Calendar

Meetings are held on the first Thursday of each month from February through December at 7:00 PM at the Allen Heritage Center Train Depot at 100 East Main Street in Allen (unless otherwise noted here on our calendar). See the following dates for meeting information:

July 1 - No meeting. Enjoy your garden!

August 5 - Square Foot Gardening - Learn how to use your garden space more efficiently with this easy to use technique for vegetable or ornamental gardens.

September 2 - Butterfly Gardening - Learn about attracting butterflies to your garden, appropriate host plants for caterpillars and raising butterflies from a local butterfly expert.

September TBA - Community Plant Swap at The Villages at Fairview Community Gardens- Divide and bring your plants in containers. Seeds should be in sealed envelopes. Please LABEL all your plants and seeds.

October 7 - Composting 101 - Learn the basics of creating and maintaining a compost pile in your backyard and when and how to use the finished compost.

November 4 - Shrubs for North Texas - Learn about the best shrubs for use in our gardens.

November 6 - Texas Recycles Day - Allen City Hall

December 2 - AGC members Holiday Potluck

We are in the process of taking suggestions for meeting topics for 2011. If there is a gardening topic you would like to hear about, please send us an e-mail and we will work to get it on our schedule.