June Meeting: Garden Tour and Plant Swap

Our June Gardeners Exchange Garden Tour & Plant Swap will take place at Tina and Marc’s home on June 24. See the member email for their address and carpooling options. The Spring Plant Swap will kick off the meeting at 10:30am – so don’t be late or you may miss out on the best selections! … Read more

April Meeting: Garden Structures

Judy Erickson helped us welcome spring at our Arpil Gardeners Exchange meeting with a workshop on “Building Your Own Garden Structures” designed to inspire you to try something new in your garden this year. Judy provided a list of links to resources on garden structures which you can find on the Presenters Websites page or … Read more

March Meeting: Edible Landscapes

Our March program focused on creating beautiful and productive edible landscapes. Adam talked about soil, the benefits of finish compost, sun, water, different types of edible fruits and plants and his approach to designing edible landscapes. Presented by Adam Gray Monroy. Adam has 17 years of experience in landscape design and building, and has worked … Read more

February Meeting: Garden Design Basics and Seed Swap

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Cheryl Salatino gave us a comprehensive presentation on the basics of garden design emphasizing the need to check the view both in and out of the area, color, texture, noise, uses and more. Plant selection follows good analysis, not the other way around. We also had our seed sharing event and members had a choice … Read more

2016 Brigham Hill Farm

This year Shirley Williams and the gardeners from Brigham Hill Farm gave us a look at the late summer version of the gardens and the gardeners told us about how they ready the gardens for winter, when they prune different plants and more. It was another enjoyable visit to this special place. Click an image … Read more