What if commercial buildings, offices, shopping plazas, medical facilities, and suburban yards planted native plants, that are food and shelter for beneficial insects, hummingbirds, bees, butterflies, and birds instead of lawns or cement? Native plants can tolerate drought, poor soil, and floods! Pollinators increase our food supply! Organic Garden Club members spoke to the community…
Tag: Organic Gardening
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…
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…
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…
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…
Members Fruit and Veggie Garden Tour, June 14, 2025
The Organic Garden Club has a mission to inspire you to grow an Organic Food Garden where you live. Our Members Fruit and Veggie Garden Tour did just that! Thanks to our hosts Francis and Kim, Sue, Michael, and William! Twenty eight of us had a great day, each sharing tips and discoveries from our…
