Livermore-Amador Valley Garden Club (LAVGC) is a non-profit educational service organization affiliated with California Garden Clubs, Inc. serving the Tri-Valley Area: Dublin, Livermore, Pleasanton, San Ramon and Sunol.

LAVGC Vision: Gardening for fun and purpose while working together to share knowledge and promote environmental responsibility.

LAVGC Mission: Encourage interest in all phases of home gardening; Promote better horticultural practices; Promote civic beauty; Promote conservation of natural resources.

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LAVGC offers special interest groups and workshops on a variety of related subjects.

Different special interest groups include Edible Gardening, Floral Design, Garden Tours and Seed Sharing.

Members take tours to see outstanding gardens, nurseries and to attend horticultural events. Members also perform community service locally and nationally.

LAVGC meets the second Thursday of September through June at Alisal Elementary School in Pleasanton.

LAVGC Speakers: past and future

2019 Plant Sale - Saturday, April 6, 2019

We hope that you are continuing to nurture the plants you have already propagated for the Plant Sale on Saturday April 6. You can still divide up perennials for the sale. If you have the facilities, it is time to begin sowing seeds of vegetables and herbs indoors (or in a greenhouse or a protected cloche), particularly those that require a longer growing period. Some cool season annual seeds can also be started if you have the facilities. Fluorescent light set-ups are superb for indoor seed staring.

As usual, we will have a supply of plastic pots available at the January meeting. Also, we will have plant identification labels. Please take what you need.

We will hold a meeting of the Plant Sale Organizing Committee on Tuesday, January 15, at the Livermore Public Library from 6:45 to 8:45 PM. Agendas will be sent to the committee members beforehand.

Please contact the Plant Sale Chairmen Bill Tallon and Daniel McCright, if you have questions about the plant sale. See the LAVGC Yearbook for their additional contact information.

A note on "aggressive plants". We will not sell a plant species that would be invasive or harmful to the environment, such as Pampas Grass or Water Hyacinth. These are plants that have escaped from cultivated gardens into the wild where they crowd out native plants. If you remember, we had a speaker last year who talked about this subject. However, we do sell on occasion plants that will spread in the garden unless controlled, and we urge you to indicate this trait if you offer plants of this nature. Examples would include mint plants. These are sold by commercial nurseries, as indeed mint is a useful herb and many people like to have a "mint patch". The trouble is that, if left to its own devises, the mint patch will take much more space than originally allocated. An example of an aggressive ornamental plant is the Mexican Evening Primrose. Once again, this plant is sold by commercial nurseries. It grows in hot, dry places and is useful because it thrives where many other plants fail and bears attractive pink flowers over a long season. It is often included in lists of drought-resistant plants. However, it does spread by seeds and underground runners and will colonize a large area if not curbed.

We do urge you to be truthful about the plants you are offering for sale. Many of our customers want plants that will prosper in difficult areas, while others want more refined plantings with careful allocation of spacing. When appropriate, please indicate on the plant identification label the plant's proliferation habits to inform our customers. Forewarned is forearmed!

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