Mountain Laurel Garden Club

06/17/2026

Plant a native Spice Bush and they will come.

06/13/2026

Great program for our meeting on Monday night at 6 PM. Wanda Dewaard will present a program on butterflies -- host plants to attract, life cycle, annual butterfly count etc. If you would like to attend, send a message or contact Sandy at [email protected]

06/07/2026

A few photos from out Plant show on Thursday night.

06/07/2026

Fairview School Gardens on Thursday night. 6-4-26

05/29/2026

And today, he's a real cutie !

05/28/2026

Working in the garden and notice several curled up leaves on my Spice Bush. Uncurling the leaf for a peak, lead to the discovery of a Spice Bush Swallowtail caterpillar. This bush was just planted last fall. This is why those of us growing native plants, do not use pesticides. Changes need to come in the judging of horticulture specimens, since those of us growing to attract pollinators will have leaves that have been eaten if we are successful.

05/19/2026

Art students used the pond area to sketch plants for a watercolor.

05/19/2026

Flowers in the school gardens

05/19/2026

At our May meeting tonight , members toured the pond area to see all the improvements. Penny M presented a very interesting program on Vermicomposting ( worm composting) which produces high quality compost soil and fertilizing liquid by composting food waste rapidly. Several members are planning to try this and we definitely will try this for the school gardens.

10/10/2025

Just a friendly reminder to leave your leaves !

You might be shocked to learn just how many wildlife species hide well enough to end up in your yard waste bags.