We enjoyed Phil's last presentation so much that we simply had to bring him back! And this time he’s diving even deeper into the wonderful (and occasionally wild) world of tree care. He’ll walk us through what our trees really need during spring and summer, share the do’s and don’ts of pruning, and help us avoid those well‑intentioned mistakes that make our trees sigh dramatically. Expect practical tips, a few “aha!” moments, and plenty of good humor as we learn how to keep our leafy giants happy and thriving.

🌸🍅Spring Plant Sale Spectacular! 🌸🍅

29 Tomato Varieties • Dahlia Tubers • Hydrangeas • Perennials

Come wander and discover something wonderful!

Choose from Patti’s impressive collection of 29 tomato varieties—healthy, thriving, and ready in gallon containers for your garden.

Leola is bringing some of her beautiful hydrangeas along with a curated selection of perennials, and Melody’s famous dahlia tubers will be on hand—just waiting to become the stars of your summer garden.

Best of all, proceeds from the perennials and dahlia tubers support the Mt. Si High School scholarships—so your garden grows while young minds do also. 🌱

Cash or Venmo appreciated.

Snoqualmie Fire Station ~ 37600 SE Snoqualmie Pkwy, Snoqualmie, WA 98065

Members, join us for a tour of three spring gardens and a spot of tea! Check your email for your invitation and link to RSVP!

An inspiring evening focused on creating bold, beautiful plant combinations for containers and garden spaces.

Guests will enjoy:

• A design-focused garden talk — Potter’s Passion

• Real-world plant combinations that create instant visual impact

• A silent auction featuring professionally planted designer pots

• Opportunity to pre-order Christina’s signature plant combinations

• Book sale and signing

Member tickets $5.00 (check your March newsletter for the discount code)

Guest tickets $10.00

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Members are welcome to purchase guest tickets for friends at the guest rate. Please reserve member‑priced tickets only for current members: one ticket for individual memberships and two for family memberships.

Let’s garden together! The Encompass Child Development Center plays a vital role in our community, offering invaluable support to children and families. They graciously allow us to host our monthly meetings in their beautiful facility. As a token of our appreciation, we assist in maintaining the enchanting Children’s Sensory Garden.

Join at us Encompass on Wednesday, March 25th as we celebrate the arrival of Spring with a relaxed evening of Bingo!

Enjoy great conversation, tasty snacks, and YES - BINGO with prizes!

Please bring a favorite finger food to share (coffee, tea & ciders provided), as the Social begins at 6pm, with Bingo kicking off at 6:30p.

We’re excited to host this special gathering for our garden club members only.

Please RSVP to Deborah at deborah.sherwood@snovalleygc.org so we can be sure to have plenty of bingo cards and prizes for everyone.

Snoqualmie Fire Station ~ 37600 SE Snoqualmie Pkwy, Snoqualmie, WA 98065

Cleo will use photos to show how you can combine perennials, shrubs and small trees for garden color throughout the year. We will visit garden areas in multiple seasons to show how plants have different impact depending on the season. If you have heard her ‘Perennials for Year-Round Color’ or ’Shrubs that Grow Well in our Gardens’ talks, this is a chance to see how some of those plants actually look in a garden setting.

Cleo Raulerson has gardened, focusing on perennials and flowering shrubs, for more than 40 years. Her garden has over 750 varieties of flowering plants and the garden has been on the NPA (Northwest Perennial Alliance) Open Garden Tour for many years. Cleo served on the Bellevue Botanical Garden Society Board of Directors and is a King County Master Gardener.

PLEASE RSVP to Deborah at Deborah.Sherwood@snovalleygc.org as we will be opening this lecture up to the community with a recommended donation of $5 for non-members.

NOTE: Going forward, we will be accepting donations for the Snoqualmie Valley Food Bank at our monthly meetings. An updated list of the most needed items can be found on their website.

Snoqualmie Fire Station ~ 37600 SE Snoqualmie Pkwy, Snoqualmie, WA 98065

Grace Porter, LMHC, is a depth psychotherapist specializing in trauma, over-giving, and high-achiever burnout. Her work is relational, attachment-based, and holistic, integrating creative, body-centered, and nature-based approaches. She is a Certified Advanced Facilitator of I AM Yoga Nidra and co-founder of The Seven Tools, where she teaches classes and workshops focused on shifting limiting beliefs and supporting deep, lasting personal transformation. Based on a small farm in Olympia, Washington, Grace brings her love of the outdoors and getting her hands in the dirt into both her life and her work.

Learn more at www.graceportertherapy.com and www.the7tools.com.

Grace will join us by Zoom for a talk; she will then answer any questions in an open discussion.

PLEASE RSVP to Deborah at Deborah.Sherwood@snovalleygc.org as we will be opening this lecture up to the community.

LOCATION UPDATE: Amber Chaki’s house — if you are interested in attending, please email info@snovalleygc.org for address.

This class is a natural follow-up to member Terry Pottmeyer’s inspiring talk, which encouraged us to really think more deeply about our gardens. Winter is the ideal time to do that work—before spring arrives and shovels hit the ground.

Why winter?
Good landscapes are planned, not rushed. This season gives us time to reflect, redesign, and make confident decisions so we’re ready when the growing season begins.

What participants will learn:

• How to assess their site and existing landscape

• Core design principles that work in any garden

• How to plan changes that improve beauty, function, and long-term success.

This class is useful for both beginners and experienced gardeners who want better results this year.

Winter Party

and Dessert Auction

Mt. Si Senior Center

411 Main Ave S, North Bend, WA 98045

We will be collecting donations for the food bank at the party

Snoqualmie Fire Station ~ 37600 SE Snoqualmie Pkwy, Snoqualmie, WA 98065

Our very own “Dahlia Diva,” Melody Granillo, will be hosting a dahlia tuber dividing class at her home. (Please refer to your November Newsletter for the address.) Bring your own tubers or divide one of hers. Please contact her for more information at magsnoq@gmail.com

The Encompass Child Development Center plays a vital role in our community, offering invaluable support to children and families. They graciously allow us to host our monthly meetings in their beautiful facility. As a token of our appreciation, we assist in maintaining the enchanting Children’s Sensory Garden. If you’d like to lend a hand and be a part of this meaningful effort, please reach out to Melody Granillo at magsnoq@gmail.com

After you’ve planted the bulbs, and put the outdoor furniture away, it’s time to think about what you’d like to change in your garden for next year. Join SVGC Member Terry Pottmeyer as she discusses how to leverage the gloom, rain, and darkness of our PNW winter to design, redesign or tweak the design of your garden.

*We will be collecting donations for the food bank at this meeting*

Snoqualmie Fire Station ~ 37600 SE Snoqualmie Pkwy, Snoqualmie, WA 98065

The Garden Club is seeking friendly volunteers to help staff our table at this year’s Oaktoberfest. We’ll be sharing tips on how to incorporate native plants into local landscapes, and you don’t need to be a plant expert to participate! Whether you're passionate about gardening or simply enjoy connecting with the community, you can help by sharing general information about the Garden Club and what we do.

It’s a great way to meet neighbors, support sustainable gardening, and represent our club in a fun, festive setting. Contact us at info@snovalleygc.org.

This month we welcome Phil Bennett. A Board Certified Master Arborist and Certified Urban Forest Professional, and a past-President of the Pacific Northwest Chapter of the International Society of Arboriculture, currently serving as the deputy director of Parks & Public Works for the City of Snoqualmie, and on the core leadership team of the Green Communities Leadership Institute.  Phil has extensive experience with landscape tree planting and care and native forest restoration in the upper Snoqualmie Valley.  This presentation will focus on proven small tree varieties for planting in the Snoqualmie Valley, with a focus on varieties resilient to changing climate.  The presentation will also cover an update on the health of our native tree species, including information on emergent diseases, best-practices for tree planting, and tips for maintaining tree & landscape health.

Let’s garden together! The Encompass Child Development Center plays a vital role in our community, offering invaluable support to children and families. They graciously allow us to host our monthly meetings in their beautiful facility. As a token of our appreciation, we assist in maintaining the enchanting Children’s Sensory Garden. If you’d like to lend a hand and be a part of this meaningful effort, please reach out to Melody Granillo at magsnoq@gmail.com

Snoqualmie Fire Station ~ 37600 SE Snoqualmie Pkwy, Snoqualmie, WA 9806

The Lim Garden is a private 1-acre residential garden and micro-nursery located in the Cottage Lake area of Woodinville, WA.  Collectible rare and uncommonly seen plants are a specialty, along with plants that thrive in woodland shade and understory. To find out more, visit their website at www.thelimgarden.com.

The Club as arranged for a van to take members who need a ride. Carpooling will be arranged if needed. Return time subject to change. More details to come in a separate email to members.

Please attend, this is an important meeting. Refreshments will be provided.

Come for the food ~ Stay for the Fun.

Financial Report ~ By-Laws Update ~ State of the Club Report

Elections: of new Leadership & Board Members

A discussion from Leola, Denise & Nancy on Winter Interest.

Watch your Inbox for your Signup Genius invitation and location information!

Garden Chat is a casual get together for SVGC members and their friends to discuss all topics about gardening.

Whatever you need help with: shrubs, trees, edible plants, perennials, annuals, problems, solutions, ideas, gardens to visit, tools, books, videos, websites, etc., we're here to discuss, offer support and solutions. We'll have a different experienced gardener from our membership join us at Mt Si Senior Center each month to offer advice.

Snoqualmie Fire Station ~ 37600 SE Snoqualmie Pkwy, Snoqualmie, WA 98065

The Encompass Child Development Center plays a vital role in our community, offering invaluable support to children and families. They graciously allow us to host our monthly meetings in their beautiful facility. As a token of our appreciation, we assist in maintaining the enchanting Children’s Sensory Garden. If you’d like to lend a hand and be a part of this meaningful effort, please reach out to Melody Granillo at magsnoq@gmail.com.

Come take a casual stroll with us through the garden as we chat about growing fruits and berries with Randy Young.

Randy’s an enthusiastic self-taught fruit grower with a special love for the more unusual fruits and berries you don’t see every day. He'll share his methods, successes and failures. 

This isn’t a class—it’s a casual stroll through the garden with plenty of room for questions and conversation. Come as you are, bring your curiosity, and let’s chat about Fruits & Berries! 

We will be collecting non-perishable donations for the food bank in thanks to the Youngs for opening up their garden. In addition, Leola is looking for 1 gallon or larger nursery pots if you have them to spare.