Garden Club kicks off new year

ByTown Crier

During the Idyllwild Garden Club’s first meeting of the year Sophia Dean (left) and Pat Hughes, both master gardeners, shared information about the master gardener’s program and how you can become one. Photo by Careena Chase

Erin O’Neil, 1st vice president of the Idyllwild Garden Club, giving a talk during the club’s first meeting of the year. O’Neil shared recent information on the Goldspotted oak borer which included sightings of this pest in Black Oak trees on both Tollgate and Marion View. More than 55 people attended Tuesday’s meeting.

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