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Garden Club's Mission Statement

Garden Club’s Mission Statement

The purpose of the Sun City Anthem Garden Club is to provide education and enjoyment for its members through lectures, discussions, field trips, and other events focusing on landscaping and gardening in southern Nevada.

Our website provides information on all of our programs held at Sun City Anthem, including past in-person meetings and virtual meetings, field trips, helpful resources, and tours available throughout our area. 

We are pleased to offer this Marketplace strictly to SCA Garden Club members as a way to buy and sell only gardening-related merchandise and also offer free items such as plants and horticultural books – all at no charge to members. The SCA Garden Club does not endorse any item for sale nor any vendors and does not assume any responsibility or liability for transactions between individuals.
Are you new to our club and/or a transplant from out of state? Don’t know how to grow the landscape plants that you inherited when you bought your house, or are you just experiencing an issue with one or more of your plants? Club members may request a House Call for help! Two experts from our House Call Committee will visit your garden, identify plants, and offer advice on how to grow them with absolutely no cost to you. They will not be able to plant, prune, or enter your home but they can offer a wide range of garden-related assistance. Some questions may be answered by phone or email, or if required an on-site visit will be scheduled at a mutually convenient time. If you are not already logged-in to the Club website, please do so now to fully access the options available. We look forward to being of assistance. NOT a Club Member? Join today!
Nevada's Native Plants for the Garden

On November 11, Gail Brandys will illustrate Nevada’s native plants and discuss the benefits of growing them, such as their tolerance for our alkaline and nutrient-poor soils, limited rainfall, and summer heat/high UV radiation. An expert on plant toxins, she completed the Master Gardener training program through the University of Nevada Cooperative Extension in Las Vegas in 2017 and has been an avid gardener for many decades on the East Coast, Midwest, and for the past 15 years in Las Vegas. She always brings a large assortment of free seeds to distribute and is a wealth of information on the gems of the Mojave Desert.  Next month Alec Pridgeon will present an updated reprise of a comprehensive talk with new videos on Nevada’s hummingbirds and their favorite nectar-bearing flowers. Learn what plants attract them to your garden, what feeders to buy, and why Sir David Attenborough has ranked them among the most spectacular creatures on Earth.

Elections for officers for 2025 will be held at this month’s meeting, so your vote is important. To ensure continuity in programs and events, current officers will be on hand next year to offer advice and other assistance. The personnel of our House Call Committee will return next year as well to offer garden visits for members. Be sure and attend the SCA Club Fair in Anthem Center on Saturday, December 7, to renew your membership easily and enjoy the perks that come along with it, such as the free house calls and refreshments at meetings. 

We meet in the Penn/Morris/Nelson Rooms of the Independence Center from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. on the second Monday of each month except July and August. Free coffee, tea, and cookies are available from 9:00 a.m. Sun City residents are welcome to attend two meetings/year without joining. Dues for 2025 are $15; checks may be made payable exactly to: Sun City Anthem Community Association, Inc. with “Garden Club’ on the memo line. Enrollment forms are also available at the Anthem Center kiosk and on our website (https://garden.scaclub.org) and can be placed in the Garden Club mailbox located outside Anthem's Fitness Center along with your check payable as above. Feel free to email any questions about the Club to its president, Dr. Alec Pridgeon (apridg1@gmail.com).