!!
DONATIONS WANTED
The Garden Shop is looking for more items and need your
help! We need help restocking our shelves, as we are
selling out so fast. We would love to have any unique
ceramic or colored glass vases, ceramic pots in all sizes,
glazed terracotta pots, vases and dishes for ikebana,
vintage jewelry, and unique, interesting yard art in
excellent condition. As you spring clean your garages and
closets, think of giving to the garden shop all the garden
related items you don’t want anymore. It’s tax deductible!
GARDEN SHOP MANAGERS WANTED- CAGC is
looking for 2 people to volunteer as shop managers. This
is a key position, working in conjunction with the shop
advisory committee to provide management and direction
to the shop. Prefer someone with inventory management
and/or retail experience. For more information, contact
Teresa Franklin, at [email protected] or call her at
505-250-0393.
ARTISANS WANTED: The Garden Shop is going to
start a new program highlighting local craftsmen and
women who create garden related art. We are looking for
local artisans interested in putting their garden related arts
or crafts into the garden shop. This would be on a
consignment basis and is subject to review selection. If
you or someone you know has a unique product and
would be interested in participating in this opportunity,
submission forms are available in the garden shop or
office.
Teresa Franklin
Council Shop Advisory Committee Chair
SUNFLOWER CAMP 2016:
The Sunflower Camp for kids, ages 6-10 will have
registration on Saturday, July 9 from 10:00 AM
to Noon at the Albuquerque Garden Center, 10120
Lomas, NE. 505.296.6020.
www.albuquerquegardencenter.org There is a limit of
12 children for this ecological-themed camp with
activities such as a Critter Day, making Dream
Socks, Creating Gloves Filled with Birds’ Nest
Supplies, a Critter Scavenger Hunt and making
Butterfly Pavers held July 11 through July 15 from
8:30 AM to 12:00 noon. $25.00 for one
child or $30.00 for two siblings. An adult presence
required with the child throughout the week’s camp
at the Garden Center
Tickets available at the Albuquerque Garden
Center or most nurseries From traditional to whimsical, from classic to
contemporary, the gardens of Twin Parks and Altura Park
are featured this year. Presented by the Council of
Albuquerque Garden Clubs, this Annual Garden Tour has
many designed by noted local architects and designers.
The neighborhoods known today as Altura Park
and Twin Parks have custom built homes that began
development in the mid-1950s with recent ones built in
the early 2000s. The parks are the hub of the
neighborhoods which lie across Constitution from each
other. Twin Parks and the west side of Altura Park with
their wide-open grassy areas are used for soccer and other
sports. There are also two tennis courts and a children’s
playground in Altura Park.
A number of the original homes have been re-
landscaped over the past 60 years and reflect the maturity
of decades of large tree growth along with the
incorporation of contemporary water-wise landscaping.
There will be plenty of parking around the two
parks, and reasonably fit people will be able to walk to all
the gardens while enjoying the stroll through the
neighborhoods. Several of the Gardens are enhanced with
live music wafting through the air.
A Garden Lunch including drink and dessert will
be available at Garden # 7 for $15. The Garden Artists’
Art Show is also located there. Tour tickets are $15 and a
combo tour and lunch ticket is $25
Club News:
Albuquerque Daylily Society: The Albuquerque Daylily Society has been anxiously
awaiting the arrival of Spring and the growth of our
beloved Hemerocallis , both new and old! The executive
committee has been hard at work planning ADS 2016
events. We are looking forward to another great year!
In April, we will be meeting at the Pittman residence,
where photographer and member Art Bova will speak
about photographing our flowers to look their best. ADS
will also be participating in the Council Garden Fair and
Plant Sale on April 29th and 30th and will have hardy
bareroot cultivars available for purchase.
May’s schedule involves getting our plants ready for
bloom season and a meeting at Mimi Glover’s home,
where we will have a program by Barbara Shapiro,
regarding the daylily’s trend into varying unusual forms.
June is always the highlight of our season, with bloom
beginning and our annual Daylily Show and Summer Sale,
held this year on Sunday, June 26th from 14pm. As
always, it is a labor of love and always enjoyable to share
our passion with the public! We will also have a meeting
at the Tuffnell home where we exchange valuable
information about plant grooming and design in
preparation for the show.
As always, we welcome new members! For more
information, email Amy Howard at
[email protected] . Happy Gardening!
Cactus & Succulent Society of New Mexico: The Cactus and Succulent Society of New Mexico will be
holding its annual spring plant show and sale on Saturday,
April 9 and Sunday, April 10, 2016. The location will be
the Albuquerque Garden Center at 10120 Lomas Blvd.,
NE, from 10 AM until 4 PM each day. There is no
admission charge.
The show will display several hundred plants,
including some of the finest specimens from many
different private collections in our region, including many
of our society's members. However, you do not need to be
a member to exhibit plants. Please bring your very best
cacti and succulents to be exhibited at this show. Entries
are accepted at the Albuquerque Garden Center on Friday,
April 8, from 1 PM to 8 PM. Helpful information on
entering your own plants can be found at a particular link
off the society's main website, accessed via:
http://www.new-mexico.cactus-
society.org/cdocs/Presenting Plants for Show--Rev 11-
13.pdf or contact Daniel Finley via [email protected] or
(505) 262-2320. You may download entry tags for your
use before you arrive, if you desire, from the following
website: http://www.new-mexico.cactus-
society.org/cdocs/CSSNMShowEntryTags-
Rev042406.pdf
In addition to the judged show, the society's
annual sale brings in vendors from various places, and
puts forward a wide variety of cacti and other succulent
plants available for purchase, which range from bargain
starter plants to spectacular specimens. The nicest
specimen plants will be sold via a silent auction, which
will be done at least once each day. Bidders are urged to
be present at the close of bidding to purchase the plants.
An additional special feature of the sale is a selection of
some locally grown, hardy species for the yard---at least in
Albuquerque, and, sometimes, further north.
For information concerning the venue, you may
visit the Albuquerque Garden Center's website at
http://www.albuquerquegardencenter.org or (505) 296-
6020.
Albuquerque African Violet Club: WHERE CAN YOU SEE THE MOST BEAUTIFUL
AFRICAN VIOLETS IN THE WORLD!!!The African Violet
Society of America’s National Convention is coming to
Albuquerque!
May 29 through June 5, 2016
Crowne Plaza Hotel
The Albuquerque African Violet Club is proud to be hosting
“Violets Color the Land of Enchantment,” the AVSA national
convention for 2016. People come from all over the country,
other countries too (like Canada, Russia, Japan). Vendors from
all across the country will also be attending.
Join us for a week of activities, presentations, and of course, the
most beautiful African violets in the world!
Information can be found at:
http://avsa.org/conventions-2016
Also check out our Facebook page at:
https://www.facebook.com/Avsa-Convention-
1524270137814459/?fref=ts
NM Orchid Guild: New Mexico Orchid Guild Events:
The New Mexico Orchid Guild (NMOG) will meet on Sunday,
April 3rd
at 1:30-PM at the Garden Center. Our speaker will be
Jonah Winn-Lenetsky. His topic will be orchids of Costa Rica
and Panama. Jonah lived in Central America for several years
and will share his photos of orchids in situ as well as his
experiences. Orchid sales, a raffle and show and tell are a part
of each of our meetings. Join Us.
Please plan on attending the annual Orchid Show and Sale to be
held April 29th
through May 1st at the ABQ BioPark Botanic
Garden. This year our display will feature the theme “A Fairy
Tale Garden”. Hundreds of blooming orchids will be displayed
and for sale at reasonable prices. Show admission is included in
the BioPark ticket price. Call 379-6786 for more information.
Dr. Martin Motes from Mote’s Orchids in Florida will speak at
our June 12th
meeting. Dr. Motes is an internationally known
grower and hybridizer of vanda orchids.
Xeric Garden Club April 4, 2016, 10:00 -11 AM Traditional Folk Healing:
Plants Used by the Curanderos
Docent Dianne Rand will give a guided tour of the
Certified Wildlife Habitat Garden with emphasis on the
work of the curanderos. All ages welcome, Free. AGC,
10120 Lomas Blvd NE.
April 8, 2016, 1:00 - 3:00 pm A New Member Tea at Dianne Rand’s Beautiful Home
Garden
April 29, 2016, Noon – 6:00 PM and April 30, 8:00 AM
– 12 noon Xeric Garden Club Annual Plant Sale on the
Kitchen Patio at the AGC, 10120 Lomas Blvd NE. An
opportunity to choose from a large selection of locally
grown xeric plants. Free admission and free parking.
May 2, 2016, 10:00 am Attracting Interesting Pollinators to Your Garden Docent
Sally Vance will give a guided tour of the Certified
Wildlife Habitat Garden will emphasis on how to attract
various pollinators to your residential garden. All ages
welcome, Free. AGC, 10120 Lomas Blvd NE.
May 14, 2016, 9:30 AM – 11:30 AM Tour of Julie Akins (XGC member) late spring/early
summer garden.
June 6, 2016, 10:00 - 11 AM Native Plants for the Habitat Garden Plus Family Fun
Day! Docent Kathy Burnett will give a guided tour of the
Certified Wildlife Habitat Garden with emphasis on native
plants plus fun activities for children including face
painting and origami bird making. Tour appropriate for
preteens to adults. Children activities ages 5 to teens.
Young children welcome with parental supervision. Free.
AGC, 10120 Lomas Blvd NE.
The Xeric Garden Club invites you to attend our free
public events and encourages everyone to join the club
and have the opportunity to visit wonderful private
gardens plus learn how to have your own beautiful
residential garden while conserving water. For further
information see www.xericgardenclub.org
Albuquerque Rose Society: APRIL
Wednesday, April 13, 7 pm – 9 pm
Monthly Rose Society Meeting
Where: Albuquerque Garden Center
Program: "The Soils of Albuquerque"
MAY
Wednesday, May 11, 7 pm – 9 pm
Monthly Rose Society Meeting
Where: Albuquerque Garden Center
Program: "What Judges Look for in A Winner"
Friday, May 13, 6 pm – dusk
Where: Albuquerque Rose Garden
"Celebration of the Garden's First Bloom"
Tuesday, May 17, 24, 31, 6 pm – dusk
Deadheading Roses
Where: Albuquerque Rose Garden
Saturday, May 21, 1 pm – 5 pm
Sunday, May 22, 10 am – 2 pm
67th
Annual Spring Rose Show
Where: Albuquerque Garden Center
Contact Jennifer Ifversen [email protected]
for more information.
JUNE
Tuesday, June 7, 14, 21, 28, 6 pm – dusk
Deadheading Roses
Where: Albuquerque Rose Garden
Petal Pushers Garden Club: We meet on the 4th Tuesday at 9:30 am of each month at the
Garden Center. Petal Pushers Garden Club provides educational
programs at every meeting. We place emphasis on private
gardens, horticulture, herbs and everlastings. We are looking
forward to some very informative and interesting programs
planned for this year. Feel free to contact our president Carol
Stomp (505-298-3824) or the Garden Center office for further
details. Guests are always welcome to attend our meetings.
The May 24th Tuesday meeting will be at the Garden Center at
9:20 am. Dar Stone will speak about growing and decorating
gourds
The
Albuquerque Aril & Iris Society
Presents
IRIS INTOXICATION
Annual Mother’s Day Show
Saturday & Sunday, May 7 & 8,
2016
Entries taken from 7:00 to 11:00 am
Saturday, May 7, 2016
Non-members may enter!
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC BOTH DAYS
1 PM to 5 PM
NO ADMISSION CHARGE
Albuquerque Garden Center
10120 Lomas Blvd, NE
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87112
For more information contact:
Eva Barry,
(505) 350-0382
New Mexico Floral Artists is a floral design club that
meets the 4th Monday from 11 am to 1 pm to study and
practice floral design. Guests and new members are
always welcome! Our March meeting will be a week later
due to Easter and the NMGC's Convention. On Monday,
April 4th, we will study Angular Designs (just in time for
the Council Flower Show), our regular meeting for April
will be on the 25th, and where we will share good design
mechanics, flower conditioning and what makes a 'Design
of Distinction'. Lunch will be provided at both meetings.
All meetings are held in the Patio Room at the Garden
Center. Come join us for some floral fun! For more
information, contact Debi Harrington at 505-206-0930.
__________________________________ Wanted: A Few Good Men and Women! Council
is still needing Volunteer Chairpersons and
Coordinators for several upcoming events: 'Friends in
the Garden' and our Fall Plant Sale in September.
Please contact Debi Harrington if you would be
willing to coordinate one of these events.
Friends of the Albuquerque Garden Center
'Arts in the Garden' Summer Series Please join The Friends
of the Albuquerque Garden Center for music and art in our
beautiful gardens on the third Thursday of June, July and August
from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. We will enjoy music and art and food and fellowship
in a beautiful setting. Cost is $10 per person or $18 per couple.