Workshops
Flower Show Workshop
Petite Design - Dyanna Madro
Heritage Club House
Tuesday, April 23 at 12:30 p.m.
Cost is $20 and you pay when you sign up.
Don't miss this opportunity to learn from a Master Floral Designer and Judge.
Dyanna was last year's winningest designer at the San Diego Fair!
Even if you are not planning to enter a petite design in the show, you will learn principles
that apply to all floral designs and gain a new perspective on design elements.
Plus, you are guaranteed to have fun while doing it.
Multi-Craft Workshop
CAROL GUERARD & RUTH LOZANO
Gearing up for the November 14th Boutique
Monday, October 23,2023, at 1:00 p.m. at the Heritage Club House.
There will be a sign-up sheet at our October 10 meeting.
At this workshop we will be decorating candy jars, sentiment gift blocks, creating small decorative bird
nests and painting garden rocks, all for the boutique. You can work on one or all four. There is no
charge, but if you have a glue gun, wire cutters and/or scissors please bring them.
We could also use any leftover wrapping paper, ribbon or silk flowers you would like to donate.
Start going through your closets. We are looking for donations of:
• Any type of garden book.
• Unusual containers for plants and flowers. Not your typical FTD glass vase but more unique, such
as baskets, boxes, unusual vases.
• Beautiful Christmas Decor that you may have grown tired of.
If you could just bring your contributions to the Boutique rather than the meeting it will take care of the
problem of not having storage space. Please come early so we can get them displayed. If you unable
to attend the Boutique but have some donations, please contact either Carol Guerard or Ruth Lozano.
Iris Workshop
SUSAN PUMA
Tuesday, September 19, 2023 at 9 a.m. to 12:00 noon
Puma Pines Ranch
32600 Flight Way, Winchester
Come join the fun as we dig up, separate, and pot Susan Puma’s Iris for upcoming TVGC plant sales.
Bring gloves, clippers, garden shears, and black 1-gallon plastic pots, if you have them.
There will be a sign-up sheet at the September meeting.
Notecard Workshop
CAROL GUERARD & RUTH LOZANO
Thursday, September 28th, 2023, at 1:00 p.m.
Heritage Clubhouse
Each person will be making 2 sets of 4 cards plus folder (see photo),
one to keep and one for the November boutique.
The cost of the workshop is $15.00 payable at signup
and it will be limited to 10 people.
Spring 2023
Holiday Boutique Workshops
"Be an Angel" and make an angel for the Holiday Boutique.
Thursday, November 3
from 1:00 - 3:00
at the Heritage Club House
You're going to fall in love with these beautiful gold, silver or white deco-mesh holiday angels.
Be sure to sign up or contact Ruth Lozano or Ann Mousner.
Thursday, October 6 and October 20
10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Heritage Club House
The Ways & Means team needs a few happy and handy volunteers to join in the fun at the Holiday Boutique Workshops.
We will be making a variety of items to sell for the club at the boutique on November 15.
Nothing to bring but your crafty selves.
Fall Pumpkin Decorating Workshop
Thursday, September 29th, 2022
We are having a workshop at the Heritage Clubhouse, 31130 S. General Kearny Road, Temecula.
The cost is $10.00 per person and you will need to bring a pumpkin to decorate (of any size and color) and a glue gun if you have one.
Also, should you want to decorate it with succulents or something specific, feel free to bring it.
Otherwise, the decorations and decorating guidance will be provided.
If you didn’t sign up at the meeting but want to participate, please contact Ann Mousner or Ruth Lozano.
The first of TVGC’s Gardening Booklets is available for sale for $5 each.
The booklet lists trees that grow readily in the Temecula Valley, along with beautiful color photos,
and much information about each species and a location where you can see a real tree of each variety.
The second booklet on Shrubs for our area is available for $6 each.
These beautiful booklets make great gifts.
TVGC Educational Workshops 2020 - 2021
Chris Curtis & Janice Rosner, co-chairs
These educational workshops will be open to the public.
Thursday, November 18th
Zoom Meeting 10:00 am
Christine Curtis Hosting
"Drought Update and What it Means to Us"
Guest Speaker, UCCE Master Gardener Celeste Cantú
Celeste Cantú is chair of San Diego Regional Water Quality Control Board.
She volunteers on the boards and advisory councils for the Water Foundation,
Water Education Foundation, and UC ANR President’s Commission,
and she is a UCCE Master Gardener in Riverside County.
She holds a master’s in public administration from Harvard’s Kennedy School
of Government and a BA in urban planning
.
Thursday, January 27, 2022
Christine Curtis Hosting Zoom Meeting 10:00 am
Guest Speaker, Naturalist, Michele Felix-Derbarmdiker
The Power of Pollinators
Thursday, March 24, 2022
Christine Curtis Hosting Zoom Meeting 10:00 am
Guest Speaker,TBA
Tree Care
Proper pruning, watering and replacement trees.
These Workshops will be held via Zoom, with more information to follow via email.
For those of you who have not used Zoom, we want you
to know that you do not need to have an app on your phone or computer.
We will send you a link in an e-mail and all you have to do is click
on the link to join the session.
TVGC Educational Workshops 2019 - 2020
Chris Curtis & Janice Rosner, co-chairs
November 14th - Why Garden for Wildlife. UCCE Master Gardener, Linda Powell.
How to start a habitat garden, natural garden guidelines, pollinator gardens, butterflies and host plants,
thinking beyond birds and butterflies, invasive plants, and the principals of wildlife certification.
There will be a free opportunity drawing. $5.00 fee for materials.
January 23rd - How to Create and Maintain a Garden Journal. UCCE Master Gardener, Linda Powell.
What is a garden journal, why keep a journal, what to record, types of journals, children/school garden journals,
steps to get started, equipment?
Each participant will receive a starter packet of items to begin their garden journal.
$10.00 fee for materials. Free opportunity drawing. (journal related items)
11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
February 8th (Saturday) - How to Prune and Propagate those roses you love!
Hosted by Temecula Valley Rose Society at Rose Haven Heritage Garden,
30592 Jedediah Smith Rd.,Temecula, Ca 92592
A Rosarian will speak and provide a demonstration on proper care and pruning of your roses.
10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. There is no charge.
Cancelled Classic Drought Tolerant Herbs, Sensory Identification.
UCCE Master Gardener Chris Curtis and UCCE Master Gardener Janice Rosner.
Pass through history with us as we explore the world of culinary and medicinal usages.
We will explore the history of Mediterranean drought tolerant herbs,
including growing methods and their use in the culinary world
and some medicinal uses of these herbs.
There will be hands on sensory exploration, including tasting food and drink flavored with herbs,
and you will learn how to create your own sensory garden of herbs.
$10.00 fee for materials. Free opportunity drawing.
11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Workshops from 2018-19
Fairy Gardens
Thursday, March 21
Marlene Voll will be leading the workshop. There is no charge for attending, but you
must bring your own supplies. These should include some kind of container filled with
garden soil, and any items and plants you'd like for the garden.
The Mini Succulent Wheelbarrow
May 22, 2019
Led by Sheri Whitton
Fall 2018
DIY Decorative Features for Nurturing Birds, Native Bees
and Butterflies (and an occasional toad) in Our Gardens
Led by Susan Puma
Paint and Sip
May 2018
2016-17
Repurposed Glass Flower Garden Stakes
October & January
Led by Wayne & Chong Hansom
Beaded Wind Chimes
March
Led by Carol Hudson & Susan Puma
Designs with Succulents
Led by Carol Hudson & Susan Puma
2015-16
The Art of Kokedama
October
Bird Feeders
January
Flowers, Cards and Gifts Using Card Stock and Stamps
February
Garden Art
April