04/24/2026
Hello to all!
A member named Don Schillerwill be hosting a program for the May meeting, ‘How to build and care for a bog garden’. The date is May 30 at 1pm. I know this is later in the month than a normal meeting, but this is what fits doing it at their house.
Don has had pretty good luck with bog gardens, a mixture of venus flytraps, lower growing sarracenia purpurea and taller growing sarracenia leucophylla and sarracenia minor type plants. In this meeting, he will demonstrate the way he build his bog, which materials he use, how he arranges plants and care for the bog.
There are 2 options for this meeting, and the choice is up to the group on what we do.
• Choice 1: This would be a demonstration class where I will show you how I build my bog. Then you are able to take instructions, go to your grow area and build your own bog, using your own materials and plants, based on the demonstration.
• Choice 2: Watch the demonstration part of the meeting, and then build your own bog on site. This would mean you bring your own container, peat, perlite and plants. However, other members of the club would be there to guide you and offer advice.
Either way is fine with me, it just depends on what your wishes are, but this will be a group decision based on the poll and email responses.
This meeting will also be a chance to see their grow areas for nepenthes, water table for sarracenias, a little greenhouse for some of the VFTs and what Don does for dormancy. We will finish the day with some snacks after the meeting.
I will send out reminders, but I will need to have RSVP for this meeting by May 22nd as it is at a members house and I will only send the address to those that RSVP that they will attend.
