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.
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.
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.
We hope you will join the Garden Club of Weaverville for our April 2025 Meeting
Rain Gardens: “Plant the Rain” for Resilient Landscapes
Tuesday, April 8, at 11:30 a.m.
In the Weaverville Community Center [60 Lakeshore Drive, Albert Weaver Room]
Our region is experiencing extreme weather events more frequently, from micro-droughts to downpours. What is a gardener to do?Join RiverLink’s Director of Programs Renee Fortner to learn about “planting the rain”—that is, incorporating a rain garden—to create beautiful and resilient landscapes in the time of a changing climate.
Renee will discuss how to harness the rain that lands on your roof and keep it onsite where it can nourish your plants and recharge groundwater. Not only does this practice conserve potable water and build resilience against drought, but it also prevents polluted runoff from reaching our local streams.
Renee holds a Master of Science in Biology and professional certificates in both stormwater BMP inspection and maintenance and residential rain garden design. As an avid river paddler, naturalist, and home gardener, she is continually reminded of how the environment around us and, thus, our daily lives are affected by access to clean, abundant water. Through her position at RiverLink, she works with communities and local governments to collaboratively address water-related issues across the French Broad River Watershed.
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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