January LC Garden Club Meeting

The League City Garden Club will meet on Wednesday, January 9, at the Johnnie Arolfo Civic Center, 400 W. Walker St., League City. The guest speaker will be Mary Anne Weber, Houston Audubon education director. Mary Anne will be speaking about the HAS Bird-Friendly Communities Program, which increases awareness about urban birds, promotes habitat preservation and restoration in Houston and creates a better city overall for wildlife and for people. Please join us: 10:00am Social 10:30am Program

December LC Garden Club meeting

We will be having our holiday party/potluck on December 12th. Bring your pot luck dish complete with with recipe and serving utensils. There will be a gift exchange. If you want to participate, the price range on a gift is $20 -$25. You must bring a wrapped gift to get a gift, guests included. Wishing you Happy Holidays!

November LC Garden Club Meeting

The League City Garden Club will meet on Wednesday, November 14, 2018 in the Johnnie Arolfo Civic Center, 400 W. Walker St., League City. Please join us for 10:00 am Social, followed by our program at 10:30 am.

The topic will be Best Watering Practices. Our guest speaker, Karolyn Gephart, is a Galveston County Master Gardener and an active member of the Heritage Gardeners of Friendswood. Retired from Friendswood ISD where she was the Director of Communications, Karolyn is now a reporter for the Reporter News in Friendswood, Pearland and Manvel. Originally from Texas City where she taught Journalism at TCHS, she and her husband, Joe, live in Friendswood.

October LC Garden Club meeting

The League City Garden Club will hold its next meeting on Wednesday, October 10, 2018 in the Johnnie Arolfo Civic Center, 400 W. Walker St., League City. 

Please join us for 10:00 am social, followed by our guest speaker, Camille Goodwin, will present a program entitled 'All About Bulbs'. Camille is a retired NASA program analyst who became a Galveston County Master Gardener in 2008 and leads the bulb selection and sales for the Galveston County Master Gardener plant sale.

Gardens Galore - 2018 Garden Walk

League City Garden club announces their 8th Annual Garden Walk "Moving on With Friends and Family".

Saturday September 22, 2018 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.

Ticket costs are $15 and are available at Nana's Attic, 501 E. Main St., Founder's Square and Gripon Gardens at Lynn's, Inc., 2060 Pecan Orchard Rd, both in League City.  Maps are included.  In addition, tickets can be purchased from any garden club member.

2018 Garden Walk Flyer

Craft/Plant Sale

It was decided we will be having a craft and plant sale the day of our Garden Walk (Sept 22nd).
We will also be raffling off a wagon filled with garden items.  However, we need your help!

For the wagon, we still need items.  Some suggestions are:
Plant identifying stakes
Small bag of bird food
Decorative lights (small lights on strings or to place in beds/lawns)
Small garden flag (s)
Gardening gloves
Gardening Hat
Sheppard's hooks
Fall Decorations
Gift cards from Home Depot, Lowes, Maas Nursery, or anything garden related
New Pots

Contact Kris Murphy at 281-723-0911

We also need plants and crafts for the sale.  The focus will be on the more unusual plants and crafts.  Plants that are not easily acquired are preferred; not the common plants such as spider or asparagus ferns.  Holiday or sports themed crafts sell well.  Contact Judy Anderson or Judith Taub if you have plants or crafts to donate.

New daffodil promotion

National Garden Clubs (NGC) has selected a new daffodil cultivar.

It has been registered with the Royal Horticultural Society as N. ‘Plant America’.  Brent and Becky’s Bulbs will donate a percentage of the sales to the PLANT AMERICA Community Project Grants Fund.

This bulb will be available for purchase exclusively by NGC members for three years before it goes on sale to the public.  There is a LIMITED amount of stock available for purchase this fall, as is typical in the first year of a new cultivar.  For the second and third years, the number of bulbs available will be much larger.

N. ‘Plant America’ can be ordered starting today by phone or email from Brent and Becky’s Bulbs using the order form that is available on their website.
Quantities are limited.

Summer luncheon reminder

Reminder Wednesday, July 11th at 11am is our summer luncheon at the Red River BBQ in League City.

This will be a self-pay function.  We will meet in the private room. The Summer Luncheon is important because it is the kickoff for the Fall Garden Walk (September 22, 2018).  Tickets will be available to pick up so you can sell them.

We will also be filling in the Garden Walk docent roster.

Hope to see you there!

We are pleased to announce the League City Garden Club 2018 Scholarship winner is Hadley Lowery, a senior at Clear Springs High School.  Hadley is headed to Texas Tech to study Environmental Engineering.  We can’t wait to see her bloom!  Congratulations Hadley!

Our club has awarded over $31,000 in scholarships to 17 graduating seniors since we began handing out scholarships in 1985.

Pictured left to right is Judy Anderson, LCGC Vice President, Hadley Lowery, and Linda Garren-McKillip, LCGC President.

Summer Luncheon

Please join us for the summer luncheon on Wednesday, July 11th at the Red River BBQ in League City at 11am.

This will be a self-pay function.  We will meet in the private room. The Summer Luncheon is important because it is the kickoff for the Fall Garden Walk (September 22, 2018).  Tickets will be available to pick up so you can sell them.

We will also be filling in the Garden Walk docent roster.

Hope to see you there!

Final year end meeting

The final year end meeting (May) for LCGC will be a private gathering at a member's home.
LCGC takes a break from their monthly meetings during the summer months. 

Please check back for information on our Summer Luncheon which will be Wednesday, July 11, 2018.

We will resume our regular meetings in September 2018.

April 11th Meeting - Field Trip

Our next meeting will be held at the Environmental Institute of Houston at UHCL located at 2700 Bay Area Blvd., Houston, Texas.  Please note the change in venue!   

We will learn about water conservation and tour the rain garden, butterfly garden and wetlands area at the Institute

You may want to join a carpool to drive to UHCL.  

Click here to learn more about the field trip.

Annual memberships are due

It's time to renew your League City Garden Club membership.  You can turn in your form at the meeting this week or mail in your yearly membership dues of $30.00 to:

League City Garden Club
P.O. Box 1273
League City, TX 77574

Click here for Membership Form

We are happy to announce the League City Garden Club is offering a scholarship to a graduating senior. If you know someone, please help us spread the word.

League City Garden Club is pleased to announce the offering of a scholarship to one graduating Senior from one of the following schools: Clear Creek High, Clear Falls, or Clear Springs. In order to apply for this scholarship, the student must be pursuing a college major in one of the following fields: horticultural sciences, landscape architecture, environmental sciences, agriculture, plants and animals, forestry, urban design, marine biology, water conversation, botany, ornithology or other related fields. The scholarship application is attached here

March 14, 2018 Meeting

Barbara Lyons will be presenting a program on Vegetable Gardening. Barbara is a Galveston County Master Gardener with a Specialist Certification as a Vegetable Gardener. Read more about the presentation here. 10 a.m. social gathering, 10:30 a.m. presentation. We meet at the Johnnie Arolfo Civic Center, 400 West Walker Street in League City.

February 14, 2018 Meeting

Robin Stone Collins will present a program called "Using Hypertufa in the Garden". 10 a.m. social gathering, 10:30 a.m. presentation. We meet at the Johnnie Arolfo Civic Center, 400 West Walker Street in League City.

Master Gardner Spring Plant Sale

It's chilly now, but it won't be long before spring is here. Don't miss this popular sale on February 17th. Click here for more information