Upcoming Events
Club meeting: Vegetable gardening with Anne Neilson
Vegetable gardening with SVGC member and Master Gardener Anne Neilson.
Room opens at 6:15pm for socializing.
Please remember to bring your badge.
Garden Chat
Garden Chat is a casual get together for SVGC members and their friends to discuss all topics about gardening.
Whatever you need help with: shrubs, trees, edible plants, perennials, annuals, problems, solutions, ideas, gardens to visit, tools, books, videos, websites, etc., we're here to discuss, offer support and solutions. We'll have a different experienced gardener from our membership join us at the Mt. Si Senior Center each month to offer advice. Coffee & Tea available, provided by the Senior Center.
Encompass Sensory Garden maintenance
Let’s garden together! Bring your favority gardening tools to the entrance at the back of Encompass.
Plants You Cannot Kill with Marianne Binetti
Join the Snoqualmie Valley Garden Club in giving a warm welcome to Gardening Expert, Author & Speaker Marianne Binetti as she shares her expert gardening wisdom with our community!
MARIANNE BINETTI is a northwest horticultural expert: Marianne has a degree in horticulture from Washington State University and writes a syndicated gardening column that runs in over a dozen newspapers each week including the The Tacoma News Tribune (Sundays) and The Daily Olympian (Saturdays). She has also written or co-written 10 gardening books including "Easy Answers for Great Gardens" and her latest book "Edible Gardening for Washington and Oregon" She lectures and gives seminars on a variety of topics, has appeared on HGTV and hosts radio and TV programs. Marianne leads garden tours around the world with her husband Joe. She lives and gardens on two acres in Enumclaw, near Seattle, Washington.
The Snoqualmie Valley Garden Club proudly presents our Second Annual Cultivating Conversations: Speakers of Note, a special fundraising event dedicated to supporting Mt Si High School students. All ticket sales and donations go directly toward senior scholarships for Mount Si High School, ensuring that funds stay within the Snoqualmie Valley.
This annual event is our way of connecting with the greater community—bringing people together for an afternoon of learning, inspiration, and fun. It also showcases our thriving club, which welcomes gardeners of all interests and experience levels with a wide range of activities throughout the year.
Board Meeting
Snoqualmie Fire Station ~ 37600 SE Snoqualmie Pkwy, Snoqualmie, WA 98065
All members are welcome, but verify with a board member as time/location may change.
Native Plant and Dahlia Tuber Sale
Details coming soon … watch for the club newsletter!
Garden Chat
Garden Chat is a casual get together for SVGC members and their friends to discuss all topics about gardening.
Whatever you need help with: shrubs, trees, edible plants, perennials, annuals, problems, solutions, ideas, gardens to visit, tools, books, videos, websites, etc., we're here to discuss, offer support and solutions. We'll have a different experienced gardener from our membership join us at North Bend Arts & Industry each month to offer advice.
Plant Exchange
Parking lot plant exchange at Encompass. Watch the club website and newsletter for more details.
Garden Chat
Garden Chat is a casual get together for SVGC members and their friends to discuss all topics about gardening.
Whatever you need help with: shrubs, trees, edible plants, perennials, annuals, problems, solutions, ideas, gardens to visit, tools, books, videos, websites, etc., we're here to discuss, offer support and solutions. We'll have a different experienced gardener from our membership join us at North Bend Arts & Industry each month to offer advice.
Garden Chat
Garden Chat is a new, monthly, casual get together for SVGC members and their friends to discuss all topics about gardening.
Whatever you need help with: shrubs, trees, edible plants, perennials, annuals, problems, solutions, ideas, gardens to visit, tools, books, videos, websites, etc., we're here to discuss, offer support and solutions. We'll have a different experienced gardener from our membership join us at the North Bend Senior Center each month to offer advice. Coffee & Tea available, provided by the Senior Center.
Plants & The Snoqualmie Worldview: A Deeper Connection to Nature
Join us for a fascinating talk with Greg Watson, an expert in archaeology and historic preservation, as he explores the deep connection between the Snoqualmie Tribe and the natural world.
#SnoqualmieValley #LocalHistory #IndigenousKnowledge #NatureCalendar #CommunityEvent
Garden Chat
Garden Chat is a new, monthly, casual get together for SVGC members and their friends to discuss all topics about gardening.
Whatever you need help with: shrubs, trees, edible plants, perennials, annuals, problems, solutions, ideas, gardens to visit, tools, books, videos, websites, etc., we're here to discuss, offer support and solutions. We'll have a different experienced gardener from our membership join us at the North Bend Senior Center each month to offer advice. Coffee & Tea available, provided by the Senior Center.
Landscaping with Native Plants
Landscaping with Native Plants
by Julie O'Donald
Break out of the winter doldrums for a visit to the beauty of summer landscapes that attract birds and pollinators. Learn the fine points of creating a beautiful garden by integrating native plants into garden landscapes. Join us as we gain tips on choosing native plants that will give your landscape a sense of place and ease of maintenance.
Julie O'Donald is a Community Wildlife Habitat Steward and Master Gardener with over 35 years of experience creating wildlife friendly gardens. She has focused on the use of native plants integrated with ornamentals to attract butterflies and pollinators. Julie's garden has been featured in Pacific Horticulture and The Butterfly Gardener magazines, as well as the book, Butterfly Gardening: The North American Butterfly Association Guide, 2018. Active in educational community outreach, Julie volunteers for the Washington Native Plant Society, the Washington Butterfly Association, Kruckeberg Botanic Garden, and the National Wildlife Federation.
PLEASE NOTE: This will be a Zoom presentation that we will watch together at Encompass Conference Room in real time. Julie will answer questions after her presentation. We hope to record it and make it available to members only through a link on our website for 2 weeks after the talk for those unable to attend or that would like to watch it again.
Winter Party
Winter Party
and Dessert Auction
Mt. Si Senior Center
411 Main Ave S, North Bend, WA 98045
November Meeting
Wine Bottle Windchime Workshop with Sue Beauvais
WE HAVE OPENINGS
FOR NON ~MEMBERS
Make-Your-Own Wine Bottle Wind Chime Workshop
with Sue Beauvais
Here's how it works.
Sign up, then just show up! All supplies and instructions you need are provided in the $20.00* cost to make 1 bottle windchime. This includes a wine bottle (probably green) and all chains and beads to complete the project.
Member cost is $15.00, with current member code at checkout.
You may also bring any beads you'd like to use for the project. Just be sure they have a hole drilled thru them so they can be strung.
TIP: Check out the wine shops and Amazon for colored and unique bottles. Hobby Lobby has great sales on inexpensive beads. Sue will have everything you need ready to make your windchime and leave with a finished project.
We meet from 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Encompass Child Development Center ~ Conference Room
9050 384th Ave SE, Snoqualmie, WA 98065
Board Meeting - please note location change
DIFFERENT LOCATION - POLICE STATION ON SNOQUALMIE RIGDE - ACROSS THE STREET FROM SAFEWAY GAS STATION
Oaktoberfest
This is the second annual OAKTOBERFEST ~ Celebrating a healthy ecosystem by planting 🌿 native trees and plants. SVGC Members will be there to help out.
October Meeting
Creepy Crawlers & Winged Invaders
Beat the murder hornets and other invaders—learn how to protect your garden before it's too late!
We meet from 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Encompass Child Development Center ~ Conference Room
9050 384th Ave SE, Snoqualmie, WA 98065
Guests are welcome with a suggested donation of $5.00; members can attend for free.
Join SVGC & expert , Cassie Cichorz, she works for the Washington State Department of Agriculture in the Plant Protection Division under the Pest Management Program.
Learn how you can help detect, prevent the spread, and protect your garden from invasive species.
DOOR PRIZES
Annual Business Meeting
Please attend, this is an important meeting. Refreshments will be provided.
Come for the food ~ Stay for the Fun.
Financial Report ~ By-Laws Update ~ State of the Club Report
Elections: of new Leadership & Board Members
Garden Tour
Join us for the Second Annual SVGC Progressive Dinner & Garden Tour on Saturday, August 31, 2024, from 3:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Details and addresses are in the signup form.
Seed Exhange
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