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Tips for a Balanced Approach to Managing Garden Diseases and Pests—Tuesday, January 13, at 11:30 a.m.

We hope you will join
the Garden Club of Weaverville
for our January 2026 Meeting

Tips for a Balanced Approach to Managing Garden Diseases and Pests

Tuesday, January 13, at 11:30 a.m.

In the Weaverville Community Center
[60 Lakeshore Drive, Albert Weaver Room]

Does the above plant have variagated leaves? Or does it have a virus?

To learn more about this, please join us for a presentation on integrated pest management in the garden offered by horticulturalist, garden designer, ornamental nursery owner, and farmer Skyler Keeney.

The most important part of IPM is the word “integrated,” and to Skyler that means “balanced and well-informed.” And while IPM comprises management of mites, weeds, mammals, and pathogens, Skyler’s presentation will focus on the most common plant pathogenic viruses, bacteria, and fungi. Her goal is to build enthusiasm for IPM and encourage home gardeners to pursue a balanced and well-informed approach to managing garden diseases.

Skyler earned a bachelor’s degree in horticulture, focusing on ornamental horticulture. She has experience in several branches of the green industry, including in public gardens, greenhouses, wholesale and retail nurseries, and residential landscaping. And managing plant diseases has been crucial in all positions.

She started her business, Sky Gardens in 2022 as a garden designer in Atlanta. Not long after, Western North Carolina captured her and her husband’s hearts, and they chose to buy their first home here in 2023. Since then, she has been growing her business to include more areas of horticulture, including a greenhouse, vegetable garden, orchard, and vineyard. One day, she’d like to continue her education and pursue her passion for plant pathology more deeply. But now in the private gardener branch of her business, she mostly enjoys pruning, as well as educating clients about IPM. A day covered in dirt is always a good day!

All are welcome to attend. The garden club will not provide refreshments this month, but feel free to bring your own lunch, snack, or beverages to enjoy immediately following the program, if you’d like. The business meeting will begin soon thereafter.

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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(Revised Program) Winter Gardening: Getting Started—Tuesday, November 18, at 11:30 a.m.

We hope you will join
the Garden Club of Weaverville
for our November 2025 Meeting

Winter Gardening: Getting Started

Tuesday, November 18, at 11:30 a.m.

In the Weaverville Community Center
[60 Lakeshore Drive, Albert Weaver Room]

 

Winter is no time to simply relax and peruse your garden catalogs.  Rather, winter is also a time to start your vegetables and perennials for next spring.  How do you start in winter?  Local gardener Deanne Eversmeyer will share her expertise and tell us how.  She will offer guidance on when to start, which materials are needed, which simple-yet-beautiful plants are best to use, how to control light and water, and so much more.  She will also bring along seeds and some baby plants to help get you started.  You’re invited to attend Deanne’s presentation, to ask your winter gardening questions, and also to share your own personal tips.

In her previous life, Deanne managed the grounds crew at the Washington National Cathedral and the landscape department at Washington Golf & Country Club. In her current life at Hope Springs Farmlet and Chicken Ranch, she puts her horticultural degree and over 40 years of gardening experience into growing all of her produce in her 2,000-square-foot garden here in the Reems Creek Valley.  

All are welcome to attend. The garden club will not provide refreshments this month, but feel free to bring your own lunch, snack, or beverages to enjoy immediately following the program, if you’d like. The business meeting will begin soon thereafter.

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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(Revised Program) Putting Your Garden to Bed for Winter with Ruth Gonzalez of Reems Creek Nursery—Tuesday, September 9, at 11:30 a.m.

We hope you will join
the Garden Club of Weaverville
for our September 2025 Meeting

Putting Your Garden to Bed for Winter with Ruth Gonzalez of Reems Creek Nursery

Tuesday, September 9, at 11:30 a.m.

In the Weaverville Community Center
[60 Lakeshore Drive, Albert Weaver Room]

Now that you’ve invested in your garden this spring, summer and early fall, how should you prepare your new (and established) trees, shrubs and perennials for winter? Ruth Gonzalez will discuss step-by-step the do’s and don’ts for winter garden care, including pruning, fertilization, mulching, and more!

About Ruth Gonzalez: Ruth grew up running a little wild in her family’s woods and has actively gardened since her college years. An artist, occasional garden designer, and an NC Certified Plant Professional, Ruth has worked at Reems Creek Nursery since 2003. Organic gardening, pollinator habitat, and the wonderment of nature are her passions. She is especially inspired by those gardening practices that nurture the planet and its creatures and that reignite our connection to beauty, delight, and all of nature.

All are welcome to attend. The garden club will not provide refreshments this month, but feel free to bring your own lunch, snack, or beverages to enjoy immediately following the program, if you’d like. The business meeting will begin soon thereafter.

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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Right Plant, Right Place—Tuesday, June 10, at 11:30 a.m.

We hope you will join
the Garden Club of Weaverville
for our June 2025 Meeting

Right Plant, Right Place

Tuesday, June 10, at 11:30 a.m.

In the Weaverville Community Center
[60 Lakeshore Drive, Albert Weaver Room]

Do you wonder if you’re making the right choices when you plant? Are you planting the right plant in the right place?

Gardens can change over time. And different weather patterns, soil conditions, and especially changing sunlight can create challenges and new opportunities, even in established gardens.  Come join Luke Owen, commercial horticulture agent for the N.C. Cooperative Extension’s Buncombe County Center, as he explores some of the important factors that can influence our decisions and help us find the right plant for the right place. 

Luke got his start in horticulture while growing up on his small family farm in Western North Carolina and selling plants at local farmers markets with his grandparents. Then he fed his passion by earning an associate degree in horticulture technology at Blue Ridge Community College and, later, undergraduate and master’s degrees in the horticultural science department at North Carolina State University. Luke has a diverse work experience in the industry, including ornamental breeding, hemp production, and greenhouse and arboriculture experience. In his current role with the extension office, he manages a wide variety of educational programming and interacts with local growers and green industry professionals.

All are welcome to attend. The garden club will not provide refreshments this month, but feel free to bring your own lunch, snack, or beverages to enjoy immediately following the program, if you’d like. The business meeting will begin soon thereafter.

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.