Tag: Gardeners

Festive Seasonal Plants

Bonnie Nowicki Our local stores and garden centers are filled with colorful chrysanthemums (a plant of the daisy family), sunflowers, and stacks of pumpkins and unique gourds. You can indulge your creative nature and design a terrific table-top centerpiece using this selection, plus some tree leaves and greenery. Or for a change of pace, you…

On-The-Go in the Garden

Carol Michels The Women of Quail Creek’s On-The-Go Group recently enjoyed a visit to the Master Gardener Pima County Cooperative Extension facility in Green Valley. Jennie Gaines and Carol Michels hosted this fabulous event. We had many questions answered about our desert plants, flowers, and vegetables. This was particularly helpful to those who were not…

Desert Meadows Park Donations

Dear Fellow Quail Creek Homeowners, I’m sure many of you are familiar with Desert Meadows Park in Green Valley, but you may not know that the park is maintained by the Green Valley Gardeners and is open to the public without charge. Club volunteers have been working (more than 1,000 hours to date) to create an…