The Uptown Garden Club is an informal group of TRUNA gardeners who meet during the gardening season to visit gardens and to share gardening tales and tips. Members take turns hosting by providing a program and light refreshments. Membership is open to all residents of the TRUNA neighborhood, but you don't have to be a resident to come to the meetings. There is no cost to join. If you would like to be added to the club's e-mail list, go to contact us and send your name and e-mail address to the web coordinator. 

 

 

April 10, 4:00 p.m.—Mike and Barbara Caspar, 310 S. Harding St., will tell us how they grow and harvest oranges and lemons during the less-than-tropical winter in eastern North Carolina.

 

May 15, 4:00 p.m.—Mary Susan Templeton and Artemis Kares will host at Mary Susan’s garden at 115 Osceola Dr. off of 14th St. Mary Susan has become interested in hanging baskets as seen in the streets of cities like Charleston, Savannah, and Vancouver.

 

June 26, 5:00 p.m.—Brenda Ernest, 108 N. Harding St., will host. She has a backyard that she wants to redo, and Carol Taylor, a Master Gardener and former nursery owner, will talk about what to think about when creating or redesigning a garden.

 

July—No garden club meeting this month.

 

August 21, 4:00 p.m.—Linda McGowan and Joanne Kollar will lead a tour of the Pitt County Arboretum. Meet at the shelter in front of the Pitt County Agricultural Center at 403 Government Circle.

 

September 11, 4:00 p.m.—Pat Pertalion, 408 S. Student St., and Catherine Darby, 406 S. Student St., will host us in their lovely city gardens, which are reminiscent of the charming city gardens of Charleston and Savannah.