Toni Greisiger The Garden Club’s Home and Garden Tour will be held on Sunday, March 11, from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. Tickets $10.00 each will be available in February. A variety of home models have been selected, some of which have had interesting upgrades the past year. Funds generated will be used to continue maintenance…
Toni Greisinger Have you seen the two large pots filled with geraniums, fern and lady slippers by the new wall at the clubhouse patio? This is just one of the Garden Club’s latest projects. On Tuesday, November 14, 10 Garden Club members, under the direction of Gudie Huffman, Barb Ott and Pat McGonegle, worked…
Arizona’s Official State Historian, Marshall Trimble is appearing at the SunBird Community Ballroom on Thursday, January 26 at 7:00 p.m. Tickets may be purchased at SunBird’s HOA Office for $10. The SunBird Garden Club is sponsoring this event which features Marshall Trimble, a multi-talented historian, who has been called the “Will Rogers of Arizona.” He…
Lois Anderson Recently, the SunBird Garden Club and the SunBird Canadian Club joined funds to improve a small plot of golf course land located on the northwest corner of SunBird Blvd. and Cypress Point. Barb Ott and Pat McGonegle, Garden Club members, supervised the project. The layout features a dry riverbed, several desert hearty plants…
The newly remodeled swimming pool now open has been an awesome addition to SunBird! SunBird now has the ability for multiple activities within the pool at the same time. During the first week of operation, staff has been learning the operations of the new equipment and time it takes to clean the more than doubled…
Sue McCutcheon Thank you, thank you to the Kare Bears for their most generous gift of $1,000. The Garden Club will surely put that to excellent use in their beautification of SunBird and all will enjoy the final project. Our last meeting until fall took place at the Veterans Oasis Park. It is a beautiful…
Jean Anderson March showers bring April flowers as they say, but it seems everyone else in the country is still getting showers of snow while SunBird is nice and warm and our flowers are already bursting forth. March is such a busy time for the garden club with the Home Tour. It takes a village…
Donna Bergmann did a delightful and informative presentation on Whimsy in the Garden. It included a wonderful planting of sedum and other plants using a birdcage. There was also a segment on how to plant a vertical plastic bloom bag that you can hang on walls and fences. They have been all the rage the…
You’ve probably noticed that the club has been extremely productive during November and December depleting our bank account while beautifying SunBird. The bowls and new landscaping on the east side of the Clubhouse look spectacular. I love the way Gudie designed the dry creek beds. The entrance is so lovely now. Thanks to Mary’s group…
The SunBird Garden Club meeting will be held on Friday, November 14 at 9:00 a.m. in the SunBird Ballroom. As the snowbirds trickling back to SunBird turns to a gush, it’s time to start thinking about attending club events. The lovely and talented Alice Whistler is once again ready to lead the Garden Club with…