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SEPTEMBER 2019
Serving You Since 1955
981 Alden Lane, Livermore, CA • www.aldenlane.com • (925) 447-0280
Mark Your Calendars!
Saturday & Sunday, September 28th & 29th • 9 am - 4 pm
Be inspired by 250+ quilts hanging from our majestic oak trees, meet well-known quilters & shop specialty
vendors. Alden Lane Nursery is proud to present two featured artists this year at Quilting in the Garden – Sue
Rasmussen & Nancy Brown. We look forward to
enjoying these talented quilters unique styles.
Sue Rasmussen’s quilts inspire us to stretch
beyond traditional quilting with colorful l andscape
and pictorial designs that have been paper or
machine pieced. Some of you may know Nancy
from when she visited Alden Lane before to teach a
class. Whether wild or domesticated, Nancy Brown’s
quilts are incredible portraits of her a nimal subjects
finished with hand appliqué.
We will also feature classes from Lisa Norton &
Lora Zmak, Jennifer Sampou, Nancy Brown,
Tracy Souza, and Sue Rasmussen. Detailed class
descriptions are available on our website and now
you can even sign up for classes online! Class size is
limited and will fill up quickly.
We want you to come and visit us during Q uilting
in the Garden. If you have never v isited for this
event, it is spectacular! We will be o ffering SPECIAL
DEALS in the store and out in the n ursery for this
event. If you wear a past Quilt Show t-shirt to this
year's show, you will get a 10% Discount on your
purchases. We
will also have a gift with purchase for purchases over $30.
Special not to be missed exhibits:
“Under the Influence of Rosalie Dace”: Twelve like-minded East Bay quilters
share their work after e xperiencing several workshops with Rosalie. Rosalie’s
influence spreads across the world including this special group of creatives
who meet at Diana McClun’s once a week.
Out of the Boxers: The Out of the Boxers Friendship group is part of the
Amador Valley Quilt Guild. “We strive to improve our skills creating art
quilts. In the past years we challenged ourselves creating 12" by 15" quilts
with themes drawn from our notorious secret box! Each person interprets the
word or phrase as they wish. We hope you enjoy the display.”
Maya Torngren will be here with copies of her book and two new quilts to share. At 90 years old she still has lots
to share with everyone. Be sure to stop by to say hello!Come & Enjoy Our
26th Annual Fall Rose Show
Saturday, October 5th, 1:00 - 5:00 p.m. • Sunday, October 6th
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Awards given out at 3:00 p.m.
Alden Lane Nursery, 981 Alden Lane, Livermore, 925-447-0280
This show is co-sponsored by the
Mt. Diablo Rose S ociety & Alden Lane Nursery
Public Entries Welcome!
Roses can be entered on Sat., October 5th from 8:30 - 10:00 a.m.
HINT: Cut the stems long. We can shorten them up when you arrive.
Be prepared to delight in the sights and fragrance of h undreds of
beautiful roses. Bring your note pad so you can jot down
those varieties you can’t live without. And, don’t f orget,
you can pre-order and p urchase your favorites.
Enjoy a 15% Discount until the first of December.
See you there!
Pick Up Your 2020 Rose List Today!
This is the month to drop by the nursery and pick up your
2020 Rose List. Pre-orders are now b eing taken through
December 1st for the 2020 s eason and will be given
a 15% DISCOUNT at the time of order.
There are lots of new and exciting roses to pick from! Pre-ordered
roses will be available for pick-up starting in mid-December.
Win A Pollinator Garden Sampler!
We’ll help you select five 1-gallon perennials to start your
butterfly & hummingbird garden!
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win! Drawing to be held September 30, 2019.Notes for September Gardening
e Fall is a great time to refresh the soil in your vegetable
garden especially if you are planting a winter garden.
Bumper Crop, or Gold Rush will replenish the fertility
e September is a wonderful time to set out winter
vegetables and flowers. We have a full range of cool
season seedlings. Plant root crops like carrots, radishes,
of your soil as well as enhance the texture. Bumper Crop and beets from seed now.
and Gold Rush include 15% Chicken manure. See our
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“Recipe for Good Garden Soil” in this issue. Revitalize your lawn now with these easy steps:
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Thatch, aerate, add Iron Sulfate, Gypsum, Master Start
Chrysanthemums just say “Fall”! We have many Fertilizer and topdress with Gold Rush, water in with
wonderful colors to choose from. Use in the garden, for GroMore’s E-Z Wet. It’s also a great month to plant a
pots and for seasonal indoor decorating. New this year, brand new lawn.
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our fantastic local grower has added new varieties of
mums sure to brighten up your fall garden. Come in and Attend to acid loving plants such as camellias,
check out what’s new. gardenias and azaleas now. Feed them this month with
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Master’s Camellia, Azalea, Gardenia, Rhododendron
Sow flower seeds. Many wildflowers and spring annuals Food. In October start feeding with Master Bloom 0-10-10
grow from seeds scattered now. Try California Poppy, Fertilizer monthly through March.
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Bachelor Button, and Alyssum.
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Fall is a great time to plant old- fashioned favorites
Feed your fruit trees one last time until March for such as hollyhock, Canterbury bells, and foxgloves.
increased vigor in the spring. Use Master’s Fruit and Planting them now will ensure a beautiful spring.
Vine Food.
Stitch In
The Garden Store is hung with many quilts now; a fall
arbinger of quilt show weekend and a cue to think about
h
how designing with fabric relates to creating a garden.
Piece together your landscape bit by bit, combining
what's there already with some new fresh colors &
patterns. This is our “second spring” planting season here in
California, and it is a lovely time of year to “stitch in” some
new plants.
What color palette will you choose for your design? Fun
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fall colors traditionally include sunny yellows, brilliant oranges,
reds and scarlets, and deep rust and burgundy. Add some fresh
color zip with hot pink, crisp white or even cool periwinkle.
A Fun Class
Blanket your planting beds with these showy fall favorites:
Ornamental Grasses: they glow as the sun lowers in the
sky. Fountain grasses with fat “caterpillar” plumes; Muhly
Fall Tour!
grasses with wispy
plumes; Maiden
grass, Feather Reed
Each Fall Alden Lane Nursery hosts nearly Grass, Switch Grass.
1,000 school children for a fun and educational Perennials:
tour. We are now taking reservations for classes/ pop in Purple Cone
groups of K indergarten to 2nd Grade school Flowers, Black eyed
children (15-25 kids) to join us for a Fall Tour. Susans, Autumn
Sage in a host of
Tours include:
colors; Sneezeweed,
• a hay ride, Sedums, Garden
• touring our farm and pollinator barn, Mums, Asters, and
• apple fishing, Japanese Anemones
• visiting with an owl, in pink or white for
• a hay maze and shady areas.
• a goody bag; Shrubs: long
• all for only $10 per child. blooming Plumbago in periwinkle or white; velvety Mexican
Tours offered Bush Sage; shiny, bright Mirror Plants, Hollies, Burning Bush
Euonymus, and red /bronze Oak Leaf Hydrangeas.
October 15-18, 22-25 & 29-30.
Vines: vibrant red Roger's Red Grape, Boston Ivy and
Call 925-447-0280 to book a tour. Virginia Creeper.Alden After Hours!!!
Summer Art Series
It’s an OUTDOOR PAINT PARTY!
Our subject for September is “Autumn
Pumpkin”. Samples of the artwork are
displayed at Alden Lane.
No artistic talent n
eeded – just a spirit to
try and the ability to have fun!
These paintings are so simple & FUN!
Join us Thursday, September 5 from 6 p.m. to
8 p.m. at the outdoor inspirational studio of Alden
Lane Nursery. Create a beautiful 18" x 20" acrylic
painting of a Fall pumpkin in all its orange glory
suitable to display in your garden, fence or patio.
The painting is simple and you will love the results.
You will receive a specially constructed cement board
“canvas”, acrylics and expert instruction to blossom into your inner artist.
Come and have a great time with friends and go home with a custom piece
of hardy o utdoor art worthy to brag about! AND – there will be snacks,
a glass of wine (soda or water available) and music to paint by!
Please bring y ourself, your friends, and wear clothes you can get paint on.
The cost is $59.00 per person. You must be 21 years young. Please
contact our Alden Lane Cashiers to reserve your space (925) 447-0280.
Reservations taken up to September 3rd. Space is limited.
Cement Pumpkins!
Saturday, October 5th • 2:30-4 pm
Easy Peasy and so much fun to create!!
Set these orbs of happiness anywhere and everywhere – outside,
inside . . . and give as gifts. You will start with a concrete and sand mix
and stuff it into Pantyhose! Then you will tie it off with rubber bands
and make a couple more. It’s hard to stop!
Take these 3 cuties home and let them cure. We will also make
the stems, which you can attach after they are dry. You will receive
instruction on painting them, but you can also leave them natural
or give them an antique finish. We will provide all materials and
instruction. The cost for this Crafternoon is $39.99.
Make sure you sign up early with our cashiers. You can come by the
Nursery or call (925) 447-0280.
Book Early & Get Great Deals on our 2020 Fruit Trees!
Take advantage of our Advance Fruit Tree Sale. You can pre-book & pre-pay for your
fruit trees from now until November 3rd and get a
20% DISCOUNT OFF our 2020 fruit tree prices.
Come in and pick up a 2020 Price List & Order Form to select the varieties you’ve been
longing to add to your backyard orchard. The list and order form are a
vailable online too –
www.aldenlane.com. Trees will be ready for pick up in mid-January.House Plant Announcements
• Watch the Valley Gardener on TV30
Spotlight for great gardening tips with host
Jacquie Williams-Courtright at
7:30 am & 1:30 p.m. Monday - Friday
“Philodendron Monstera and repeated on Saturday at 7:30 &
11:00 am, and 1:30 pm & S un. at 7:30
Deliciosa” & 11:00 am, and 1:00 pm or catch the
show on TV30.org.
What a sculptural beauty and dramatic • “Livermore Amador Garden Club
Celebrates 35 Years of Gardening”!
addition to your houseplant collection! One of
Thursday, Sept. 12th, 6:30 p.m., at
the most alluring aspects of this phenomenal Alisal School in Pleasanton, club
Philo is the easy care in your home or office. members and guests will join to
It is tolerant of low light, but will grow much celebrate the 35th Anniversary of
faster the more light you give it. (Avoid direct the Club. The program will feature a
light, as it may be in danger of b urning the photo presentation of those 35 years
leaves). This is also a great “ vacation” plant, with featured speakers highlighting
meaning that it does not require constant particular successes and events.
watering. If you frequently go away on Members and guests will enjoy a festive
business or vacation, dinner prior to the program.
it will remain • The Mt. Diablo Rose Society will
happy and greet you with a smile when you meet Wednesday, Sept. 11th at the
get home (as opposed to guilt and Dublin Library, 200 Civic Plaza, at 7:30
shame when you a rrive p.m. Consulting Rosarian Gwen Quail
home to a wilted and will lead a “show and tell” p
resentation
. . . what are the main components of
parched unhappy plant). It
soil, how is soil formed, the p
hysical
does like to go quite dry properties of soil, how water moves in
(a rule of thumb is to let the soil, and more. Check their website for
top 2-3" go dry before giving more information www.mtdiablo-rose-
it a drink). society.org/programs.html.
To treat your lovely • Fremont Garden Club meets the
Monstera with a bit of 3rd Wed. of each month February –
TLC, give it a gentle mist October. Guest s peakers, field trips,
(preferably in the AM) once a annual garden tea. For more info,
week, and dust the leaves with visit fremontgardenclub.org or email
a damp cloth. fremontgardenclub98@gmail.com.
To keep it healthy and v ibrant • Bonsai Club meetings: 3rd Saturday
feed your plant about once a of each month – 2 p.m. at Alden Lane
month with MaxSea throughout the Nursery. Come one, come all!
spring and summer. A little bit of food • Fall Festival coming in October!
will go a long way to encourage growth Mark your calendars for our Fabulous
and root health, but give it a rest during Fall Festival on October 12th & 13th.
the winter months. The Festival hours are 11 am to 4 pm.
See you there!
The Philo Monstera is a wonderful, plant. It will even-
tually have a large root system and will need to be supported by a slab of • Sign Up for the Alden Lane
wood or sturdy stakes as it grows larger and tends to vine upward. It does Nursery’s E-Newsletter. Take 30
not tolerate temps below 50 degrees, so it is not a c andidate for growing seconds and sign up today for our email
outdoors in our winter c limate, but you certainly can put it outside in a version of the newsletter. Go to www.
aldenlane.com and follow the prompts.
sheltered area during the spring and s ummer months.
Don’t Forget Autumn Flowers!!
If you haven’t made plans to perk up your
seasonal flowerbeds do so today. Alden Lane
has a full range of transitional a nnuals that
bridge the seasons. For i nstance, vinca,
marigolds and cosmos will add vibrancy
until the cold weather really settles in
the area. Some of the fall line-up includes
pansies, v
iolas, stock, snapdragons, Iceland
poppies and a lyssum. Use our Recipe For
Good Garden Soil to get them off to the very best start.Jewels in the Garden
Like colorful jewels brightening a gold band, the first bulbs to arrive for fall planting here at Alden Lane are sparkly
and spectacular. Bulbs in the landscape, like jewels on a bracelet, add glimmer to the setting and surprise with color
when the light hits them just right. Many of the bulbs arriving now are water-wise and California friendly. They go
into the ground now and bloom in spring with jewel-toned colors.
“Dig, drop, and done”, as the saying goes. These bulbs are easy to plant. Let n ature care for them over winter and be
surprised when they bloom in Spring! Lighten the soil with Masters Planting Mix and add Bulb Food.
Bearded Iris: Colorful, bold and impressive, Bearded Iris are quite
forgiving and require a minimum of m aintenance. That is because their
rhizomes (bulbs) are a ctually nutrient “storage” areas. Like c amels,
Bearded Iris can tolerate periods of benign neglect and are quite drought
tolerant because they have this reserve storage that gets them through,
but rhizomes are both their strength and their w eakness. Rhizomes are
quite sensitive to moisture so be sure to keep them well drained and
NEVER over water.
Freesia: Known for being quite fragrant, freesias are nice planted among
low groundcover plants where
their floppy nature can be well
supported. They also work well
in containers. Plants bloom
at about a foot high in late
spring. Full sun.
Watsonia: Bold, spikes of G ladiolus type flowers, Watsonia makes a
great cut flower. It looks best when allowed to develop large clumps. It
reaches to 3 or 4' in height; plant in full or m orning sun.
Sparaxis: Clusters of k aleidoscope-like patterned and colored flowers fill
this plant that can reach up to 2' wide. A s pectacular addition to borders,
rock gardens, and container p lantings, Sparaxis is typically less than a
foot tall.
Anemone: Also known as Wind Flowers, these are some of the first to
bloom in spring. Soak your bulbs for a few hours in l ukewarm water to
“wake them up”. Dig area and plant the anemones 1"-2" down. Water well,
soaking the area again after planting.
Ranunculus: Another early bloomer. These truly magnificent, rose-like
blossoms are wonderful as cut flowers. They bloom in a profusion of colors. They, like Anemones, benefit from soaking.
Recipe for Good Garden Soil!
Good Garden Soil Starts Here!! Plant California
If you are preparing a vegetable garden now or just
reaming about it, it’s still a great time to improve the
d
soil. Follow our “Recipe” to improve the texture and
Natives
fertility of your little piece of earth. This should be a
part of your v egetable garden routine 1 to 2 times a
Now!
year. Amend the valley soils to give your plants their Our summer
best opportunity for growth. Keep this recipe handy for warmed soil,
your planting needs. moderating air
temperatures,
and a promise of
winter rain make
For each 100 square feet add: this a great time
10 cubic ft. of soil conditioner: Master Gold Rush or to establish native
Bumper Crop ® (5 - 8 bags). flora.
5 lbs. Iron Sulfate to acidify and add iron. Take advantage
10 lbs. Master Vegetable Food or Master Flower Food, of California’s
Master Formula 49 can be used for ground covers. “Second Spring” to
40 lbs. Gypsum. It loosens hard soils as it adds sulfur & gently settle in your
calcium. (An excellent addition in our heavy soil.) new earth friendly,
Mix well with your soil to an 8" depth and water well. water wise plants.Fall is in the Air!
Come see our New Decorating Ideas!
Look for lots of fall décor and gift giving ideas here at Alden Lane! We have new
glass pumpkins and lots of fall themed napkins and kitchen towels.
Honey Praline Clusters Beehive candles smell delicious and so do the Honey
Butter and Honey Pear Cider fragrances.
The Round Top Collection artists have done it again and d esigned new metal
yard stakes and pumpkin parts for o utside and colorful fall themed paintings for
inside. Add to your collection or d
iscover these beautiful pieces today!
It’s September and that
means Quilt Show Time as
we celebrate those who sew
and create! Our adorable sewing machine clock is back in
stock and so are sewing themed mirrors and pill boxes.
We have also sourced handmade felt ornaments of women
who’ve made history such as Frida Kahlo, Ruth Bader Ginsburg
and Amelia Earhart. What a fun way to celebrate these famous
women!
During the Quilt Show, don’t forget to check out our
deck off the Garden Store for wonderful houseplants
and pottery. For those who love Christmas, you can get
Fall Fest
a sneak peek in Ruthie’s Room at some of our themes for
2019. Come see what surprises we have in store for you! Weekend
October 12th & 13th • 11 to 4
• Build a scarecrow – Reserve a scarecrow frame &
pick a category – A Free & Fun Activity
• Fish for apples
• Visit our farm animals
• Enjoy classes
• Music
• Eat piePRSRT STD
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