IGC - Idyllwild Garden Club

Food Foraging and Mountain Edibles
2026-08-01 09:00 - 10:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Community Garden, Alderwood St and N. Circle Drive, Idyllwild, CA, 92549, United States
Todd Fowler and Tricia Pilkington are great resources in identifying the native plant world in Idyllwild and how they can enhance our food supply and medicinal practices. Get to know the flora around us and its benefits.
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Practical Permaculture Forum with Tricia and Todd
2026-07-25 09:00 - 10:00 | Community Garden, Alderwood St and N. Circle Drive, Idyllwild, CA, 92549, United States
Join Tricia Pilkington and Todd Fowler, two expert permaculturists, who will share the principles of permaculture and how it relates to our gardens and our daily lives.
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Making Hummingbird Perches with Helen Hixon
2026-07-18 09:00 - 10:00 | Community Garden, Alderwood St and N. Circle Drive, Idyllwild, CA, 92549, United States
Join Helen Hixon for a class on hummingbirds and their unique qualities and benefits. You’ll get to build a hummingbird perch for your hummingbirds to rest for a bit.
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Building Bat Boxes
2026-07-11 09:00 - 10:00 | Community Garden, Alderwood St and N. Circle Drive, Idyllwild, CA, 92549, United States
Join us today for a class on the miraculous bats that live in Idyllwild. Learn about their benefits and skills. You’ll get to build your own bat box to invite in these helpful friends.
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Nature photography by Lynne Eodice
2026-07-01 12:30 - 14:30 | Idyllwild Nature Center, 25225 CA-243, Idyllwild, CA, 92549, United States
Lynne Eodice will share her knowledge of nature photography during her presentation, and will offer tips on shooting better photos outdoors. Weather permitting, we will go outside at the Nature Center afterward and take pictures. So bring your phone or a camera of your choosing.
12:30 – Social time
1:00 – Business meeting
1:30 – Speaker

Growing Microgreens
2026-06-27 09:00 - 10:00 | Community Garden, Alderwood St and N. Circle Drive, Idyllwild, CA, 92549, United States
Join us today for a class on growing micro greens. Packed with nutrition; learn quick, easy methods to grow your own healthy greens to add to a salad, juice, sandwiches or just to munch on.
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James Reserve Field Trip
2026-06-25 10:00 - 12:30 | James Reserve, 20950 Hwy 243, Idyllwild, CA, 92549
Join us on June 25th at 10:00 a.m. for a field trip to the James Reserve! The reserve is a beautiful, natural area close to Idyllwild where scientists can observe the workings of nature.

The entryway is located to the left of Lake Fulmor, and Casey Woodall, Reserve Director, says that they can handle up to 15 cars. We encourage carpooling to this event. After the tour of the reserve, we can enjoy a picnic lunch, so bring your lunch and water that day. Please let us know if you will be going on this field trip by replying to this email.

People can park in the parking lot for Lake Fulmor, unless they want to drive into the James Reserve. If they are driving into that area, I recall that there is parking at the reserve. If they’re leaving their cars at Lake Fulmor, they do need a wilderness pass permit, I believe, but not at the reserve.
20950 Banning-Idyllwild Panoramic Highway, 20950 HWY 243 – Lake Fulmor, Idyllwild-Pine Cove, CA 92549

Birdhouse Building
2026-06-20 09:00 - 10:30 | Community Garden, Alderwood St and N. Circle Drive, Idyllwild, CA, 92549, United States
Join us today for a class to learn about the birds of Idyllwild and build your own birdhouse for Western Bluebirds.
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Gardening with Kids
2026-06-13 10:00 - 11:00 | Community Garden, Alderwood St and N. Circle Drive, Idyllwild, CA, 92549, United States
Join Peter Kindfield, Wendy Read and Mary Rider today for a class on gardening with kids. From interesting, hands on science information to digging in the dirt, this class will be fun for the whole family.
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Gardening From the Ground Up - Pest Control
2026-06-06 10:00 - 11:00 | Community Garden, Alderwood St and N. Circle Drive, Idyllwild, CA, 92549, United States
Join Bob for a class on pest control from four legged challenges to critters who are almost invisible. A variety of organic approaches to critter control will be shared and you’ll make an organic pest control. Bring a spray bottle to this class to pour your organic pest repellent into.
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Casey Woodall of the James Reserve
2026-06-03 12:30 - 14:00 | CA
Casey Woodall of the James Reserve will give a presentation on wild and organic gardening and pest control.
It won’t be a potluck, but refreshments will be served. Social time begins at 12:30 p.m., followed by a meeting at 1:00 p.m. The speaker will begin her program at 1:30 p.m.

Garden of the Month for June
2026-06-01 - 2026-06-30 | Idyllwild Nature Center, 25225 CA-243, Idyllwild, CA, 92549, United States
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

Gardening From the Ground Up - Irrigation and Water Conservation
2026-05-30 10:00 - 11:00 | Community Garden, Alderwood St and N. Circle Drive, Idyllwild, CA, 92549, United States
Join Bob for a class on irrigation and water conservation. Bob will cover a wide variety of irrigation options. He’ll also share knowledge about water catchment and conservation. You’ll make an irrigation sample to use as a reference.
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