People helping people with gardening
Welcome to our club and thanks from the Bastrop Library
We learn from each other and from programs about the challenges, opportunities, joys, and frustrations of gardening in central Texas. Meeting goals: have fun and learn useful "nuggets of useful information".
Come join us!
Come join us!
The 2016-2017 meetings will be on Tuesdays Sep 13, Oct 11, Nov 8, Dec 13, Jan 10, Feb 14, Mar 14, Apr 11, and May 9, 2017. Click here (2015-2016) and here for our 2014-15 program schedules. Some examples of prior meetings are shown here (2014-2015) here (2013-2014) and here (2012-2013). Click here for our page on "water efficient landscaping".
Program for Oct 11, 2016. Our program for will be "Backyard Birds for Gardeners". This will discuss ways to help birds in our area including our backyard and gardens. This program will also provide useful information on birds. This program will be by Mike Goebel associated with the National Audubon Society.
Program for Sep 13, 2016. Our program was "Gardening Activities in the Autumn". The Autumn is a great time for many garden activities in our area. The days are finally cooling and this is a excellent time for many planting and restoration projects in your garden and lawn. This program was by Jon Pixler, the Horticulturist at the Hyatt Lost Pines Resort. Click here for Jon's informative presentation and click here for Jon's professional resume.
Program for Sep 13, 2016. Our program was "Gardening Activities in the Autumn". The Autumn is a great time for many garden activities in our area. The days are finally cooling and this is a excellent time for many planting and restoration projects in your garden and lawn. This program was by Jon Pixler, the Horticulturist at the Hyatt Lost Pines Resort. Click here for Jon's informative presentation and click here for Jon's professional resume.
Serve the Bastrop Community
2016 Plant and Book Sale and silent auction on April 1-2 2016 We had this sale event on Friday April 1 and Saturday April 2. This Plant Sale, Silent Auction, and Quilt Raffle will support the Bastrop Library summer children's activity and reading program. This was held in conjunction with the "Friends of the Library" annual book sale. We offered hard-to-find, Bastrop hardy perennials, shrubs, and succulents, along with vegetable starts. 100% of the proceeds will go to the Library’s summer reading program for kids. We raised $6,661 for the Library (even better than last year where we raised $5,300) at the event. Click here for more information. This is much appreciated by the Bastrop Library and the Friends of the Library to help support their programs.
Club Support of Bastrop Community
Our club has supported the Bastrop Library and Family Crisis Center. Click here for information on this important aspect of our club.
Lawn tractor donation to the Bastrop Family Crisis Center
Our club (with the support of Lowes) donated a lawn tractor to the Bastrop Family Crisis Center. This enables the Center to use in house resources to save on landscaping costs freeing up scarce funds to support their core mission of helping people in Bastrop County.
Purpose and Overview of Lost Pines Garden Club
The Lost Pines Garden Club is an organization which promotes central Texas gardening through networking, presentations by experts, and facilitating access to information related to gardening.
We meet the second Tuesday of the month (Sep through May) at the Bastop Public Library, 1100 Church Street, Bastrop TX.
Monthly programs include a social/networking time, a short business meeting and normally an informative presentation or demonstration by a person knowledgeable in some aspect of gardening in our area. Membership is open to anyone interested in gardening. Annual dues are $15. Guests are welcome.
We are members of the Bastrop Chamber of Commerce.
Membership is open to anyone who is interested in gardening (flowers, vegetables, trees, shrubs, etc.). We also do projects which help beautify the community.
