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!
" Texas Native Plants”. The presentation will be by Melissa Middlebrooks, of Graystone Gardens 276 Hwy 304, Bastrop, TX who will provide information on this topic at this great time of the year for gardeners. Attached is some related information.
The 2019-2020 meetings will be on Tuesdays Sep 10, Oct 11, Nov 12, Dec 10, Jan 14, Feb 11, Mar 10, Apr 14, and May 12, 2020. 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).
Program for October 13, 2020 The program was " DIY Hydroponics for Space and Water Efficient Gardens for Vegetables, Herbs, and Flowers as a Project”. Hydroponics (and it's variations) provide growing of plants in a small space with a compact, lightweight structure and potential high productivity and extended growing season (possibly year round). This could also be a potential project (e.g., community service). The presentation (Click here for presentation) was by Norman Jones of Lost Pines Garden Club. This was a "hybrid meeting" “hybrid zoom/in-person meeting” at "Community Gardens" https://cgbastrop.com/ at 1067 Highway 71 W Bastrop (The Bastrop Library is closed to meetings). The meeting included in-person attendance following heath guidelines (masks, etc.) and "remote live participation" by Zoom. Club members were provided a clickable "Zoom link" to join the meeting. The meeting was at Community Gardens from 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm. Click here for the presentation.
Zoom https://zoom.us/about. is not hard to use based upon participating by clicking on a "link". A "hybrid" meeting offers potential benefits in these challenging times where participants can join and interact in a safe matter from anywhere. Contact Norman Jones (512) 985-5741 for Zoom questions or for a brief practice session.
Program for September 8, 2020 The program was "Texas Native Plants”. The presentation was by Melissa Middlebrooks, of Graystone Gardens in Bastrop who provided information on this topic at this great time of the year for gardeners. Click here for some related information. This was a "virtual meeting" with the meeting and presentation provided after the meeting as a YouTube link.
Plant and book sale, Silent Auction and Quilt raffle scheduled for Mar 27-28, 2020 has been restructured. This important annual event (held in conjunction with the Library Book sale) to support the Bastrop Library summer children's program has been restructured due to the restrictions associated with the COVID-19 virus situation. The plant sale was held in a manner consistent with COVID-19 guidelines.
There may also be a field trip to a farm near Kovar Texas (south of Smithville) which shows support of desirable vegetation and habitat improvement for wildlife.
The 2019-2020 meetings will be on Tuesdays Sep 10, Oct 11, Nov 12, Dec 10, Jan 14, Feb 11, Mar 10, Apr 14, and May 12, 2020. 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).
Program for October 13, 2020 The program was " DIY Hydroponics for Space and Water Efficient Gardens for Vegetables, Herbs, and Flowers as a Project”. Hydroponics (and it's variations) provide growing of plants in a small space with a compact, lightweight structure and potential high productivity and extended growing season (possibly year round). This could also be a potential project (e.g., community service). The presentation (Click here for presentation) was by Norman Jones of Lost Pines Garden Club. This was a "hybrid meeting" “hybrid zoom/in-person meeting” at "Community Gardens" https://cgbastrop.com/ at 1067 Highway 71 W Bastrop (The Bastrop Library is closed to meetings). The meeting included in-person attendance following heath guidelines (masks, etc.) and "remote live participation" by Zoom. Club members were provided a clickable "Zoom link" to join the meeting. The meeting was at Community Gardens from 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm. Click here for the presentation.
Zoom https://zoom.us/about. is not hard to use based upon participating by clicking on a "link". A "hybrid" meeting offers potential benefits in these challenging times where participants can join and interact in a safe matter from anywhere. Contact Norman Jones (512) 985-5741 for Zoom questions or for a brief practice session.
Program for September 8, 2020 The program was "Texas Native Plants”. The presentation was by Melissa Middlebrooks, of Graystone Gardens in Bastrop who provided information on this topic at this great time of the year for gardeners. Click here for some related information. This was a "virtual meeting" with the meeting and presentation provided after the meeting as a YouTube link.
Plant and book sale, Silent Auction and Quilt raffle scheduled for Mar 27-28, 2020 has been restructured. This important annual event (held in conjunction with the Library Book sale) to support the Bastrop Library summer children's program has been restructured due to the restrictions associated with the COVID-19 virus situation. The plant sale was held in a manner consistent with COVID-19 guidelines.
There may also be a field trip to a farm near Kovar Texas (south of Smithville) which shows support of desirable vegetation and habitat improvement for wildlife.
Our Garden club serves the Bastrop Community
Our meetings is open to the public at no charge. Meetings start at 6:30 pm with snacks and socialization followed by club business and a program by "gardening gurus" until 8:00 pm.
Plant and book sale, Silent Auction and Quilt raffle was held on Mar 29-30, 2019. This great event will support the Bastrop Library summer children's program.
The Plant Sale, Silent Auction, and Quilt Raffle will support the Bastrop Library summer children's activity and reading program. This built upon the 2018 (and prior) event which had 203 programs and a large number of children in the Bastrop community. Click here for a slideshow of this summer program. This will be held in conjunction with the "Friends of the Library" annual book sale. We offer 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 over $11,000 in our 2018 event (even better than the over $8000 in 2017, $6,661 in 2016 and $5300 in 2015) 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.
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.
Membership is open to anyone who is interested in gardening (flowers, vegetables, trees, shrubs, etc.). We also do projects which help beautify the community.