Wednesday, Feb 8, 2012, 7:00 p.m., “Easy Perennials: Some You Can Even Start From Seed!”

January 25, 2012

rudbeckia.jpgPresented by Cathie Schroeder

Have fun and save money growing colorful perennials from seed. Perennials
are an easy way to add color, form and texture to the landscape. Many of the colorful perennials that are so successful in our gardens are quite easy to start from seed. “Easy Perennials” will focus on high impact perennials that don’t require high input (water, fertilizer, pesticides and time) and simple seed starting techniques that will help you start or add to your own colorful garden. Cathie has been a Colorado Master Gardener and has spent several years working at the Colorado Springs Utilities Xeriscape Demonstration Garden.

Free to all at the East Library, 5550 E. Union Blvd.

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Wednesday, Jan 4, 2012, 7:00 p.m., “Historical and Whimsical Facts about Some Common Vegetables”

January 3, 2012

scarletnantes.pngPresented by Larry Stebbins, Pikes Peak Urban Gardens

In what has become a tradition, Larry Stebbins, the pied piper of vegetables in Colorado Springs, will present our January library lecture. Come hear how Queen Elizabeth I almost poisoned her guests by serving the wrong part of a vegetable. Learn what color carrots were three hundred years ago. Do you know what vegetable was found in Montezuma’s garden in 1519 by the invading Spaniards? All of this and more will be included in this light-hearted but informative presentation. It will be a guaranteed good time for fun and old alike.

Free to all at the East Library, 5550 E. Union Blvd.

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Wednesday, Nov 9, 2011, 7:00 p.m., “Dried Flower Arranging”

November 2, 2011

Presented by Debbie Strawn

Free to all at the East Library, 5550 E. Union Blvd.

For this special program, start cutting interesting seedheads and flowers and drying them. Bring them and a six-inch pot to this session, and you’ll take home an arrangement as well as help us create one-of-a-kind centerpieces for our annual dinner tables. **Please spray your dried flowers and seedheads with hair spray (cheapest is best).**

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2011 Annual Members Meeting and Dinner – Friday, November 18

October 18, 2011

All Horticultural Art Society Members are invited to the 2011 Annual Meeting and Dinner to be held at the Patty Jewett Golf Course Clubhouse (900 E. Espanola – map).

Silent Auction
Come prepared to bid at our third annual silent auction. This year, proceeds will be used towards the Elsie Pope Memorial being created and installed at the HAS Demonstration Garden.

Here’s a sneak peek at some of the items that have been donated so far. (Donations will be accepted through November 12.)

Program
The program for this year will be presented by Lisa Bird, Colorado Native Plant Master. Her talk is titled “Colorado’s Native Gems.”

Details
Social Hour and Silent Auction start at 6:00 p.m.
Dinner at 7:00 p.m. and presentation at 8:00 p.m.

Registration deadline: Fri, Nov 4 (earlier would be appreciated!)
Cost: $25 per member
(You can register and pay online using your credit card by clicking one of the buttons below. You will be directed to a Paypal page, but no PayPal account is needed! Just follow the instructions after “Don’t have a PayPal account?”)


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Wednesday, Oct 12, 2011, 7:00 p.m., “Weather – What’s Going On?”

October 3, 2011

raingauge.jpgPresented by Randy Gray

Free to all at the East Library, 5550 E. Union Blvd.

As gardeners, we are all aware of and interested in the exciting weather of our area (how about that 4.5″ rain on Sep 14?). Randy Gray will talk to us about weather issues in the southeast Colorado region. He is the Southeast Colorado CoCoRaHS (Community Collaborative Rain, Hail, and Snow Network) Regional Coordinator and is based in the Pueblo National Weather Service office. Visit their site at www.crh.noaa.gov/pub. And you can visit the CoCoRaHS site at www.cocorahs.org.

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