Meeting Location

Our meetings are held the 4th Sunday of the month, Jan through Oct, at North Haven Gardens 7700 Northaven Road, Dallas 75230 (google map link).
Time: 2:30pm for refreshments & social time, 3:00pm meeting starts.

Growing Strong

Since 1993, the GDOGC has been promoting organic and sustainable gardening methods. Come be a part of a fun and informative club.

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Welcome to the
Greater Dallas Organic Garden Club

Mission Statement: The purpose of the Great Dallas Organic Garden Club is to
promote organic gardening and related subjects through education and community outreach.

OUR MAY 2025 PROGRAM

Sunday, May 11, 2025
The Greater Dallas Organic Garden Club invites you to attend our next meeting Sunday, May 25th, 2025 at North Haven Gardens,7700 Northaven Road, Dallas, for a talk entitled "Understanding When and What to use in your Garden to Manage Unwanted Guests" presented by Janet A. Hurley, ACE, MPA
Senior Extension Program Specialist - IPM
Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service, Department of Entomology.
 
2:30pm refreshments 3:00pm meeting start.
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Come join us for an informative afternoon on what are the best products to choose for pests in your garden. Learn about integrated pest management (IPM), how to draw beneficial insects to your yard but not be home to public health pests like mosquitoes or rats.
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Ms. Hurley holds a bachelor’s degree in Community Health from Texas Woman’s University and Master’s in Public Affairs from the University of Texas at Dallas. Hurley was hired by AgriLife Extension in 2001 to oversee the Texas School IPM program. Hurley coordinates school IPM coordinator training for public schools in TX and oversees the statewide effort to educate schools about their Integrated Pest Management programs. Hurley also oversees the efforts of the IPM Experience House a hands-on training facility located in Dallas to train pest management professionals and homeowners about structural pest problems. Ms. Hurley’s background in public health and administration, has led to additional work with zoonotic species. Bats and rodents are two areas that human to mammal conflict can cause problems. Hurley, is the Co-Chair for the 11th International IPM Symposium slated for March 2025 in San Diego, CA.
 
Our meetings are always free and open to the public. Bring a friend

Location: North Haven Gardens, 7700 Northaven Rd, Dallas.
https://www.bing.com/maps?qs=LS&pq=north%20haven%20...
REMINDER! It's time to renew your GDOGC membership for 2025.

To join and take advantage of our members-only activities go to https://www.gdogc.org/join-membership.html

OUR 2025 PRESIDENT'S MESSAGES

Sunday, February 16, 2025

 

A note from your GDOGC President

April 2025

All the shades of green leafing out on all the different trees are so refreshing to my eyes and spirit. And there are scientific studies that show eyesight is improved by being outside and feasting our eye on growing green plants, so I am enjoying the green as I go around my yard putting in lots of color to go with the green.

I wanted to let you know that the club has postponed our members garden tour until September 6th . Hopefully that will be a better time for everyone so that we can get you to volunteer your yard to be on the tour. We have so much fun with this I hope you would be willing to participate.

At our April meeting Marjie will be outlining our itinerary for our annual Field Trip and be passing around the sign- up sheets. She has done a wonderful job on this again this year!

I want to thank Peter Schaar for hosting our spring Plant Sale, Karen Wright for leading the volunteers and coordinating it all and every single person who volunteered and worked to make it a success on those two rainy cold days.

I will see you at NHG for our April 27th meeting with our speaker from the Herb Society of America.

Debbie Brooks

PRESIDENTS NOTE - MARCH 2025

PLANT SALE! PLANT SALE! PLANT SALE!

With only a little more than two weeks until our plant sale I hope you all have your plants divided and your plants and seeds all potted up, labeled with plant name and sun requirements, and ready to be delivered on Friday, April 4th. We will be setting up in Peter Schaar's back yard starting at 5pm through 7:30pm.
His address is: 6834 Chantilly Lane, Dallas (Lakewood area).

You can bring plants, planters, yard decorations or any garden related  items. We still need more tables so if you have one or two please bring that, too. (Make sure the tables are marked with your name.)

This is a fun event and a good chance for you to get to know other club members so don't forget to volunteer! The plant sale is our only fundraiser to help cover the costs of speakers, printed materials, snack ware and our annual field trip.

Thank you for all your help with this!!

Debbie Brooks

Hello all.
It is January again and I can hardly tear myself away from the seed catalogs, they are so fun! Do you, like me, go through and mark everything you want and then when you see the total, gasp and think but they were all so reasonable when it was each packet. Nooo, how can this be??

I am so excited to get started with our Garden Club this year it is going to be GREAT! Allison has already booked some great speakers for our first three meetings. Yay Allison!

Also, the board has scheduled some of the club activities for 2025. So, save these dates:

  • April 5 : Spring Plant Sale (includes garden-related items as well)
  • May 10 : Members Garden Tour
  • June 7 :  Field Trip
  • October 4:  Fall Plant Sale (includes garden-related items as well)
  • October 26:  Seed and Garden Items Exchange


To be sure you don’t miss out on any of the member only events go to our website gdogc.org, scroll to the bottom of the page and click on  https:www.gdogc.org/join-membership.html
Then click on the yellow BUY NOW button. Online is the best way to join to ensure your email is correct and not lost in translation when someone is trying to take your handwriting and manually put it into our system.

THANK YOU!!!!

Regards,
Debbie Brooks

OUR 2025 GDOGC BOARD AND COMMITTEE VOLUNTEERS

Friday, December 20, 2024

HANDS

A big round of applause for these folks who have offered to fill positions on the Greater Dallas Organic Garden Club's board and committees for 2025!!!

REMINDER - please join us for our first meeting of the year at North Haven Gardens, Sunday, January 26, 2025, 2:30 social time, 3:00pm meeting start.  More info to come.

President.............................................Debbie Brooks
Vice President.....................................Anna Miller
Secretary.............................................Farzana Malik
Treasurer.............................................Glenn Manuel
Programs.............................................Allison Liddell
Publice Relations.................................Allison Liddell
Newsletter............................................Elizabeth Daniel
Membership........................................ Kathy Bischoff
Website and Facebook Admin...........Jacki Brewer
Website Tech Team.............................Glenn Manuel and Lauren Singer
Volunteer Coordinator.........................Karen Wright and Lauren Singer
Hospitality............................................Marjie Caldwell, Adati Anan, CoraLee Miller
Greeters.............................................. Diane Glass, Susan Thornbury, Shelby Collier
Historical Committee..........................Barbara Stockard
  

ON-LINE GDOGC MEMBERSHIP DUES PAYMENT AVAILABLE

Wednesday, March 24, 2021

The option for paying your GDOGC membership dues ON-LINE is now available on our website at the link provided.
On the Join Today page scan down to the bottom of the page where you will see the Buy Now button.
Be sure to fill out your membership form available by accessing the fillable PDF, or if you prefer the Print the Form or Download as a Word Document.
You can still pay by check, and mail your membership form to the address provided. 
Click here to join:  https://www.gdogc.org/join-membership.html