September Garden Club meeting
Join us for a September flower swan song and walk through the home garden of President Bill Zuber, outside of Oregon City. Bill has built a perennial garden we all dream about. Zinnias, dahlias, lilies and more. He will share his tips for keeping dahlias in the ground over the winter.
Meeting is September 9th at 1 PM
15311 S. Stevens Rd Oregon City
Native Plant Sanctuary
Could use our help
Many hands make light work. Our new native plant sanctuary in Canby’s Community Park could use some help. We water Tuesday and Friday mornings using small buckets. (bring your own bucket and a wagon if you have one.) Many regular volunteers are on vacation and our plants are thirsty. Join us and learn more about this new community space for pollinators. SW Berg Parkway near Safeway in Canby. Thank you so much.
July Garden Club Meeting
Tuesday July 8, 2025 Canby Community Park
The Canby Garden Club will meet on Tuesday, July 8 at 1 p.m. at Canby Community Park, 1348 SW Berg Parkway.
Members and guests will enjoy a potluck picnic and tour the recently restored Native Plant Sanctuary just west of the pond. Club treasurer David Kleinke will update members on the project and talk about future plans. In 2023 the area was overgrown with blackberries and invasive non native plants. Since then over 200 new native plants have been introduced, paths laid out, wood chip mulch put down and many other improvements.
Over 50 local volunteers have helped with the area cleanup.
June Garden Club Meeting
Tuesday June 10, 1 PM Canby Public Library
Join the Canby Garden Club Tuesday, June 10 at 1 p.m. to help us plan our July 4th Float in the Canby Parade. Our theme is “Flower Power”.
Join us Saturday, May 10th
Come find treats at our Mother’s Day Market.
Downtown Canby, next to the Canby Public Library.
We will have house plants, succulents, dahlias, Daphnes, shrubs, annuals, perennials, natives and lots of local garden goodies for mom.
Best prices. All proceeds go to support Canby High School horticulture scholarships and local garden programs.
Starting on Dec 18th, we have joined forces with Oregon Bottle Drop to raise money for our nonprofit. BottleDrop Give makes it easy to fundraise, collecting and returning beverage containers to reach our fundraising goals.
We recycle your bottles and cans through BottleDrop and use the $$ to support local garden programs, support our veterans, develop pollinator patches and renovate a local native plant sanctuary. Every spring the Canby Garden Club awards scholarships to support Canby High School agriculture/horticulture students too.
Need a blue bag? Send us an email info@canbygardenclub.com and we will drop a bag at your house. Thank you.
May Meeting
Tuesday May 13th 1 PM
We will tour the home and grounds of Chateau de Lis, a beautiful castle set among lush landscaping on 133 acres. There are lovely manicured gardens, with paths and ponds that we can enjoy. Along with our meeting, we will be treated to a Scotish Tea.
April Meeting
Tuesday, April 8th 1 Pm Canby Public Library
Speaker Carmen Goetschius will talk to us about Heritage Trees
Carmen is a Pacific Northwest native who has traveled and lived all over the United States. While living in Charleston, S.C. she became interested in the old trees of the South. She will share how Charleston celebrates their old trees and look at the Heritage trees here in Canby and the Willamette Valley.
One beautiful tree in Canby is the Philander Lee tree at 292 N Holly Street. The oak tree the family planted sits on the site of the family’s third home, which was constructed by carpenters with the Oregon and California Railroad in 1869.
More information about Oregon’s Heritage Trees here https://oregontic.com/oregon-heritage-trees/about-heritage-trees/
March Meeting
Tuesday March 11th 1 PM Canby Public Library
Join us for a wonderful “Bluebird” program from local guide Michelle Harrington. Michelle is a retired elementary reading specialist and a team leader and board member for the Prescott Bluebird Recovery Project. “In Clackamas County we have a total of 90 Bluebird boxes that we monitor. I supervise five volunteers and each volunteer has about 15 boxes that they check,” Michelle said. “Educating the public about Bluebirds is very important to me.”
We will have information about setting up your own Bluebird house for spring and encouraging these beautiful winged creatures to nest near you.
For more information check out:
https://birdallianceoregon.org/
photos Janel Pahl, Canby Garden Club
February Meeting
Tuesday, Feb. 11, 1 p.m. Canby Public Library
Speaker: Tonia Lordy, Executive Director of the Home Orchard Education Center
https://www.homeorchardeducationcenter.org
“Growing fruit trees and berries for your backyard”
Join us to learn about choosing, pruning, spraying and growing your own fruit trees to get maximum yield.
Tonia Lordy, executive director of the Home Orchard Society, will lead us through the programs offered in Oregon City on the Clackamas Community College Campus. Lordy said the campus orchard began in 1975 when a local group of hobby gardeners in Portland got together to share information and work toward a demonstration orchard. She added she is a part time horticulture instructor for the college. “I get to do something I absolutely love to do for a living,” she said. ” I used to work for Lowe’s. I think to go to work, and teach people how to grow fruit, it’s just a really good feeling.”
Tonia Lordy
(503) 298-5410
https://www.homeorchardeducationcenter.org/
Email: info@homeorchardeducationcenter.org
January Meeting
Tuesday, Jan. 14, 1 p.m. at the Canby Public Library
Speaker Cindy Hines of Gladstone will share information on planting for pollinators by using plants native to our garden area. Hines is a community education instructor, a naturalist gardener, and a partner in Pond Hag Natives, a group that creates and restores native habitats and sells native plants at popup events. She recently helped acquire a grant from the Xerces Society to plant 102 new plants at the Gladstone Nature Park. Hines will share her favorite books on growing native plants and local seed sources. She added Doug Tallamy, author of Nature’s Best Hope, is one of her favorite writers.
“Butterflies used to reproduce on the native plants that grew in our yards before the plants were bulldozed and replaced with lawn. To have butterflies in our future, we need to replace those lost host plants, no if’s, and’s or but’s. If we do not, butterfly populations will continue to decline with every new house that is built.”
― Douglas Tallamy
The Canby Garden Club in cooperation with the City of Canby Park+Rec Department planted a Native Big Leaf Maple in October 2024. The tree was placed in the Maple Street Park and will provide a home for wildlife and shade for local residents. Thanks to the local native plant nursery, Bosky Dell of West Linn, for growing this tree. photos-Janel Pugh and Katie Halicki.
We held short dedication ceremony for the Native Plant Sanctuary on Friday, October 25th at 10:30 am at Canby Community Park. We have had over 100 community members participate in restoring the sanctuary. Hundreds of hours were required to restore the sanctuary and now it’s time to celebrate.
contact us info@canbygardenclub.com
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