June Bug's Snapshots
Docent Bob Crittendon welcomes Dos Valles members to San Clemente's Casa Romantica tour
View of Casa Romantica from the entrance. Ole Hansen, owner and builder, lived here from 1928 to 1933.
Mr. Hansen started the city of San Clemente and named it the Spanish Village by the Sea
One miniscenic plant grouping among many
A peek at the ocean through an open garden gate
A bigger peek of the ocean through a zoom lens
Lovely views of the ocean from lots of windows at the Casa
What should we look at first?
Prapa finds many paintings on the wall that please the eye
Let's see what the San Clemente Garden Club members and Casa workers have done to the landscaping
Helene Van Deloo takes a moment to please the pesty photographer
A deep fascination with the San Clemente pier
Add some plants in the foreground to the pier photo
Casa workers on the left are planting native plants supplied by the San Clemente Garden Club members
For variation, June Bug pops into the photo of the pier
San Clemente Garden Club president Launa Gould thanks docent Bob Crittendon for the interesting tour
President Launa with Bette Langford, Membership Chair, of the San Clemente garden club and a casa docent as well.
Look at all those birdies on the sand
A different perspective to viewing the birdies on the beach
San Clemente Garden Club members planted the native plants in the gardens w/the help of a CGCI Jubilee Grant
Martha, Velma and Prapa enjoy the day
Sarah and Joan discuss the plants
Birkin Newell, Casa's head gardener, gives a talk on what he envisions for the gardens
Wonder what Kitty's question was about?
Casa workers are creating a very beautiful, water-saving native plant garden
See those lower left corner bare branches. That's a milkweed plant for Monarch butterflies.
Here's the little critter chewing up the milkweed plant.
He (maybe it's a she) strips the plant clean, but the plant isn't dead. New leaves will grow.
It's rare that the name of a plant stumps Dos Valles member, Dana Behymer.
We're about ready to depart to the Marine Monument and Garden.
San Clemente's Park Semper Fi is the site of a well-deserved tribute to the Marine Corps.
This bronze statute was created as a tribute to the Camp Pendleton Marines.
The statute was made possible through the efforts of the Heritage Foundation and San Clemente community.
We can't get enough of this pier!
The San Clemente Garden Club provided matching funds toward the Marine Monument Garden
The club organized a planting day and invited the Marines and community to participate.
Club members, Marines, Marine Mom's and community volunteers transformed a bare plot of land into a beautiful native garden that attracts butterflies and hummingbirds.
The club received a $2000 grant by Principal Financial Group to help complete the garden project. Congratulations San Clemente Garden Club members, on a superb project.
Onward to the lunch scheduled at the Fisherman's on the Pier Restaurant
Perfect weather makes it possible for us to eat outside.
It's a very nice place to eat. We were charmed by their hospitality.
(l-r) Kitty, Sarah, SCGC member Bette Langford, Evie and Bobbi
Launa, Evelyn, Wilma Cogswell (SCGC Treasurer), Vi McMahon, Marcia and another SCGC member Reuel Witherell
Velma, Launa, Joan, Julie, Evelyn
SCGC member Vi McMahon, helper extraordinaire to Pres. Launa, and DVGC Pres. Marcia Townsend
New member Carol, Helene, Prapa, Martha and Dana
Welcome to Casa La Paz at the Tree of Life Nursery in San Juan Capistrano which specializes in California native plants
What a darling hacienda at the Tree of Life Nursery which is the largest grower of native plants in California.
Dos Valles prez Marcia and Tree of Life manager Jean Ratcliff take off for a look-see at what plants will be good for the Dos Valles native garden at Adams Park in Valley Center
Is that the biggest tree anyone has seen in a long time?!
Ready for the tour, ladies?
The planting area with two kinds of mixes; (1) perlite & forrest products (no dirt) and (2) clay particles with microrising (beneficial fungi)
The nursery's lab where a mycologist does testing to come up with beneficial fungi.
The graceful “Fern in The Desert Tree”
Most of the buildings at Tree of Life are of straw bale construction.
Here's another example of straw bale construction. Is there a mouse in there?
What a find! Here's a delightful fountain.
Aha! Carol, a new member, likes to take pictures with her digital camera.
It's like a treasure hunt finding little jewels of landscape scenery
Evie has found a plant to take home to Bob
Carol is very serious about finding some more plants for her native landscape at home in Valley Center
Another small scene
What a treat! Thanks for planning this fun-filled excursion for us, Marcia.
