Get lost in Nature and you will find yourself! Plant an organic edible garden! Learn to cook with the fruits and veggies you grow! Have a potluck with friends and neighbors in your garden! Fresh picked, organic produce has more nutritional value, is more colorful, smells better, has a better texture, and is tastier than…
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Harvest your Garden Year Round
To cultivate success in your garden harvest something the first thing every morning. Cut and come again crops, like lettuces, herbs, and chard, can be harvested year round, cutting only the outer, mature leaves and leaving the rest of the plant to continue to grow. Watching your veggies get to the right size, color, and…
Food Sovereignty and the Vital role of Fermentation
At our Organic Garden Club meeting, members loved the fun fermenting presentation by Michele Lopez! Michelle is a well known Ojai biologist who ferments for the human microbiome. Her company, Wild at Heart, offers a diversity of wild-crafted probiotics, sourced from organic local farms, like Earthtrine Farms, Frecker Farm, and Steve Sprinkle’s Rancho Del Pueblo…
Dr. David White “The Soil Doctor at Local Schools”
At the Organic Garden Club Meeting, Dr. David White, the Soil Doctor from Ojai, talked about soil care, composting, compost extracts and actively aerated compost teas and his adventures with students composting at local schools with his Once Upon a Watershed program.
California Garden Clubs Channel Island District Luncheon
Our California Garden Clubs Channel Island District Director and the Organic Garden Club of Ventura County’s founding President, Darcey Lober, gave the seven Garden Clubs attending the Luncheon at Buca di Beppo Restaurant in Thousand Oaks updates from the recent California Garden Club Convention that she went to in San Diego. The theme of the…
Alan Tratner – “Green 2 Gold – The Green Economy”
We kicked off EARTH MONTH with Alan Tratner, who helped establish the First Earth Day. Professor Alan Tratner organized the Los Angeles and Santa Barbara events on April 22, 1970 to start the Earth Day Movement. He then participated and contributed to the First International United Nations Conference on the Human Environment, in Stockholm, Sweden…
Native Plantapalooza
The Organic Garden Club Booth was a big hit at the Native Plantapalooza at Thousand Oaks Conejo Creek North Park! The event was sponsored by the Conejo Open Space Foundation. We had a fabulous time sharing with community members about growing backyard organic fruits, veggies, and native plants for sustainability. To prepare for the Native Plantapalooza,…
Let’s Get Figgy – Fig Tasting
Our Let’s Get Figgy Club Meeting was so fun and yummy! Paul Talley, CA Rare Fruit Grower and Organic Garden Club member, is a longtime fruit expert having over 50 varieties of figs in his Simi Valley backyard orchard. He is constantly starting new cuttings and experimenting with different varieties with his in pot and…
Mulberry Lane Farm in Somis, CA
Organic Garden Club members had a fabulous, feel good day with Karen Meir touring Mulberry Lane Farm! Gardening is therapeutic. Karen explained how working in the orchard and gardens improves the lives of two of her sons and their special needs adult classmates with down syndrome. The act of tending to living plants reduces stress,…
Organic AZ Ranch and Nursery
Organic Garden Club members learned so much at AZ-Ranch organic farm in Agoura, California from farmer Alex Zadeh and his folks. We tasted organic malabar spinach, leek greens, various mint and basil varieties, Meyer lemon water, and blackberries. For several years, Alex has organically raised ducks and used their manure to make his unique soil…
Organic Garden Club of Ventura County 