Sheri Spirek, PebbleCreek Garden Club Gardening presents a unique set of challenges and opportunities. With temperatures that can soar to 110 degrees plus and a climate that demands a careful approach to watering and plant selection, it’s essential for gardening enthusiasts to adapt their strategies. However, with the right knowledge and choices, your garden can…
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…
Ruthette Kennedy Do you have an interest in gardening? Are you interested in receiving ideas and inspiration for your home’s landscape? If you would like to meet neighbors with a love of gardening, then the Garden Club of PebbleCreek is a great place for you to learn more about plants, exchange ideas, ask questions, hear speakers,…
Cindi Sokoloff Just when we all thought that we could not take another hot day in the 100s, the weather turns to what makes PebbleCreek one of the most desirable places to retire in Arizona. That also means that the Garden Club of PebbleCreek is back! Our members have been very busy this summer planning…
Cindi Sokoloff The Garden Club of PebbleCreek held its first year-end party at the home of our president on Tuesday, April 12. More than 35 active members were in attendance to enjoy the scrumptious potluck luncheon. We can honestly say that we have some of the most fantastic cooks in our club and admit that…
Nancy Mumpton Stinknet is a fast-moving, invasive weed in Arizona. It has green “carrot like” leaves and rounded flowers. The leaves smell pungent. It can be allergenic. It emerges from November to April and starts flowering in February. Seed is easily spread by wind and traffic. It loves to sprout in the stones along the…
Traci Baker CareScape is our contract landscape provider. They have provided this informative reminder for us regarding grass during the spring transition: Transition time is upon us. When nighttime temperatures reach the mid-60s, the Bermuda grass, which has been dormant all year, begins to wake up. As daytime temperatures reach into the 90s, the winter…
Beautiful 100-year old Litchfield Road is the setting for a self-guided tour of seven homes and their gardens. There will be old cars along the street and quilts in the backyards. Join the tour on Saturday March 2, 2019, from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., $20 each. Finish the day at the award-winning Litchfield Park…
Keven Pauling Finally, it’s fall in the desert. For the most part, the triple digit days have left for the year and working in the garden becomes fun again! Pruning If you do it now, your plants will grow during the cooler fall weather and look beautiful throughout most of the winter. Prune off all…
Susan Knox Wilson To the great joy of all PebbleCreek birds and critters, it’s time, once again, to overseed the grassy common areas. Aeration and overseeding is a very important process for us to undertake, in order for our gardens to look good. The overseeding will begin September 19 and continue through October 9. During…