Save the date! Monday, March 13th, 2023 at 9:30am at the INDEPENDENCE Center. March is indeed a busy month as our plants are slowly awakening from dormancy and are sending out new growth after their major pruning in January-February. As of March 1, we can now irrigate three days a week; for your assigned days, go to the Southern Nevada Water Authority website (www.snwa.com)and enter your address. Now is also the time to fertilize and plant drought-tolerant trees and shrubs, preferably later in the month after the danger of frost has passed. Those recommended for our area are available in a comprehensive list prepared by the SNWA/Southern Nevada Regional Planning Coalition, which is available at https://www.snwa.com/assets/pdf/water-smart-plant-list.pdf.
Our Master Gardener speaker for the meeting on March 13 will be Dr. Angela O’Callaghan, Professor Emerita of the University of Nevada and Social Horticulture Specialist with the University of Nevada Cooperative Extension. Her general areas of expertise are horticulture, plant science, and desert gardening but has written specifically on topics as diverse as soils, raised beds, pruning, mulches, nematodes, ground-cover plants, palms, roses, and even our three species of bats. She has also recorded a series of excellent podcasts for Nevada Public Radio (KNPR) on several subjects, such as preparing your garden for winter and summer. Her topic for the March meeting will be caring for fruit trees.
We meet in the Morris/Nelson Rooms of the Independence Center from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. on the second Monday of each month. Coffee, tea, and cookies are available from 9:00 a.m. Dues are a bargain at $10/year, payable exactly to: Sun City Anthem Community Assn, Inc. Residents may attend two meetings as guests prior to joining at any meeting. Enrollment forms are also available at the Anthem Center kiosk and on the Club's SCA website and can be placed in the Garden Club mailbox located outside Anthem's Fitness Center along with your check payable as above. We invite you to email any questions about the Club to its president, Dr. Alec Pridgeon (apridg1@gmail.com). Hope to see you at our next meeting.