Our monthly meetings are a forum for sharing knowledge and experience in all aspects of gardening and horticulture. Meetings are held on the second Thursday of each month at 7:30pm, usually near Griffith Park (unless noted). We enthusiastically welcome new members, so please drop by.
This event is free to SCHS members and $5 for non-members. Children under 18 are free. Ample onsite free parking is available.
Next Meeting:
Thursday, March 11, 2010, at 7:30pm
Guest Presenter:
John Greenlee
Program:
The American Meadow Garden
John Greenlee is a grass ecology expert, nurseryman, and author of the newly-published The American Meadow Garden. At our March meeting, John will present a slideshow that illustrates the danger of the common Bermuda lawn, displays images of meadows in nature, and explains how and why to grow a meadow instead of a lawn. Also included in his presentation are images of meadows that John has designed and installed around the world.
A skilled horticulturist and garden designer, John Greenlee is founder of Greenlee Nursery, the oldest specialty grass nursery on the West Coast. He is also the author of The Encyclopedia of Ornamental Grasses.
As an expert in grass ecology and champion of sustainable design, John has made meadows all around the world, from The San Diego Zoo in Southern California and Disney’s Animal Kingdom in Florida, to private residencies in Morocco and Saudi Arabia. His movement to reinvent America’s turf-lawn culture has grabbed headlines in major media sources such as The New York Times, Martha Stewart Living, Architectural Digest, Garden Design, The Los Angeles Times, and Sunset Magazine.
John and his family live in Northern California.
The American Meadow Garden will be available for sale at the meeting. More information on this book is available from the publisher, Timber Press.
For more information, please visit John’s website.
Location: Friendship Auditorium, 3201 Riverside Drive, Los Angeles, CA 90027. Click here for a map to Friendship Auditorium.
This event is free to SCHS members and $5 for non-members. Ample onsite free parking is available.
Upcoming Meetings – mark your Calendar now! Meetings are held on the second Thursday of the month, unless noted otherwise.
2010 Schedule
April 8 – Dr. Rachel S Jabaily presents “Up, Down, Wet then Dry: The Quest for Puya (Bromeliaceae) in the Andes”
May 13 – Bob Hornback shares “The Horticulturist’s Alice: A Garden Tour of Wonderland”
June 10 – Marcia Donahue discusses “Planting Sculpture, Sculpting Plants”
July 8 – Jim Downer: Learn about garden plant problems, diseases and pests - common, uncommon and ‘new’ with experienced plant pathologist.