The Utah Associated Garden Clubs, Inc. are part of the National Garden Clubs, Inc., sharing its mission to provide education, resources, and networking opportunities for our members, and to promote the love of gardening, floral design, and civic and environmental responsibility. We currently have 12 member clubs in the state of Utah, with over 300 individual members.
The Utah Associated Garden Clubs will be celebrating Utah’s Arbor Day by planting trees at Driggs Elementary School, 4340 S. 2700 E. in Holladay, UT, on Friday, April 28 from 9:00 AM to 10:30 AM. The public is welcome. Please see the attached flyer for more information. Arbor Day tree planting 2017 flyer
Spring is here! Our next meeting will be Wednesday, April 5 at 7:30 PM in the Sugar House Garden Center. Thom Sawyer of Millcreek Gardens will be presenting some fun new garden plants, and he’ll be raffling them off so that you can take one home to try in your own garden! Come early at […]
On Saturday, March 4, the Utah Associated Garden Clubs will hold our annual Spring Convention and elections. We are honored this year to have as our special guest and keynote speaker Mrs. Sandra Robinson, President of the National Garden Clubs. We will begin with a catered breakfast at 9 AM in the Sugar House Garden […]
The next meeting of the Alternative Garden Club will be on Wednesday, March 1 at 7:30 PM in the Sugar House Garden Center. The speaker will be Elise Hutchings, president of the Utah Rose Society, on the topic of “How to Prune Roses.” Her presentation was so popular last year that we wanted to invite […]
The next meeting of the Alternative Garden Club will feature a presentation on “The Secret Life of Trees,” originally developed by Dr. Ed Gilman of the University of Florida. Come find out what’s going on below ground and inside your trees–why some trees weather the storms and others collapse into kindling–and learn how to predict […]
The next meeting of the Alternative Garden Club will be Wednesday, January 4 at 7:30 PM in the Garden Center. This will be our annual potluck and planning meeting. Please bring a dish to share and your ideas about what you’d like to do in 2017. This is an important meeting, and the more participation […]
The club’s annual holiday potluck will be on Sunday, December 18 at 5 PM in a beautiful Victorian home that was featured on HGTV’s “House Hunters.” If you couldn’t make it to our summer potluck, this is your second chance to see it! If your last name begins with A-E, please bring an appetizer. F-O, […]
The next meeting of the Alternative Garden Club will be Wednesday, December 7 at 7:30 PM in the Sugar House Garden Center. Unfortunately, the originally scheduled speaker is unable to attend, but Russ Pack has generously offered to demonstrate some holiday crafts using items from the garden. Come join us as we learn some fun […]
We are sad to report the death of Lynn Hess. Many of you knew him through his involvement in the Utah Associated Garden Clubs. Among other activities, he spent many, many hours each year serving as the coordinator of the Floriculture Show at the Utah State Fair. His obituary follows: Horsley Funeral Homes (Malad, […]
Brian Tonetti talks about the ideas that the Seven Canyons Trust has for daylighting the streams that once flowed naturally into the Salt Lake Valley. More information can be found at http://sevencanyonstrust.org/
The Alternative Garden Club will be holding their Fall Potluck on Wednesday, November 2 at 7:30 PM in the Sugar House Garden Center. Please bring a fall-themed entree, side dish, salad, or dessert to share. Also, if you happen to have any extra seeds, bulbs, tubers, or starts that you’ve harvested from your garden, feel […]
The Fall Board Meeting and Symposium of the Utah Associated Garden Clubs will be held Saturday, October 29. Members of all the garden clubs are welcome to attend. The event will begin with a light breakfast at 9 AM, followed by a presentation by Brian Tonetti of the Seven Canyons Trust, then a short business […]
