Showing posts with label Corvallis Evening Gardening Club. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Corvallis Evening Gardening Club. Show all posts
Monday, June 28, 2021
Monday, May 24, 2021
Monday, March 1, 2021
Monday, February 22, 2021
Tuesday, February 16, 2021
Evening Gardening Club Grants
Grants from the
For over 35 years, the Evening Garden Club has supported the expansion of gardening, education and beautification in the Corvallis community through its Grants Program. The EGC offers grants to Benton County nonprofit organizations to carry out worthy gardening related projects.
Application for Request for Funds https://corvalliseveninggardenclub.org/grants/
2021 Grants Program Timeline:
February 10 – March 25: Grant applications submissions
March 25 – April 5: Review and Approval
April 5 – April 12: Notification and responses to grant applicants
Selection Criteria:
Applications must be complete and submitted by the deadline
Strong grant applications are expected to address one or more of EGC objectives:
To promote and encourage the art of gardening and the study of horticulture
To aid in the protection and conservation of natural resources
To promote civic and roadside beautification
To cooperate with other organizations interested in these objectives
The evaluation criteria will include the number of people reached by the project, whether it includes an educational component or youth involvement, the diversity of people involved in or benefiting from the project, and whether the project is a one-time or ongoing event.
Selection Process:
Funds are available to non-profit groups only. Tax Exempt Status Number/Tax ID Number is required.
The project must benefit the Benton County Community.
The organization must follow up with brief written documentation and pictures as to how the grant was spent in order to be considered for future grant requests.
Grant requests cannot exceed $500. Each year, based on the number of applications received, some of the requests may only be partially funded.
DEADLINE FOR Receipt of the EGC Grant APPLICATION is March 25, 2021
Applications can be submitted by email grants@corvalliseveninggardenclub.org or mailed to: Evening Garden Club, P.O. Box 315, Corvallis, OR 97339-0315
Funds shall be disbursed in April 2021.
Checks will not be made out to personal accounts
Tuesday, January 26, 2021
Monday, December 21, 2020
Sunday, October 25, 2020
Front Yard Xeriscape Conversion Zoom Webinar
Dan Edge
Front Yard—Xeriscape Conversion
Zoom Webinar
November 2, 2020, 7:00 PM
Dan is a Certified Wildlife Biologist and Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs at OSU’s College of Agricultural Sciences. Dan learned his love of gardening from his parents who were both avid gardeners. His professional career focused on wildlife habitats in forest and agricultural environments. Dan has converted much of their property to rock gardens and xeriscapes.
Non-members Donation: $5.00
Zoom Webinar—Link sent to EGC Members Not a member? Contact Dan Edge for a Link Daniel.edge@oregonstate.edu
Sunday, September 27, 2020
The Evening Garden Club Lives On...
The Corvallis Evening Garden Club Lives on...
...via Zoom*
Program Schedule 2020-21--First Monday of the Month – 7 p.m. as always
October 5 Jennifer Klammer, Past President EGC, Gardens of Japan
November 2 Double Bill!
Kathleen Rochester A Gazillion Petals: One very flowery week in the
Netherlands and Belgium
Dan Edge, Co-President EGC Front Yard—Xeriscape Conversion
December 7 Virtual Greens Party
Members will offer greens from their gardens for pick-up during the week before, and will share their creations during the meeting
January 4 Vanessa Gardner Nagel, Designer, Seasons Garden Design, LLC, Evaluating and Implementing New Garden Strategies
February 1 TBA
March 1 Loree Bohl, Author and Danger Garden Blogger
Fearless Gardening (her new book)
April 5 Lucy Hardiman, Designer, Lucy Hardiman Perennial Partners,
History of Gardening in the Pacific Northwest
May 3 Member Plant and Garden Tips Exchange
*For information on Zoom link please contact Dan Edge Daniel.edge@oregonstate.edu
for membership and other information: www.corvalliseveninggardenclub.org
Monday, September 21, 2020
Bulb-A-Palooza
What: Annual Fall Bulb Sale
Top Quality Bulbs from Holland packaged in a variety of choices: alliums, daffodils, species tulips, camas, saffron crocus and so much more!
Why: Support community gardening grants & horticulture scholarships
How: Order by email with no-contact pick up
Watch your listservs for full ordering information between September 10-14 -or- Request information from kathleen.rochester@gmail.com after Sept. 15
When: Place orders Sept. 27— Oct. 6
Pick up and pay October 11-13, details when you order . First come, first served!
Sunday, September 13, 2020
EGC Plant Sale
is holding a
Plant Sale
September 25th & 26th
Sign up to attend by time slot and get ready to load up!
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0D4EACA628A7FBC07-plant
Or email: Plantsalearg@gmail.com
We’re creating safe shopping for you with masks, small numbers,
distancing, and good sanitation.
Many, many perennials, shrubs, trees, and vines available!
Tip: Fall planting is much better for the plants. Look forward to a happier, more beautiful spring garden.
Monday, August 24, 2020
A Chorus of Crickets!
A Chorus of Crickets!
With the spate warm evenings we’ve had in August, the rhythmic, steady, and incessant chorus
of tree cricket chirps and trills fill the air during evening backyard dinners and late night strolls.
These magical cricket choruses mark both the peak and the turning point of summer. The
Willamette Valley hosts five species of tree crickets: Snowy, Western, Riley’s, Prairie and Four-
spotted. Typically, the Snowy, Western and Riley’s Tree Crickets live in trees and shrubs, and the Prairie and Four-spotted Tree Crickets live in meadows. (From Boucher and Millbank,
Neighborhood Naturalist, Summer 2019).
Crickets are in the insect order Orthoptera, the same order as grasshoppers, katydids, and locusts. Crickets and katydids have long, slender antennae, longer than their bodies, but grasshopper antennae are short and thick. Crickets and katydids are nocturnal, but grasshoppers feed during the day. Just how do crickets make those chirping sounds? Crickets and katydids rub a sharp-edge or “scraper” on the lower wing against a row of bumps called a “file” on the upper wing. Different species make different sounds, and, like birds, the males do most of the chirping in order to attract mates. Tree crickets are light green, providing perfect camouflage in plant foliage.
It’s been said that you can tell the temperature by counting cricket chirps, but does it work? Granted, crickets will chirp slower at cooler temperatures and speed up as temperatures increase, but different species chirp at different rates given the same temperature. Still, if you want to give it a try, Dolbear’s Law (1897) states that: (the # of cricket chirps in 14 seconds) + (40) = degrees Fahrenheit. So, before sultry summer evenings turn to chilly autumn nights, take a moment to marvel at our amazing tree crickets, those capricious, choral critters!
Loretta Brenner, Corvallis Evening Garden Club
For a fascinating video about finding crickets at night, and more tree cricket info go to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W27Rd6QyiwMand to Neighborhood Naturalist newsletter Summer 2019 http://www.neighborhood-naturalist.com/newsletter.html
For More Info:
“Tree Crickets of Oregon” B.B. Fulton, 1926. Oregon Agricultural College Experiment Station Bulletin
https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/1456/49cb7d61bba5a14f2fbaf2936653fe0cf11b.pdf
Songs of Tree Crickets Article & Recordings
http://songsofinsects.com/crickets/snowy-tree-cricket
The Difference between Grasshopper, Crickets, Katydids, and Locusts and Insect Recipes
https://www.ohmybugrecipes.com/blog/coming-soon
For More Info:
“Tree Crickets of Oregon” B.B. Fulton, 1926. Oregon Agricultural College Experiment Station Bulletin
https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/1456/49cb7d61bba5a14f2fbaf2936653fe0cf11b.pdf
Songs of Tree Crickets Article & Recordings
http://songsofinsects.com/crickets/snowy-tree-cricket
The Difference between Grasshopper, Crickets, Katydids, and Locusts and Insect Recipes
https://www.ohmybugrecipes.com/blog/coming-soon
A Chorus of Crickets!
With the spate warm evenings we’ve had in August, the rhythmic, steady, and incessant chorus of tree cricket chirps and trills fill the air during evening backyard dinners and late night strolls. These magical cricket choruses mark both the peak and the turning point of summer. The Willamette Valley hosts five species of tree crickets: Snowy, Western, Riley’s, Prairie and Four-spotted. Typically, the Snowy, Western and Riley’s Tree Crickets live in trees and shrubs, and the Prairie and Four-spotted Tree Crickets live in meadows. (From Boucher and Millbank, Neighborhood Naturalist, Summer 2019).
It’s been said that you can tell the temperature by counting cricket chirps, but does it work? Granted, crickets will chirp slower at cooler temperatures and speed up as temperatures increase, but different species chirp at different rates given the same temperature. Still, if you want to give it a try, Dolbear’s Law (1897) states that: (the # of cricket chirps in 14 seconds) + (40) = degrees Fahrenheit. So, before sultry summer evenings turn to chilly autumn nights, take a moment to marvel at our amazing tree crickets, those capricious, choral critters!
Loretta Brenner, Corvallis Evening Garden Club
For a fascinating video about finding crickets at night, and more tree cricket info go to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W27Rd6QyiwM and to Neighborhood Naturalist newsletter Summer 2019 http://www.neighborhood-naturalist.com/newsletter.html
For More Info:
“Tree Crickets of Oregon” B.B. Fulton, 1926. Oregon Agricultural College Experiment Station Bulletin
https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/1456/49cb7d61bba5a14f2fbaf2936653fe0cf11b.pdf
Songs of Tree Crickets Article & Recordings
http://songsofinsects.com/crickets/snowy-tree-cricket
The Difference between Grasshopper, Crickets, Katydids, and Locusts and Insect Recipes
https://www.ohmybugrecipes.com/blog/coming-soon
From the Corvallis Evening Garden Club
“Tree Crickets of Oregon” B.B. Fulton, 1926. Oregon Agricultural College Experiment Station Bulletin
https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/1456/49cb7d61bba5a14f2fbaf2936653fe0cf11b.pdf
Songs of Tree Crickets Article & Recordings
http://songsofinsects.com/crickets/snowy-tree-cricket
The Difference between Grasshopper, Crickets, Katydids, and Locusts and Insect Recipes
https://www.ohmybugrecipes.com/blog/coming-soon
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