Come to the Fullerton Arboretum for a spectacular weekend long outdoor garden event. Green Scene is THE SPRING EVENT! Shop nearly 100 vendors for beautiful and unique plants, vegetables, garden art and accessories. Visit the California Organic Gardening Club for all your vegetable garden needs! “Discovery Sessions”: featuring farm food and garden topics led by prominent speakers. […]

We sure spend a lot of time babying our seedlings. We start them indoors where they’re safe from the elements. We plant them in the best soil we can find. We use a warming pad underneath to help germination and growth, and they bask under grow lights all day long. But guess what?  Your tomato seedlings need a good […]

MAYBE YOU’RE WONDERING this right about now: Why do vegetable seedlings sometimes stretch and grow spindly, and how can you prevent it? All the cited research has been done in the light- and climate-controlled conditions of a lab, or commercial greenhouse—not the less-formal home seed-starting environment. So what are the answers for home-gardening types? Click the […]

The classic example of happy companion plants is the legendary “Three Sisters”—corn, beans, and either pumpkins or squash. In this technique, known as companion planting, the three crops are planted close together. The three crops benefit from each other. The corn provides a structure for the beans to climb, eliminating the need for poles. The beans provide […]

The tomato transplanting party took place on March 16, 2013. Our hardworking members transplanted a mind-blowing 2,250 tomato seedlings of 49 different varieties into 3-inch pots for a total of 90 flats. Way to go COGC!

We finished all the planting a full week ahead of schedule! We had such a wonderful response at the March 16 planting party–more than 20 members showed up ready to work–and work they did.  90 flats were planted, yes 9-0, that’s 2,250 tomato plants that were given new homes in big roomy pots, and around 150 […]

We need all hands on deck at this Saturday’s planting party. It’s time for one of the biggest jobs of all–transplanting tomatoes! Also at this Saturday’s planting party our Veggie Captains will hand out packets of seeds and flats filled with soil for the direct seeding. We ask that ALL our members take part with […]

Kudos to everyone who worked so hard last Saturday!  Thanks to an absolutely outstanding effort by the crackerjack crew of seeders and transplanters who planted all the tomatoes and transplanted the remaining peppers, eggplants, and herbs. Because of this we won’t need to hold another planting party until March 16.  On that day we’ll be handing out […]

As many of you may have noticed there was no video of The Learning Garden to watch in my last email post. The video shows up on the website, but not in the emailed post. Who knew? Click on the link below to watch the video. https://calorg.wordpress.com/2013/02/25/the-learning-garden/

Our speaker at February’s meeting was David King the founder and first Chair of the Seed Library of Los Angeles. In addition, he is the Garden Master for The Learning Garden, a community and school garden located on the campus of Venice High School. The Learning Garden was launched in March of 2001. Since then it has quickly […]