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.

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://prescottbluebird.com/

https://birdallianceoregon.org/

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.