We hope you will join
The Garden Club of Weaverville
for Our December Meeting
Program: How to be a Bird-Friendly Gardener
Tuesday, December 10 at 9:30 am
In the Weaverville Town Hall Community Room
[30 South Main Street]
Chris Davenport, from Reems Creek Nursery will share his experience and insights regarding how to make your garden a year-round haven for birds. He will discuss the types of plants and habitats that will attract beneficial birds to your garden, and how to create and maintain a bird-friendly environment.
Before joining Reems Creek Nursery Chris spent fourteen years with Head-Lee Nursery in Seneca, SC; five years with Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, PA; and two years with the Atlanta Botanical Garden. Chris is an avid home gardener and bird watcher. He loves to travel with his family to view cultivated gardens and explore untrampled wilderness.
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 clubvisit our website.
We hope you will join The Garden Club of Weaverville for Our November Meeting Program Topic: Gardening With Native Shrubs & Perennials
Tuesday, November 13th at 9:30 am
In the Weaverville Town Hall Community Room
Shelby Jackson, of Carolina Native Nursery in Burnsville, will present a program on Gardening with Native Shrubs and Perennials. Some native grasses will be included in the talk. Shelby will be sharing information regarding the environmental importance of gardening with native plants and what specific plants will do best in your mountain gardens.
Her presentation will open with some big picture facts about native plants and how they affect our environment, the birds, and our pollinators. She’ll talk about the evolution of native plants and how they make our world what it is today and how native plants are necessary to feed our native bird population and they also host a multitude of native insects and pollinators.
Native plants will be available for purchase (with cash or check).
Shelby is a University of Tennessee Horticulture alumnus. She has extensive knowledge of native plants, as they are one of her passions. In addition to managing sales operations at large nurseries and garden centers, her experience includes, horticultural research in the field and the laboratory, landscape design, and consulting. She is an N.C.N.L.A. Certified Plant Professional and has served on the Hendersonville Tree Commission, and the Horticulture Technology board at Blue Ridge Community College.
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.
Wren and bluebird house for the Main Street Nature Park
The Garden Club of Weaverville partners with the Weaverville Lowes to build birdhouses for the Main Street Nature Park in downtown Weaverville. Thanks to the support of Lowe’s Store Manager, Mike Finnegan, Lowe’s is donating the materials to make several bluebird and wren houses as a Garden Club community service project.
“Adding birdhouses to the Nature Park creates focused habitat and encourages the birds we want to nest and bear offspring in places we can see,” says Randy Burroughs, a landscape architect involved with the park’s development from the beginning and the creator of the walnut benches in the Park.
After Randy’s brief overview about the benefits of the birdhouses to the wildlife in the Nature Park and for park visitors alike, members will hammer away and build the houses.
Working in teams of 2-3, participants will follow easy step by step written instructions and assemble the wooden houses from pre-cut pieces with the help of an instructor.
Members need to bring:
Power screwdriver with a Philips head
Work gloves
Decorate a birdhouse to add year round color to your landscape.
Make & Take Birdhouse ~ $10
Members also have the option to make a birdhouse and take it home and decorate for $10. You must order a birdhouse by Monday, September 25th. The proceeds from this will be donated to the Nature Park. Bring cash or make a check out to: Town of Weaverville
Contact Ruth Planey to order a Make & Take Birdhouse. Be sure to say how many bluebird and wren houses you want to purchase. Ruth Planey 828-658-4151 or rs03nc@gmail.com
All Garden Club programs and business meetings are FREE and open to the public. Programs start at 9:30 AM the second Tuesday of each month in the Community Room of the Weaverville Town Hall, 30 South Main Street, Weaverville, NC.
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, CLICK HERE.
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