Join us for the May meeting of the Sunnvyale Garden Club on Tuesday, May 14 at 10:00 a.m. in Sunnyvale Town Hall. Sharon Russell, District X Director of the Texas Garden Clubs Inc. will be installing next year’s officers. Plan to stay for the delicious lunch that will be provided by the Hospitality Committee.
Ever wondered how to attract more butterflies to your garden? Join us on Tuesday, March 12 at 10:00 a.m. at Sunnyvale Town Hall for a program called “How to Create a Butterfly Garden” by Nancy Wilson, who was the Dallas County Master Gardeners Speaker of the Year in 2022!
Sunnyvale Garden Club invites you to join us. Guests are welcome: you don’t have to be a member to attend. There is no charge for the program or the delicious lunch.
Join us for A TEXAS TEA & Catered Lunch by Baker’s Ribs
The Sunnyvale Garden Club welcomes all! Round up your friends, family and neighbors to enjoy a delicious meal and fun time! Please help us support our community and youth with scholarships for Sunnyvale ISD Seniors!
Friday, March 1, 2024
C Life Church, 610 US Hwy 80, Sunnyvale Garden Club
Entertainment by Jill Rumbley Beam
Raffle Prizes – Tickets $40 Raffle Tickets $5 each or 5 for $20
RSVP to Faye Nabors – 214-514-2619 or Jeanette Hobbs – 214-906-0196
Did you know that now is the time to plant tomatoes? Join us on Tuesday, Jan. 9 at 10:00 a.m. for a presentation called “Tons of Tomatoes” by Dallas County Master Gardener John Hunt. We’re meeting at Sunnyvale Town Hall. Be sure to stay for lunch!
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Our December meeting and holiday luncheon was held on Tuesday, December 12 at c/Life Church Sunnyvale campus with Jeff Ray, Channel 11’s senior meteorologist as our speaker. He presented an excellent program on “Changing Weather and Gardening in North Texas.” Fifty-seven members and guests attended. The Daybreak Choir from Sunnyvale High School provided entertainment with seasonal songs. A delicious meal was catered by Baker’s Rib.
Members decorated beautiful holiday tablescapes for our enjoyment. Door prizes of poinsettias and orchids were given to many members and guests. The event was a fun and festive kick-off to the holiday season. Hope you can join us next year!
The Sunnyvale Garden Club held their regular monthly meeting on Tuesday, October 10 with Roseann Ferguson presenting a program entitled “Pumpkins with Pizzazz.” She created a pumpkin accented with succulents to enjoy throughout the fall season and donated a second pumpkin as well. Members were able to purchase raffle tickets to win the two decorative pumpkins. Lucky winners were Chitra Kumar and Beverly Richey.
Check out these wonderful programs coming up for the 2023-2024 year and get them on your calendars now! You won’t want to miss a single one!
Check out these wonderful programs and add them to your calendar now! You won’t want to miss any of them!
Tuesday, October 10 Pumpkins with Pazzaz – Presented by Rose Ferguson
10:00 a.m. Sunnyvale Town Hall
127 North Collins Road, Sunnyvale, Texas 75182
Tuesday, November 14 Field trip to Allen Heritage Village
Morning departure TBA from Sunnyvale Town Hall
127 North Collins Road, Sunnyvale, Texas 75182
Tuesday, December 12 Texas Changing Weather Patterns – Presented by Jeff Ray,
CBS Meteorologist
10:00 a.m. Location to be announced
Tuesday, January 9 Tons of Tomatoes – Presented by John Hunt,
Dallas County Master Gardener
10:00 a.m. Sunnyvale Town Hall
127 North Collins Road, Sunnyvale, Texas 75182
Tuesday, February 13 Bloom Where You are Planted – Presented by Janet D. Smith
10:00 a.m. Sunnyvale Town Hall
127 North Collins Road, Sunnyvale, Texas 75182
Tuesday, March 12 How to Create a Butterfly Garden – Presented by Nancy Wilson
10:00 a.m. Sunnyvale Town Hall
127 North Collins Road, Sunnyvale, Texas 75182
Tuesday, April 9 Arbor Day Program – Presented by Jake Poinsett,
Trinity River Audubon Center
10:00 a.m. Sunnyvale Town Park
129 North Collins Road, Sunnyvale, Texas 75182
Tuesday, May 14 2024-2025 Officer Installation
10:00 a.m. Sunnyvale Town Hall
127 North Collins Road, Sunnyvale, Texas 75182
On Tuesday, July 11 at 6:00 p.m., Sunnyvale Garden Club is hosting its first summer symposium of the year. We will be creating beautiful coasters for your home (or to give as gifts) using sharpies and alcohol ink art on tiles. The club will provide all the supplies.
This will be held at Barbara Kline’s house. You don’t need to be a member to attend. This is a good way to get to know SGC members in a relaxed, fun atmosphere!
Everyone is asked to please bring a snack to share with the group and Barbara will provide beverages.
At the August 8th Summer Symposium, we will be making cement castings using caladium or small elephant ear leaves. Appetizer type snacks are requested, same as July. 
The Sunnyvale Garden Club’s APRIL 9TH meeting is a field trip to Dallas to tour the President George Bush’s Native Texas Park Gardens. Parking is limited.
We are meeting at the Sunnyvale Town Hall, 127 N. Collins, at 9AM to Carpool.
The tour is free. Following the tour, we will have lunch at Café 43 on property.
At your expense, the meal at Café 43 is estimated from $15 to $25 with tip.
Link to the Care 43 Menu:
http://places.singleplatform.com/cafe-43/menu
MUSEUM (SEPARATE/NOT INCLUDED)
If you want to linger and tour the Library, please make those arrangements in advance with your Carpool Driver and passengers and the library directly.
https://www.georgewbushlibrary.smu.edu/Home/Visit/Plan-Your-Museum-Visit/Admission.aspx
Purchase tickets online, at the Admissions Desk, or by telephone (214) 200-4306. Each ticket admits one visitor into all permanent and special exhibits and includes a handheld audio guide and all special Library and Museum programming on the day of attendance. Email the Box Office or call (214) 200-4306 for ticket issues or assistance with the online system.
| Guest | Through 10/6/19 |
| Adult | $21 |
| Senior (62+) | $18 |
Native Texas Park information
This 15-acre urban park on the grounds of the Bush Center reflects the President and Mrs. Bush’s longstanding commitment to environmental conservation and restoration.
The Native Texas Park, featuring a one-mile network of trails, walks visitors through native Texas environments including Blackland Prairie, Post Oak Savannah, and Cross Timbers Forest. The Blackland Prairie used to dominate the Dallas region; however today, only 1% of the prairie remains in the state of Texas. Rediscovery of the lost prairie was the inspiration for this community park.
The park is free and open to the public every day of the year, from sunrise to sunset. Comfortable shoes are recommended for walking the trails. Each season brings beautiful changes to the prairie landscape. Pets are welcome.
Clearings in the Native Texas Park provide habitats for butterflies, birds, and other wildlife.
In the spring, free guided tours are offered on the weekends so visitors may enjoy the blooming bluebonnets, the beautiful state flower of Texas. In the fall, the tours allow visitors to catch the annual Monarch butterfly migration through North Texas. The Native Texas Park is home to the endangered milkweed plant. Monarch butterflies cannot survive without milkweed; their caterpillars only eat milkweed plants and Monarch butterflies need milkweed to lay their eggs.
Visitors may wander the 1-mile network of trails on the grounds of the George W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum with self-guided tours.
The Museum offers free admission tickets to school groups if the Field Trip has been scheduled through Visitor Services at least one month in advance. Field Trips are available Monday through Thursday during the academic school year.
The George W. Bush Presidential Center earned Platinum certification by the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEEDTM) program in March 2013. The LEED building certification program encourages the use of designs, materials and systems that are sustainable, energy efficient and reduce a facility’s impact on the environment and human health. The Bush Center is the first Presidential Library to achieve LEED Platinum certification under New Construction (v2009). LEARN MORE.
http://places.singleplatform.com/cafe-43/menu
Soup is $8
Salads are $15
Brunch Menu $13
Submitted by Ginny Hale
Laurie Sparhawk introduced the Mayor of Sunnyvale, Saji George, who declared this day as Arbor Day. They both stressed the importance of trees in our landscape, that trees will increase your property value, decrease your air conditioning needs.
Pat Morgan introduced the speaker for today – Nancy Wilson. Her topic was “Butterfly Gardening”. She recognized that Sunnyvale is tuned into gardening; Sunnyvale is a budding place with our open spaces whereas Dallas is an area that is broken with so much concrete, trying to turn a parking lot into a paved paradise. Native plants are disappearing. There is very little natural habitat left – greenspace has been lost to increase in population.
Nancy says her biggest hope is to create and manage our own gardens, to plant to sustain the lives of Birds, Bees, and Butterflies. She’d like to see weeds replaced with wildflowers.
So where to Birds, Bees and Butterflies dine?
At the Wildscape Café, of course!
BEES – feed on vegetable flowers, zinnias, frog fruit, salvias, etc.
BUTTERFLIES – feed on nectar flowers, zinnias, Mexican sunflowers, salvia milkweed, passion vine, frost weed, etc.
BIRDS – seeds, nuts, berries, persimmons, purple cornflowers, American beauty berries, etc.
HUMMINGBIRDS feed on anything tubular, such as Turk’s Cap, salvia.
Nancy invited us to go to the Lady Bird Johnson website for more information on wildflowers.
Her goal is to reduce the green desert, plant wildflowers, not weeds, emulate nature by providing different heights, and to replace exotic plants with natives.
Laurie Sparhawk introduced a raffle for a peach tree. $46 was collected, and Sallyann Nevins was the winner!
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