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Sept 2020 to May 2021 Meetings

"Learn from speakers and from each other"

Meetings are held at the Bastrop Public Library on the second Tuesday of each month.  The meetings start at 6:30 PM with light refreshments and networking.  The business meeting (approximately 15 minutes) begins at 7:00 pm followed by a program of 30-45 minutes by a speaker knowledgeable in a particular subject.  Click
here for information on prior meeting programs which indicates programs which we endeavor to be useful to gardeners.  Suggestions for programs/speakers are invited. 


Program for October 13, 2020   The program will be " DIY Hydroponics for Space and Water Efficient Gardens for Vegetables, Herbs, and Flowers as a Project”.  Hydroponoics (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 will be by Norman Jones of Lost Pines Garden Club. This will be 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 will include in-person attendance following heath guidelines (masks, etc.) and "remote live participation" by Zoom https://zoom.us/about.   Club members will be provide a clickable "Zoom link" to join the meeting. The meeting will be recorded and posted to YouTube with a link to our Club web site.     The meeting will be at Community Gardens from 3:30 pm to 4:30 pm. 

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.   
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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).