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,…
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Summer Potluck, 2025
The Organic Garden Club Food Freedom Summer Potluck was marvelous! The party was so fun, the food was organically superb, and the weather was perfect! We are Free to grow an Organic Food Garden! We are Free to Eat what we Grow! Our Production Vice President, Scott Horn, took this great picture at the Conejo…
Antonio Sanchez – “Native Plants”
At the Organic Garden Club meeting, Antonio Sanchez, native plant expert and manager of the Rancho Sierra Vista Nursery, told us about the best native plants for local gardens! He told great stories, kept us laughing, and inspired us to plant the right native plants in the right place. He has helped to revitalize the…
Earth Day
The Organic Garden Club has been participating in Thousand Oaks Earth Day for many years. Earth Day is about celebrating an organic way of life. Growing and eating food that heals our bodies as well as the soil, water, and air of our planet. Each decision we make, from what we buy to how we…
Santa Barbara Botanic Garden Tour
You can plant a meadow instead of a lawn! Native plants require no fertilizer, less water, and provide a variety of drought tolerant, lovely, easy to grow flowers for an attractive, easy to maintain front yard landscape! Because they have adapted to their environment and can tolerate drought, poor soil, and floods, they will take less…
Dr. David White – Living Compost
Dr. David White, the Soil Doctor from Ojai, talked to the Organic Garden Club about soil care, composting, compost extracts and actively aerated compost teas. He said to use microscopy to test the quality of compost. Healthy soil should look like chocolate cottage cheese. Rich organic garden soil is alive with microorganisms, mycorrhizae, worms, and…
Oxnard Native Plant Fest
The Oxnard Native Plant Fest was a great event with the Theodore Payne Foundation, Growing Works, Birdwatching, Lenny Kaufer’s Herb talk, the Wishtoyo Chumash Foundantion, and had lots of booths of local art, crafts, plant shops, and garden accessories. At the Oxnard Native Plant Fest, we visited the Santa Monica Mountain Fund booth. Rancho Sierra…
Adamson’s Garden at Malibu Lagoon
Organic Garden Club members enjoyed the ambiance of Malibu Lagoon and Surfrider’s Beach on the Adamson’s garden and house tour. Cool ocean breezes charged with antioxidant electricity that increases serotonin, relieving stress, and boosting energy. Suzanne, our docent, told us fascinating botanical and human history about this property, where the Chumash people lived for thousands…
Tour of the Japanese Gardens
Organic Garden Club members enjoyed visiting the Japanese Gardens, the Garden of Water and Fragrance, six and a half acres designed by Dr. Koichi Kawana at the Van Nuys Water Reclamation Plant. Our member, Jean Gutierrez, recalled being in his class on Japanese landscaping and architecture at UCLA in the 1970s. “Simplicity means the achievement…
California Native Plants and Pacific Coast Irises
The room was charged with happy gardeners at our Organic Garden Club meeting with Bob Sussman, owner of Matilija Nursery in Moorpark. He has been growing California native plants and Pacific Coast Irises at his nursery for years. Native plants have adapted to their environment and can tolerate drought, poor soil, and floods, and therefore…
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