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Club Activities
The Point Loma Garden Club, founded in 1961, follows the purpose of "the friendly study of horticulture".
The club holds monthly meetings and hosts local, national, and international speakers. The Club offers
educational and entertaining programs and workshops that relate to horticulture, floral design, and ecological
conservation.
Listed below are our main activities which support the specific purpose of our Club as stated in the Bylaws
"the friendly study of horticulture". We are happy to welcome you to Point Loma Garden Club.
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Meetings
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General meetings are on the second Wednesday of
every month September through June in Point Loma at:
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Portuguese Hall
2818 Avenida de Portugal
San Diego, California 92106
online map
General Meeting
Meeting 10:00 Club Business
Program 10:45 Monthly Program
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Guests are welcome... we hope you'll decide to join us.
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Service Projects
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 Gardening activities at Children's Hospital
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Maintaining Cabrillo National Monument's "Kitchen Garden"
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Advising and assisting at the Point Loma Native Plant Preserve
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Providing floral arrangements for the Hervey Point Loma Library
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Sponsoring a biennial Garden Tour; a biennial Flower Show; an annual Plant Sale
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Participating in...
- December Nights on the Prado -- Vignette
- Point Loma Cultural Faire -- Booth
- San Diego Museum of Art "Art Alive" -- Floral Design
- San Diego County Fair -- Radish Judging and Floral Design
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Sunset Cliffs Park -- Letter writing support for maintaining native habitat
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Philanthropic Activities
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Horticultural scholarships to Cuyumaca and Southwestern Colleges
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"Penny Pines" for Cleveland National Forest Restoration
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Balboa
Park
--
Botanical
Museum
accreditation
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San Diego Floral Association -- Centennial commemoration
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Hervey Point Loma Library -- Gardening books
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Japanese Friendship Garden in Balboa Park
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Sunset View Elementary School -- student garden project
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Point Loma Association -- planter box beautification project
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National Arbor Day Foundation -- Katrina Tree Recovery campaign
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Heifer International -- Trees and bees for Third World development
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Habitat For Humanity -- Katrina landscaping project
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Field Trips
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Annual Bus Tour
Once a year, we charter a bus and take a day trip to some growers and
gardens in the region, including a nice lunch.
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Plant Sales
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A few times a year, the club raises funds by holding a plant sale.
Members donate their specialty cultivars or just extra plants to these
sales, which are a hit with the community. If you would like to be notified
by email in advance of our sales, please email
our Membership Chair.
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