The Garden Club wants to extend a heartfelt thank you to everyone who turned out for the Beyond the Garden Gate plant sale on March 23. The Garden Club also wants to recognize David and Brenda Deckard for letting folks traipse through their backyard for the day and all the hard-working club members who made this event such a success.
This was a team effort with many members participating in the planning, coordinating, set-up, and tear-down. Members also donated tables, chairs, herbs, plants, pots, potting soil, garden decorations, raffle prizes, and, most importantly, their time and passion.
By 9 a.m. a line of gardening aficionados and eager shoppers had formed in front of the Deckard’s house. The temperature (along with sales) rose steadily; it was a perfect 79 degrees when the event ended.
In addition to selling herbs and plants, the Garden Club also raffled off a five-gallon rose bush, some bird pictures, and a hummingbird feeder kit, to name just a few. Fred Nix had some of his handcrafted charcuterie boards for sale, Brenda Deckard offered up super cute ceramic mushrooms and cactus rock gardens for the whimsical purchaser, JoAnne Clements had copper and glass yard decorations on display, Karen Rubsam was taking orders for plant and herb stakes, and Myrna Bodner sold beautiful glass plant stakes. There certainly are a lot of talented folks in PebbleCreek who enjoy making things, along with many residents eager to buy herbs for their kitchens and plants, flowers, and decorations for their yards.
Many attendees took the opportunity to talk to the club’s master gardeners. The club has quite a few master gardeners who are more than willing to share their knowledge and expertise.
The club also gives a big “shout-out” to the Deckard’s neighbors who tolerated all the car, golf cart, and foot traffic on their street; we appreciate their patience.
As a bonus, the event was overflown by some F-35s, a couple of A-10s, a C-130, and a variety of other very cool aircraft participating in the Luke Days airshow. Of course, you could have seen that from the house next door, down the street, or pretty much anywhere in PebbleCreek, but our thanks go out to the service members for their coincidental, but greatly appreciated, participation in helping to make this a “top-flight” event.
As a final note, welcome to everyone who joined the club at the sale. To the folks who took application forms, please fill them out and become members. Everyone else, if you are interested in gardening, or think you might want to get your hands dirty, feel free to visit as a guest. We hope to see many new faces next year. The club meets on the second Tuesday of each month from October through April in the Palm Room at the Eagle’s Nest Clubhouse. Come grow with us!