For their April meeting, the Utah Rose Society was treated to a demonstration of the various kinds of designs that can be entered into the “Arrangements” division of the Rose Show. These included “Make a Statement” (a mass design for a sideboard), “Alfresco on the Patio” (a modern design, using two containers), “A Splash in […]
The latest issue of the Rocky Mountain Rambler, the newsletter for our eight-state region, can be found here: https://utahagc.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/RMR-Rambler-2022-05.pdf It contains information on the upcoming Rocky Mountain Region conference, which will be held August 25-27 in Park City, UT.
The winning Smokey Bear posters at the Rocky Mountain Region level have been selected by a panel of judges including a local artist from Park City and two U.S. Forest Service rangers. Three of the winners are from Utah, one is from Kansas, and one is from South Dakota. They will go on to compete […]
The latest edition of the Rocky Mountain Rambler can be found here: https://utahagc.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/RMR-Rambler-2022-02.pdf
Common garden folklore has it that coffee grounds are a good fertilizer, especially for acid-loving plants, because of the acid in the coffee. However, coffee grounds contain many different chemicals, including caffeine, which is toxic to many organisms in large amounts. Last fall I decided to do a test, planting three identically sized pots with […]
For many years, the Neighborhood Garden Club and Howard R. Driggs Elementary School have collaborated on a Junior Garden Club program. In spite of the pandemic and all the difficulties of the past year, they have kept the program alive and succeeded in growing several beds of flowers and vegetables last summer. You can read […]
The Neighborhood Garden Club’s opening program this year centered on butterflies. Parker Buttner, a representative from Riverbottom Butterflies, came and spoke about their life cycles and the problems that the butterflies, and the Monarch in particular, have been facing. He also spoke about the symbolism of the butterfly. Following Parker’s presentation, we went outside and […]
April and May 2021 were busy times at Howard R. Driggs Elementary School in Holladay. Many of the children were back to face-to-face learning after the pandemic, and they and their teachers were in the process of planting their outdoor classroom. The children went home for the summer and returned to find a veritable jungle […]
On Thursday, August 12, members of the Utah Rose Society gathered at Red Butte Garden for a tour of the rose garden. They were met by three garden employees who explained the history of the rose garden and answered questions about the roses and companion plants that are featured there, including more than 150 varieties […]
Puncture vine (Tribulus terrestris) is one of the most annoying and destructive weeds in Utah. An invasive plant originally from the Mediterranean region, it produces the sharp four-pointed “goatheads” that stick in shoes and dog paws and puncture bicycle tires. It is a sprawling, prostrate plant that likes bare, open, sunny areas (such as roadsides). […]