The Bridgeland Garden Club (BGC) meets on the first Wednesday of every month at the Lakeland Activity Center. We usually meet at 9:30 a.m. for a quick business meeting, and then by 10:00 a.m. we head out for a fun field trip and lunch. Our 2010 calendar is posted under “Community Events” on www.bridgelandlife.com. This group is open to both men and women, and is for anyone with an avid interest in gardening or just wanting to learn how to develop a greener thumb. New faces are always welcome. If you’d like to join us, please e-mail your contact information to bridgelandgardenclub@gmail.com.
Below are three special events the BGC is hosting in 2010:
Bridgeland Garden Club 2010 Calendar:
Wednesday, January 6: Tour The Arbor Gate in Tomball, TX.
Wednesday, February 3: Tour Brookwood Community Gardens in Brookshire, TX.
Please meet in front of the Lakeland Activity Center by 8:00 a.m. SHARP to carpool.
Wednesday, March 3: Crepe Myrtle pruning seminar.
Saturday, March 6: Crepe Myrtle pruning seminar.
Wednesday, April 7: Container Planting and Spring into Summer seasonal color seminars, and Bridgeland residential garden tours.
Saturday, April 10: Container Planting and Spring into Summer seasonal color seminars. Tour local nursery.
Wednesday, May 5: Tour Rienzi Gardens in Houston, TX.
Club is adjourned for summer.
Wednesday, September 1: Welcome Back potluck, and Bridgeland residential garden tours.
Wednesday, October 6: Tour three fabulous local nurseries in the Houston Heights.
Bridgeland Fall Festival: Fall into Spring planting seasonal color information will be made available at our table.
Wednesday, November 3: Tour the Antique Rose Emporium in Brenham, TX.
Wednesday, December 1: Tour Martha’s Bloomers in Navasota, TX.
Gardening Tips
REVIVAL TIPS FOR THE CARE AND PRUNING OF PALM TREES
Advice from Randy Lemmon, from the Cy-Fair Home & Garden Show
This procedure includes Sago palms, Pigmy palms, Fan palms, Queen Palms, and all other palms.
After a hard freeze (palm branches turn brown), wait until new fronds appear to trim any brown branches from tree. The reason is that the plant energy has been flowing to the dead branches and to trim them from the tree redirects the energy to the new fronds and causes them to grow faster, twisting, and becoming deformed. To prevent this, as each set of new fronds grows out, trim another set of dead fronds from the tree. Continue this procedure until all the dead fronds are removed.
Fertilize all palms every other month with palm tree fertilizer. (A fast-acting palm food brand is Nutri Star.) Punch holes around the tree and place fertilizer into the holes and water in.
**Note- please refer to the approved plant list, in the Modification Design Guidelines, for approved palm tree types and their permitted locations.
