Petal Pushers Garden Club Meeting Minutes, July 22, 2025

Field trip:

We took a field trip to a local residential garden. The owner took us on a tour of her backyard and front yard gardens. She is an amazing gardener, as well as a master beekeeper, and she had planted lots of plants to feed those bees. She has beehives with European bees, and of course, native bees visit her native plants in the gardens. We made sure not to wear brightly colored clothing which attract bees - white was the color of the day! Her yard has been deemed an “ABQ Backyard Refuge”. That program aims to create wildlife habitats in urban areas of Albuquerque. She gave us a tour of all the plants, raised beds, and her cat’s “catio”. It was a wonderful way to spend a morning.

Business meeting:

We had an abbreviated business meeting so we could spend more time in the gardens. The Garden Council’s “Christmas in July” flower show was July 18-19 and Petal Pushers Garden Club AGAIN won first place in the club competition. We had a great team which made birdseed ornaments and “gifts” under the tree, dried orange slices, and other decorations for our Christmas tree. The tree was beautiful and there’s a photo of it in your 2025-26 Petal Pusher yearbook. The prize for our win was two gift certificates to the Garden Center gift shop.

Next meeting:

August 26, 2025, 9:30 at the Garden Center

Making car air fresheners craft