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Butterflies
The Orange County Chapter of the
North American Butterfly Association
  
Meets 7 p.m. 4th Thursday, January,
April, July,and October@ Irvine Water
District, 15600 Sand Canyon, Irvine
Contact
OC Chapter of NABA

Cactus & Succulents
The Orange County Cactus &
Succulent Society.
Meets 7:30 p.m. 4th
Thursday.   November & December
meetings are combined and moved to
the 1st  or 2nd  Thursday of December.
 Meetings @ The Fullerton
Arboretum.  1900 Associated Road,
Fullerton.  Contact 714-378-9089.
www.occss.org

Camellias
Orange County Camellia Society
Meets 7 p.m. 1st Monday, October
through April @ Taco Bell Corporate
offices , 17901 Von Karman. Irvine.
Contact
www.occamellias.org  

Carnivorous Plants
The Los Angeles Carnivorous Plant
Society.
Meets 11 a.m. - 3 p.m. 3rd Saturday of
even-numbered months @ Alhambra
Chamber of Commerce building. 104 S.
First St. Alhambra.  $3 cover charge.
Check first as meetings sometimes take
place at other locations.
Los Angeles
Carnivorous Plant Society  Contact Tom
Johnson -
johnson03@earthlink.net.  

Chrysanthemums
The National Chrysanthemum Society,
O C Chapter.
Meets 6:30 pm 1st
Monday @  St. John the Baptist
Greek Orthodox Church, 405 N. Dale
Street, Anaheim. Contact
714-827-0181, 714-539-2788,
562-594-8262
Ahomayouni@aol.com ,
normlegend@hotmail.com       

Clematis
American Clematis Society.
Call 310-328-6250 for location and
dates
American Clematis Society

Clivia
Southern California Chapter of the
North American Clivia Society.
Quarterly meetings on 4th Saturday  
Contact normlegend@hotmail.com

Dahlias
South Coast Dahlia Society meets the
third Tuesday each month 7 p.m.
except August and December @
South
Coast Botanic Gardens, 26300
Crenshaw Blvd., Palos Verdes
Peninsula.  Contact Bob Miller
310/375-3629 or
millerboba@verizon.net or Dick
Kohlschreiber 310-833-6823 or
kohlpedro@msn.com
http:
//vickisdahlias.com/South%20Coas
t.html

Ferns
Los Angeles International Fern
Society.
Meets 7:30 p.m. 3rd Friday except
August @ Lecture room B of the
Arboretum of Los Angeles County.  
301 N. Baldwin Ave, Arcadia Contact  
L A Int Fern Society

Fuchsia
Orange County Fuchsia Society.
Meets 7:30 p.m. 1st Tuesday @
Friends Church, 12211 Magnolia St.,
Garden Grove. No meeting in August.
Contact 714-374-6456  
 OC Fuchsia
Society    

Geraniums
The Orange County Geranium Society.
Meets 10 a.m. 2nd Saturday.  (January
through October)  @ East Anaheim
Christian  Church, 2216 East South
Street, Anaheim. Contact
714-630-2207  or e-mail
xllunt@sbcglobal.net   

Gesneriads
The Grow and Study Gesneriad Club.
Meets 10 a.m. 2nd Saturday (except
December)  @  Wilshire Avenue
Community Church (formerly First
Baptist Church of Fullerton), 212 E.
Wilshire Ave, Fullerton. Contact
 Al
Striepens

Gourds
Orange County Gourd Society.
Meets 6:30 - 9 p.m. 4th Thursday
except November & December  in
Costa Mesa near Harbor & Baker.
Contacts 714-997-4482 or
714-641-8124 e-mail
createit@att.net  
susansphn@aol.com  
O C Gourd Society

Hemerocallis
Orange County Iris & Daylily Club.
Meets 7 p.m.  2nd Tuesday, @ 1st
Presbyterian Church, 11832 Euclid,
Garden Grove. Contact 562-420-9190

Herbs
Orange County Herb Society,
Meets 1 p.m. September through June.
1st Sunday @ Santiago Park Lawn
Bowling Clubhouse, 510 E. Memory
Lane, Santa Ana.
O C Herb Society         

Mycological (Mushrooms)
Los Angeles Mycological Society.  
Meets 8 p.m. 3rd Monday @
Times-Mirror Meeting Room, 900
Exposition Blvd, Los Angeles.
http://lamushrooms.org     

Native Plants
O C Chapter of Calif Native Plant
Society
Meets 7 p.m. 3rd Thursday  
(except July & August) @ The Duck
Club, Riparian View, Irvine.  Thomas
guide pg 859, J-7.  Contact
949-768-0431.
 O C Chapter

Orchids
Cymbidium Society of America, O C
Branch.
Meets 8 p.m. 2nd Wednesday,
@ Garden Grove Community Center,
11300 Stanford Ave, Garden Grove.  
Contact 714-883-8403
Orange County
Branch

Long Beach Amateur Orchid Society
Meets 7 p.m. 2nd Monday @
American Legion Post 496, 5938
Parkcrest, Long Beach. Guests
welcome. 714-539-4937
http://216.86.202.253/LBAOSx/

Newport Harbor Orchid Society Meets
7 p.m. 3rd Tuesday @ Costa Mesa
Community Center, 1845 Park Ave ,
Costa Mesa. Contact 714 327-7525,
Newport Harbor Orchid Society

Orange County Orchid Society. Meets
7:30 p.m., 3rd Wednesday @ Yorba
Linda Public Library, 18181 Imperial
Hwy, Yorba Linda. Contact
626-914-2118
Orange County Orchid Society

Southern California Orchid Species
Society.
Meets 2 p.m., 2nd Sunday, @  
Placentia Library, 411 E. Chapman
Ave, Placentia.   Contact 714 991-8661

So Cal
Orchid Species   

Organic Gardening
California Organic Gardening Club.
Meets on the 2nd Wednesday at 7 p.m.
@ Women's Civic Club of Garden
Grove at 9501 Chapman Avenue.
Contact 714-636-5667
www.stormloader.com/users/cogc         

Orange County Organic Gardening
Club.
Meets 2nd Tuesday 7.30 p.m. @
Silo Building in Centennial Farms @
OC Fairgrounds, Costa Mesa.
Contact
dfwinterstein@msn.com
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OCOrga
nic

Palms
Palm Society of So Calif.  Meeting
places vary check website.
Palm Society of So Calif

Plumeria
South Coast Plumeria Society, meets
March 2nd, April 6th, June 1st, August
3rd & October 5th,  1 p.m. @ Murdy
Community Center, Huntington Beach
(Goldenwest & Norma Avenues)
South Coast Plumeria Society

Rare Fruit Growers
Calif. Rare Fruit Growers,  O C
Chapter
meets  7:30 p.m. 3rd Thursday except
July @ Silo Building in Centennial
Farms @ O C Fairgrounds, Costa
Mesa. Contact 562-799-9524. Contact

http://ocfruit.com/

Roses
Orange County Rose Society
meets 7:30 p.m., 1st Thursday except
July & August @ Westminster Senior
Center, 8200 Westminster Blvd,
Westminster.  Contact 949-389-4623,  
949-362-2710 Monthly member shows
are held at the April-June and
September-November meetings.  
Every one welcome.
www.orangecountyrs.org      

Rose Society of Saddleback Mountain
meets 7 p.m., 2nd Thursday @ Rancho
Santa Margarita Water District
Building, 26111 Antonio Parkway,
Rancho Santa Margarita. Contact
949-643-8487.
www.rssm.org            

Trees  
Huntington Beach Tree Society,
Meets 7 p.m. 3rd Wednesday  @
Huntington Beach Public Library, 7111
Talbert H. B.
Huntington Beach Tree Society
ARBORETUMS & GARDENS
Environmental Nature Center
1601 16th St., Newport Beach,
949-645-8489
www.encenter.org    

Fullerton Arboretum
1900 Associated Road, Fullerton,
Contact 714-278-3579.
Fullerton Arboretum    

The Hortense Miller Garden
Laguna Beach, California
www.hortensemillergarden.org     
Reservations are needed. 949-497-0716

Laguna Canyon Foundation
18751 Laguna Canyon Rd., Laguna
Beach
www.lagunacanyon.org            

Niguel Botanical Preserve
29751 Crown Valley Parkway,
Laguna Niguel
www.niguelbotanicalpreserve.org/    

Sherman Library & Gardens
2647 East Coast Highway
Corona del Mar contact 949-673-2261
Sherman Library & Gardens    

Shipley Nature Center,
17829 Golden West St.,
Huntington Beach. 714- 842-4772
www.shipleynature.org    

U C Irvine Arboretum, just south of the  
corner of Campus Drive and Jamboree
Road on the UCI North Campus.
Contact
arboretum.bio.uci.edu   
949-824-5833
COLLEGES
Fullerton College, Horticulture Dept
321 E. Chapman, Fullerton 714-992-7381
North end of campus on Berkeley.
Horticulture Dept

Mt. San Antonio College, Agricultural
Program.  
1100 N. Grand Ave., Walnut.  
909-594-5611

www.mtsac.
edu/instruction/sciences/agric
ulture/   

Orange Coast College, Horticulture
Garden Nursery.
 Enter on Adams Street
2701 Fairview Rd. Costa Mesa,
714-432-0202 ext 26533
Horticulture Garden Nursery

Saddleback College, Horticulture Dept
28000 Marguerite Parkway, Mission
Viejo.  Greenhouse on College Drive
East. Contact 949-582-4541
Horticulture Dept

UCR Extension Center,
1200 University Avenue, Riverside
951-827-4105
www.extension.ucr.edu
GARDEN CLUBS
A Land Lover's Garden Club.  Meets
10:30 a.m. 3rd Wednesday, @
Huntington Harbour Yacht Club, 3821
Warner Ave., Huntington Beach.
Contact 562-799-3700

Anaheim Garden Club.  Meets 10 a.m.
3rd Friday September through May. @
United Anaheim Methodist Church, 1000
S. State College Blvd., Anaheim.  
Contact -
Sue    
www.geocities.com/anaheimgardenclub     

Canyon Crest Garden Club.  Meets 9
a.m. 3rd Friday September through June
@ Canyon Crest Clubhouse, 22300
Canyon Crest Drive, Mission Viejo.
Contact 949-458-9828
Canyon Crest Garden Club

Del Norte Garden Club. Meets 10 a.m.
2nd Thursday, September through June.  
@ Placentia United Methodist Church,
2050 Valencia Blvd. Placentia .
Contact 714-993-5585, 562-691-6917 or
714-524-7318

Fullerton Garden Club. Meets 9 a.m. 2nd
Tuesday @ Fullerton Arboretum, 1900
Associated Road, Fullerton.
Contact 714-525-3093, 714-871-0802

Gardening Angels, San Juan Capistrano
Mission. Application on website.
Gardening Angels

The Horticultural Society of Orange
County
Meets 7:30 p.m.  3rd Tuesday
each month except April.  @ East
Anaheim Christian Church, 2216 East
South St., Anaheim.
Membership application. Adobe Reader
needed. Contact 714-635-0
173 or    
HortSocOC@aol.com
www.geocities.com/thehortsocietyofoc   

Huntington View Garden Club,
Meets 7 p.m. 4th Monday @ Sea-Air
Mobile Estate, 6241 Warner Ave.,
Huntington Beach
Contact 714-596-4928

Irvine Garden Club
http://irvinegardenclub.com/   
Meets 6:30 p.m.  1st Monday   (except
Jan./July/Sept.)  @ Irvine Ranch Water
District (IRWD),15600 Sand Canyon
Avenue, Irvine.

Laguna Beach Garden Club.
Meets 9:30 a.m.  2nd Friday September
through May @ The Neighborhood
Congregational Church, 340 St. Ann's
Drive, Laguna Beach.
Laguna Beach Garden Club

Lake Forest Garden Club. Meets 9:30
a.m. 3rd Friday @ Lake Forest Beach
and Tennis Club, 22921 Ridge Route
Drive, Lake Forest.
Contact 949-768-3249, 949-768-3456

Newport Hills Garden Club. Meets 9
a.m.  3rd Thursday @ Newport Hills
Club House, 1800 Port Carlow, Newport
Beach  
Contact 949-673-7668, 949-673-2425.

Orange County District of California
Garden Clubs.  
Meets 4 times a year.
www.geocities.com/ocdistrictclubs

San Clemente Garden Club, Meets 1
p.m.1st Wed,  September through June.  
@ St. Andrews by-the-Sea Methodist
Church, 2001 Calle Frontera, San
Clemente.  Contact  949-498-3317 or
949-492-4329.
www.sanclementegardenclub.com   

Whittier Year Around Garden Club.
Meets 10 a.m. 2nd Tuesday @ East
Whittier United Methodist Church,
10005 S. Cole Road, Whittier. Contact
Nancy 562-697-1552
MASTER GARDENERS
The Orange County Master Gardeners
Meets 9 a.m.  1st Saturday of each
month except July @ Santa Ana Lawn
Bowling Club, 510 E. Memory Lane,
Santa Ana.  Helpline 714-278-4005
Orange County Master Gardeners

UCCE Master Gardeners
UCCE Master Gardeners    
Hotline 714-708-1646
Contact
 UCCE Master Gardeners
NURSERIES
Batavia Gardens
1730 N Batavia, Orange
Contact 714-637-2360

Brea Olinda Nursery
2601 Valencia Ave, Brea
Contact 714-993-0760  
Brea Olinda Nursery    

Cottage Nursery Gardens
14391 Edwards, Westminster
Contact 714-890-5511.
Cottage Nursery Gardens

Dragonfly Shops & Gardens,
260 N. Glassell St, Orange.  
714-289-4689  
www.dragonflyshopsandgardens.com

Flowerdale Nurseries, Inc
2800 N. Tustin Ave, Santa Ana
714-633-92002
700 Bristol St. Costa Mesa
714-754-6661
Flowerdale Nurseries

Green Thumb, International
23782 Bridger Road, Lake Forest/El
Toro 949-837-3040
www.supergarden.com/ei-toro-lake-fore
st.php        

Guerrero Rose Farm Nursery
2110 South Euclid Avenue, Ontario
909-988-0015

Laguna Hills Nursery
71 Auto Center Drive
Foothill Ranch  949-830-5653
Laguna Hills Nursery

Mimosa Nursery
2700 West Crescent Avenue
Anaheim, 714- 828-0780
www.mimosanurseryanaheim.com

Nate's Palms
1700 N Puente, Brea 714.381.1983
www.natespalms.com    

Plant Depot
33413 San Juan Creek Road
San Juan Capistrano
949-240-2107
www.plantdepot.com

The Plant Stand
2972-A Century Place, Costa Mesa
On Baker Street 2 blocks west of
Bristol. Contact 714-966-0797  
www.plant-stand.com

Plantenders
15882 Santiago Canyon Road
Silverado Canyon, 714-649-2300
www.plantenders.com

Roger's Gardens
2301 San Joaquin Hills Road,
Corona del Mar.  Contact 949-640-5800
www.rogersgardens.com    

Seaside Growers
33773 Camino Capistrano, San Juan
Capistrano, 949-493-7854
www.seasidegrowers.com

Tree of Life Nursery
33201 Ortega Hiway, San Juan
Capistrano Contact 949-728-0685
Tree of Life Nursery  

Upland Nursery
1518 North Tustin Street
Orange 714.538.4500
www.uplandnursery.com

Village Nurseries
1589 North Main Street, Orange
800-542-0209
www.villagenurseries.com    

Weidners' Gardens Nursery
695 Normandy Road, Encinitas
(hours & dates vary check before going)
www.weidners.com    
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Can You Help ?
There is a group of young
adolescents ages 12 to 18 in
Santa Ana at a place called
Phoenix House, a drug and
alcohol rehab . They are
usually sent there by the
courts.  The  staff is doing a
very good job of
rehabilitating these young
people. Most of them have
not had much of a family life.
 During the time they are
there they are taught the
value of family and of social
responsibility. Martha Wida
has volunteered there for
several years with the U C
Master Gardeners teaching
them gardening.

At the moment they are in
need of wood to make more
square foot gardening boxes.
 They hope to have one
raised bed for each student.
(45) The beds are four feet
square and about 6" high.  
They  will consider anything
anyone has.

Please contact Martha
directly if you have anything
to offer.
mwida@surfside.net
Gardening Angels
Offer Wednesday
Tours of Mission
Gardens
Mission San Juan Capistrano's
Gardening Angels are offering
weekly tours of the Mission's
gardens on Wednesdays
beginning at 10 a.m., 10: 30
a.m. and 11 a.m. The tours last
a half hour. The Wednesday
tours are included in the price
of admission, and are being
offered to enhance visitors'
experience, in accordance with
the Mission's 5-Year Strategic
Plan. Garden tours for groups
of 15 or more are also available.
To arrange a group tour,
contact Regina Lozic at (949)
234-1318 or
rlozic@missionsjc.com.  or
www.missionsjc.com
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CANYONS
Canyon Life
www.canyonlife.com   

Laguna Canyon
www.lagunacanyon.org

Plant Modjeska
www.plantmodjeska.org

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Gardensmith
Garden Designs
CCNP
Licensed Landscape Contractor
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Rejuvenate established
gardens or design new ones

714-931-8253
www.victoriagardensmith.org

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Scott Lathrop
B.S.O.H -A.C.C.N.Pro - M.N.P.

Professional Horticulturalist -
Growing since 1972

Garden Consultant,
Lecturer & Writer

e-mail
Iknowplants@aol.com
HABITAT RESTORATION
Back to Natives
www.backtonatives.org
GARDEN HELP
California Native Plant Garden Hotline  
909-624-0838
r
sabg.hortinfo@cgu.edu

O C Master Gardeners Helpline
714-278-4005

UCCE Master Gardeners Hotline
714-708-1646
ucmastergardeners@yahoo.com
GARDEN SUPPLIES
Compost
Serrano Creek Soil Amendments
25201 Trabuco Rd., Lake Forest
949-768-1008 serranocreeksoils.com  

Miscellaneous  
Orange County Farm Supply
1826 W. Chapman Ave, Orange.
714-978-6500
OC Farm Supply  
SPECIFIC GARDEN CLUBS
African Violets
Tri-Counties African Violet Society.
Meets 1 p.m. 1st Sunday, @ Anaheim
Hills Community Center, 8201 E.
Santa Ana Canyon Road, Anaheim.
Contact 714-281-4339.

Tustana African Violet Society. Meets
6:30 pm 3rd Tuesday, January through
Novenber @ Zion Christian Center,
710 Cambridge, Room 113, Orange.
Contact
stevhaus@yahoo.com    

Bamboo
So Cal Chapter of the American
Bamboo Societ
y.  Meets 3rd Saturday
@ Quail Botanical Gardens, Encinitas.
So Cal Chapter

Beekeepers
Orange County Beekeepers’
Association
Meets 7 p.m. 1st Tuesday except July
@ Centennial Farm Silo
Building,          Orange County Fair
Grounds.  
Contact Jim Ludiker @ 714-839-BEES
(2337)
  www.ocba.homestead.com

Begonias
Doug Frost Begonia Society of
Garden. Grove.
Meets 7:00 p.m. 1st
Wednesday,  @ Fernwood Mobile
Home Park Recreation Hall, 10550
Western Ave, Stanton. Contact 714-
816-0717.

Orange County Begonia Society.
Meets 7 p.m. 2nd Thursday  @ East
Anaheim Christian Church, 2216 East
South Street, Anaheim.  
Contact 714-816-0717

Birds
Southern California Bluebird Club
www.socalbluebirds.org/  
Meets 8:30 a.m. 1st Saturday @
Corner Bakery, 13786 Jamboree
Road, Irvine.  Contact 714-734-8172

Blacksmith
Orange County Blacksmith Guild
www.centennialmuseum.
org/blacksmiths
Meet at the Centennial Heritage
Museum, 3101 W. Harvard St., Santa
Ana.

Bonsai
Kofu Bonsai Kai. Meets 7 p.m. - 9:30
p.m. 3rd Saturday, @ United
Methodist Church, 1000 S. State
College Blvd, Anaheim.  Workshop at
4 p.m. - 6 p.m.  Contact
www.KofuKai.
org

Orange County Bonsai Society.  
Meets 1 p.m. 4th Sunday @ Orange
County Buddhist Church, 909 S. Dale
Ave, Anaheim, Rooms 11 & 12.
Contact 714-553-7516

Bromeliads
Saddleback Valley Bromeliad Society.
Meets 7 p.m. 1st Thursday @ Norman
Murray Community and Senior
Center, 24932 Veterans Way, Mission
Viejo. Contact 949-837-3722

cbrenner@saddleback.edu
Saddleback Valley Bromeliad Society

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