Events, Meetings

January Meeting – Introduction to Wild Ones

We hope you will join
The Garden Club of Weaverville
for Our January 2023 Meeting 

Tuesday, January 10th at 9:30am via Zoom

Program: Wild Ones – Who they are, What they do, & Why it’s important

The Wild Ones nonprofit organization promotes environmentally friendly, sound landscaping to preserve biodiversity through the preservation, restoration, and establishment of native plant communities by:

  • providing free, educational resources and learning opportunities that are open to the public,
  • supporting the efforts of over 100+ local Wild Ones chapters and seedlings in 29 states
  • publishing a quarterly, award-winning Journal for members featuring current native plant information and resources
  • and offering free, professionally designed native garden templates for multiple regions in the United States.

Jill Spindler, the President of the Western NC Wild Ones chapter, will introduce us to the organization and the resources and opportunities they provide and promote.  

A transplant from South Dakota, Jill moved to the mountains of Western North Carolina in 2015 to put down roots.  With a background that ranged from practicing corporate law to teaching college writing to health coaching, she has finally parlayed her skills into making a living as a writer.  Her passions are many, though, and as varied as her career path.  A gardener since the tender age of two, Jill came to her love of native plants via the bugs – more specifically, the bugs that weren’t present on her non-native plants.  So, in her four years at her current home, she has worked to remove invasive species and plant myriad species of native plants, learning the skills of native plant propagation along the way and welcoming back an array of native insect life that delights her and her son.  Jill joined Wild Ones in 2020 and, upon realizing that there wasn’t a chapter in North Carolina, she decided to start one.

A business meeting will follow the program.

Speaker: Jill Spindler, WNC Wild Ones Chapter President

The Garden Club of Weaverville is a co-ed, non-profit organization open to everyone. For more information on what we do, becoming a member or supporting the club visit our website.

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December Meeting – Identifying and Controlling Invasive Plants

We hope you will join
The Garden Club of Weaverville
for Our December 2022 Meeting 

Tuesday, December 13th at 9:30am via Zoom

Program: Identifying and Controlling Invasive Plants

Invasive plants in the landscape often leave gardeners confused, frustrated and overwhelmed. GCW member and Master Gardener Volunteer John Bowen will help us cut through some of the confusion and empower us to start controlling invasive plants in our own landscapes and beyond. 

We will begin by learning more about identification of the invasive foes found locally, and then focus on approaches for controlling and removing these plants. John will leverage training videos featuring Bob Gale, Ecologist & Public Lands Director for MountainTrue, and will expand upon and reinforce Bob’s practical invasive removal tips. 

A business meeting will follow the program.

Speaker: John Bowen, EMGV

The Garden Club of Weaverville is a co-ed, non-profit organization open to everyone. For more information on what we do, becoming a member or supporting the club visit our website.

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November Meeting – Wildwood Herbal Produce Sharing Initiatives

We hope you will join
The Garden Club of Weaverville
for Our November 2022 Meeting 

Tuesday, November 8th at 10:00am via Zoom

Program: Learn About Wildwood Herbal’s Local Produce Sharing Initiatives

Since, 2020, Wildwood Herbal Farm located in the Reems Creek Valley has supplied area food pantries with over 35,000 lbs. of organic produce, supplied freshly harvested produce to serve over 9,000 side dishes to Meals on Wheels homebound older adults, and in January 2022 entered into a partnership with Council on Aging Asheville Buncombe County supplying 200 CSA boxes of freshly harvested vegetables every week to the 4 senior centers serving older adults living with food insecurity. The farm is run by a multigenerational volunteer workforce. Diane Saccone will explain these local food sharing programs (and volunteer opportunities) at Wildwood Herbal. 

Diane volunteers extensively with and helps guide strategy for Wildwood Herbal. In 2011, she established an experimental winter market to help farmers remain solvent during the winter months. This led to the expansion of a permanent winter market model that was taken over by the Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project (ASAP) where it still flourishes today with close to 60 vendors. When not at the Wildwood Herbal farm or teaching yoga, Diane enjoys nurturing her gardens, practicing wildcrafting and traveling with her husband of 40+ years.

A business meeting will follow the program.

Speaker: Diane Saccone

The Garden Club of Weaverville is a co-ed, non-profit organization open to everyone. For more information on what we do, becoming a member or supporting the club visit our website.

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October Meeting – Gardening Tips and Plant Exchange

We hope you will join
The Garden Club of Weaverville
for Our October 2022 Meeting 

Tuesday, October 11th at 10:30 on the covered porch at the new Weaverville Community Center 

Program: Gardening Tips and Plant Exchange

Please bring your gardening wisdom and plants (or a list of plants) you would like to share to this interactive meeting.

  • A brief business meeting will precede the interactive program. 
  • Instead of having a formal presentation this month we will informally share useful gardening tips & techniques. 
    • Annick Flaxman will begin the discussion with some of her fall/winter garden tips.
    • Additional topics will include vole management, invasive plant removal, and spontaneous tip offerings from our peers. Bring visual aids if you’d like. 
  • After the tip exchange, we will focus on sharing the bounty of our gardens and enjoying being physically together again.
    •  Bring plants to share, or a list of the plants that you’d like to share.
      • Each person with plants to share will briefly tell the group about what they have to share.
      • Please label plants if possible. If a cultivar, try to include the name of the variety. (Ex: Echinacea ‘Tomato Soup’)
      • Please don’t share plants on the Western NC Invasive plant list 
      • Please go around the outside of the building to take your plants to the patio.   

The Garden Club of Weaverville is a co-ed, non-profit organization open to everyone. For more information on what we do, becoming a member or supporting the club visit our website.

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