Closed Memorial Day
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland – Friday and Saturday June 16-17
From 1pm-4pm both days
A National Garden Club
Standard Flower Show
Presented by Council of Albuquerque Garden Clubs, Inc.
South Central Region
New Mexico Garden Clubs, Inc.
District 1
Free and Open to the Public
2023 Garden U Classes 6:30 pm – 730 pm
Classes are held at the Albuquerque Garden Center 10120 Lomas Blvd NE
$5 per class – pay via cash at the door
Reservations not required
June 7 – speaker Debra Sorrell, “Taking Better Photos With Your Smartphone: from one amateur to another”. Tips for nature photographers to take incredible photos of their gardens and everything in it. You can take prize-winning photos no matter what equipment you have.
July 5 – Matt Strong from ABQ Beekeepers Association – Come see a live beehive! Learn about nature’s best pollinators.
2023 State Fair Information
The NGC New Mexico State Fair Flower Show Schedule is below. The Flower Show Schedule provides a guideline for exhibitors – please read as it includes entry and staging specifications. The N M State Fair Flower Show is sponsored by the Council of Albuquerque Gardens and is open to everyone – we welcome all exhibitors.
General Rules
Horticulture
Design
Botanic Arts
Youth
For Further information please contact Mary Noskin New Mexico State Fair Flower Show Superintendent at noskinmary@gmail.com
Pathway to Our Future – Engraved Bricks
Choosing to engrave a brick helps us to grow and unites you through a lasting testament which will endure for generations.
The $125 bricks are laser engraved and placed in the Los Altos Garden here at The Albuquerque Garden Center.
Place your order —>> Click Here
or email engraved.bricks@abqgardencenter.org
Garden Shop Open 9:30-2:30 M-F
Dreaming of next year’s garden? We have beautiful bulbs for you to plant now and seeds to inspire your garden next year! We have an amazing selection of gardening books for sale, many ideas for Southwest gardening, foraging, or just identifying what you see on the trail. We have tools and gifts for the gardener, as well as Holiday items that have just come in such as Talavera ornaments. All purchases support the Council of Albuquerque Garden Clubs educational gardens & programs and are tax free. Hope to see you soon
Library Book Club – Get Involved!
Meetings are generally held on the first Monday (unless there’s a holiday) at 4:00 pm.
What we’re reading now. For details on the books below follow the “READ MORE” tag. Contact BotanicalBooksABQ@gmail.com for more information and the Zoom link.
Continue readingCactus & Succulent Society of NM Meetings
*The Cactus and Succulent Society of New Mexico meets the third Wednesday of most months in the Grace’s (Patio) Room of the Garden Center. Educational and entertaining presentations usually begin at about 7:45 p.m. Visitors are welcome. Please join us to learn more about these fascinating plants, or just enjoy the beautiful pictures of plants and places many of us will never have the opportunity to visit.
- CSSNM has returned to in-person meetings, but has chosen to make them hybrid in order to provide access to both members and guests who cannot attend in person. Please email CSSofNM@gmail.com to request an invitation to the meeting and presentation. Presentations are recorded and made available for a limited time through a link to YouTube on the CSSNM website, http://www.new-mexico.cactus-society.org/ in “Recent Events”