Last year I woke up early one spring morning and headed to the garden with a car full of baby plants, eager to put them in my garden. Spending the morning tending and planting, I walked away feeling accomplished and
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Member Spotlight
Elizabeth Zernik weeded the entire fenceline behind the Butterfly Habitat. Her employer, BSI, paid for her to volunteer her time. Thank You Elizabeth! BSI provides environmental, health, safety, and business improvement consulting support to companies worldwide, and encourages its employees
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What’s New?
We now have a card reader available as another option for payment for plant sales, work day fines, etc. Mastercard, Visa, Discover or American Express are accepted. There is a fee of 2.8% to swipe your card and 3.8% by
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Orchard @ Las Flores
In 2016, Conejo Recreation and Park granted an expansion next the softball field and authorized the addition of an orchard at our garden. Recently seven new trees were planted bringing the total number of fruit trees in the orchard to
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Projects
The gazebo at the front of the garden is our latest project, and it is looking beautiful. We are fortunate to have a group of guys, under the direction of Hank Daane, Project Manager, who gives back to our community
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Plant of the Month
SWISS CHARD Did you know that Swiss Chard comes from the Beet Family? Its punch is not stored in the root-like a beet, instead, it shows it power in its colorful leaves and stems. Think spinach meets celery infused with
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Planting Guide for Conejo Valley
Most gardening books, catalogs, and seed packets refer to plant hardiness zones, climate zones, or growing zones. Thousand Oaks is in Zone 10a and 10b. Here is a link to a planting guide for our area https://www.almanac.com/gardening/planting-calendar/CA/Thousand%20Oaks
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