TVGC Activities for January 2025

Tuesday, January 14, 2025, 9:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

General Membership Meeting

Temecula Community Center

28816 Pujol Street

Temecula, CA 92590

Guests are always welcome

Program: Madagascar Flora and Fauna

Speaker: Kelly Griffin

Kelly is a succulent plant hybridizer, propagator and avid plant explorer. Like many of us, his interest in plants and particular succulent plants, started at a very young age. Since his early exposure, that interest has turned into a lifetime passion. Kelly has traveled to 20+ countries searching for plants, visiting Madagascar 5 times, South Africa 5 times and Mexico 25 plus times. He worked as the Curator of Succulent Plants at Rancho Soledad Nursery for 11 years and for the past 12 years he has been working for Altman’s Plants as Succulent Plant Development Manager.

He has become well-known for his hybridizing and has created over 100 succulent hybrids now in the trade, including Aloes, Agaves and Echeverias. His specialty that he is probably most known for are his Aloe hybrids but also Agave hybrids as well (Blue Glow, Snow Glow, Cubic, Black and Blue, Lions Mane, Dragon Toes, Spawn, and Crème Brûlée to name just a few of the cultivars).

Kelly will focus on the plants of Madagascar along with the strange and wonderful wildlife encountered along the way. The plants there are under tremendous pressure from climate change and other encroachments like land use (agriculture, farming and housing), but he will focus mostly on the beauty of the nature there which is utterly astounding. There are some unique and unusual plants in Madagascar, and many can be grown in our gardens here in the southwest. He will bring some small nursery propagated plants for sale along with his newly released book “Dudleyas” for purchase and signing.

Kate Ensign handles the Grow It and Give It program and delivers our donations each month

to the Murrieta United Methodist Church Food Pantry.

So, please check your pantry for any extra canned or packaged food and bring it to the meeting.

Trips and Tours for Members

Our next trip is in February to the Olive Hill Greenhouse, 1990 Green Canyon Rd. in Fallbrook.

This is a fascinating tour of a commercial greenhouse, with development history and inventive processes.

Lunch will follow the tour at Garden Center Cafe in Fallbrook.

See pictures on Trips and Tours page.

CGCI Floral Design Forum

For more details, go to the Palomar District page.

Let Ruth Lozano know if you want to attend.

If you wish to join TVGC, go to the Membership page and download the application form.

The first three of TVGC’s Garden Guide Booklets are available for sale for $5 each.

The first 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 is on Shrubs for our area, and the third is about Succulents.

These beautiful booklets make great gifts.

Tree Care

This is from a past Master Gardener Workshop. This and more can be found at:

https://www.wmwd.com/539/Master-Gardener-Workshops

June 11, 2022

Speaker: John Huddleston, Owner, Precision Tree Experts

Trees are valuable! Did you know that a healthy and well-placed tree with a good structure could be worth tens of thousands of dollars...sometimes hundreds of thousands?! And think about the wildlife, aesthetics, and shade trees bring to the landscape. According to the study, the right amount of tree cover can lower summer daytime temperatures by as much as 10 degrees Fahrenheit. Let's discuss how to keep our trees healthy in this drought period and beyond.

Workshop Handouts: Practical guide to tree trimming | Waterwise tree care

Workshop Replay

Riverside County Master Gardeners

Here is the link to their website, which contains a huge amount of information and links to other resources:

https://ucanr.edu/sites/RiversideMG/

They also have a Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ucmgriversidecounty/

The West County Events e-Blast is published monthly by the UC Master Gardeners of Riverside County.
Articles highlight upcoming events of Master Gardener Volunteers throughout the western and southern areas of Riverside County.

Great info on MG Training Classes AND Home Gardening Basics

Click on the following link to take you to the archives,
and if you are interested, you can register to receive the e-Blast monthly via your email:

https://ucanr.edu/sites/RiversideMG/News/West_e-Blast/

The Master Gardener e-Blast and website includes information on websites and videos of interest to gardeners,
and garden tips for the current month.

Classes, workshops, schedule of Master Gardeners at Farmers' Markets, and more.

Master Gardener Workshops

Western Municipal Water District partners with the University of California, Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources,

University of California Cooperative Extension (UCCE) Master Gardener Program of Riverside County

to host FREE monthly workshops that focus on gardening and efficient outdoor water use.

Workshops are hosted on the second Saturday of each month.

Many of the past presentations can be replayed from the website:
https://www.wmwd.com/539/Master-Gardener-Workshops

March 10, 2023

Speaker: Kathy Steckman

Home Composting — Build a five-star hotel for your worms!

For a replay of this workshop, click on this link: https://youtu.be/6ciBwfO_cA4

Vermicompost has a number of benefits.

Learn the ins and outs of home composting and what an enormous difference it can make in your own home garden.

Healthy soil holds more water than a nutrient deficient soil.

This is an easy money and water-saving practice available to all.

Learn how to create and maintain your own five-star hotel for worms and many other beneficial bugs.

Upcoming Events at Temecula Valley Rose Society

TVRS Monthly Member Program

Date: Third Thursday of the Month, Time: 10:00 a.m.

Place: Temecula Library, Community Room, 30600 Pauba Rd., Temecula

(note: there may be an occasional change)

Refreshments and socializing start at 10am and our program will start at 10:30 a.m.

Guests are welcome!

Please check out our Newsletter at our website for more information about this month's Member Meeting
and for monthly tips and features on roses, as well as
Frank Brines’, Master Consulting Rosarian, monthly column, ”Rose Care FUNdamentals”
at https://www.temeculavalleyrosesociety.org/