Rancho Cordova Garden Club at the Library, Friday August 5th, 2011

INTODUCTIONS

WHATS NEW IN OUR GARDENS

EVENTS
Saturday Aug 5th is the Harvest Day at Fair Oaks Horticultural Center http://ucanr.org/sites/sacmg/Harvest_Day_2010/



GARDENING AND CLIMATE




RAIN ON MY PARADE
http://www.sacbee.com/2011/08/04/3815652/new-normal-for-sacramento-weather.html


FINDING YOUR ZONE.

Sunset Magazine http://www.sunset.com/garden/climate-zones/

World Climate Zones http://www.weekendgardener.net/climate-zones-map.htm

USDA Hardiness Zones http://www.usna.usda.gov/Hardzone/ushzmap.html
http://www.garden.org/zipzone/

Weather Channel info http://www.weather.com/maps/lawnandgarden.html?role=

Cornell Gardening Resources http://www.gardening.cornell.edu/weather/index.html


KEEPING UP WITH CHANGES

US Govt http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/index.html

Climate Wizard http://www.climatewizard.org/

Ntl Geographic http://environment.nationalgeographic.com/environment/global-warming/gw-impacts-interactive/

* Human Toll http://maps.scienceprogress.org/climate/index.php

CALIFORNIA, SACRAMENTO IN PARTICULAR

SF Chronicle http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/07/06/MNDM1K6KFE.DTL

Don't trust averages http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:ImlqyGzGGsgJ:www.wrh.noaa.gov/FXC/wxstory.php%3Fwfo%3Dsto+is+sacramento+wetter+or+drier&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&source=www.google.com


FIELD TRIPS

Montreal
http://www2.ville.montreal.qc.ca/jardin/en/menu.htm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IfBDPCQGmI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFemAyXWU08



Hamilton
http://www.rbg.ca/Page.aspx?pid=193

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skZoT0JZfYA



Victoria
http://www.butchartgardens.com/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1