Garden of the Month for June
June 1 - June 30
Free
While water is still flowing, you won’t want to miss this shady stroll along Strawberry Creek to discover June’s Idyllwild Garden of the Month. Marilyn Kemp’s creekside garden is an experience you won’t want to miss. Park near the Amphitheatre / Brewpub and find the path along Strawberry Creek and saunter downstream. When you reach the two wooden chairs (and our Garden of the Month sign), you’ve reached the destination. Rest on the chairs or stroll past our Garden Club sign and into Marilyn’s Garden side garden. Her lovely garden includes Junipers, Privets, Cherry Laurel, Pyracantha, English Ivy, Artemisia (Great Basin Sagebrush), Smoke Tree, Snapdragon, Euonymus, Lilacs, Grevillea and Rock Roses (beautiful blooms).
This hidden streamside trail is shaded with mature Alder,
Willow, Pine, Cedar, Canyon and Live Oak trees. You’ll also find a cornucopia of native plants, including California Rose, Thimbleberry, Meadow Rue, Snowberry, Gooseberry, Columbine, Bracken Fern, Checker Mallow, Hedge Nettle, California Fuchsia, Mugwort, Sedge and Juncus (Rush), Mahonia (Oregon Grape), California Everlasting, and, of course, strawberries. You will also encounter several non-native invasives including Armenian Blackberry, Ivy, Vinca and Mustard.
Special THANKS to Michael Duval for his great expertise in confirming identification of the plants.
If you or someone you know has a garden and would be interested in being our garden of the month, please contact Stephen Sutton at 562 254-6721 or via email at stepheninidy@gmail.com.
12:30 – Social time
1:00 – Business meeting
1:30 – Speaker