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10 | SUN CITY CORE COURIER | APRIL 2025 | Garden Club Home Tour Planned by the Garden Club The Garden Club meetings are held on the third Tuesday of every month, beginning at 10 am. Sign in, enjoy refreshments, view our plant table (members bring cuttings and plants for sale), check out the Treasure Table (donated items are raffled), and visit with other members. Each meeting also includes a raffle ticket for door prizes. Though we do not meet in July and August, we are busily planning our September to June year. We have many activities planned, including touring another local botanical garden, a beekeeper, and Master Gardeners as well as learning about the benefits of earthworms, water-wise gardening, and much more. Come join the fun and learn all you can to create a garden oasis in our desert community. Our home tour is planned for April 2025 so don't miss out seeing what some of our members have planted and done to enhance their individual landscapes. There are so many gorgeous yards that are drought tolerant that provide many benefits. Call us if you'd like to join the tour! If the heat bothers you, plant a tree; if water bothers you, plant a tree; if you like fruits, plant a tree; if you like birds, plant a tree. And, if you like life, plant many trees. We are all about teaching, learning, and collaboration to make our individual spaces at home as much a paradise as possible. With drought-tolerant landscaping (not just cactus!), a yard can be transformed while using very little water. Come join our President Jennifer Lopez, co-Vice Presidents Jill Hardy and Valerie Gibson, and Treasurer Camille Susca to learn about the fun things we can do to beautify our surroundings. ~ Jill Hardy Travel Club What's e Travel Club Up To? "Wet your whiskers" with some of our upcoming trips, shown below and then "Bunny Hop" over to our meeting on Wed., April 2. Doors open at 12:15 pm. The Sun City Travel Club celebrated Saint Patrick's Day at our club meeting in March. Most everyone wore green which went great with the St. Patrick's Day decorations and snacks. Alan from Majestic Tours did the travel presentation for some of our upcoming Multi- Day Trips: • Canadian Rockies Adventure 8/17-23 (7 days/6 nights) where you will explore Hells Gate AirTran, Blue River Safari, Columbia Icefields, and more • Rose Bowl Parade 12/30-1/1/26 (3 day/2 nights) where you can see the floats being built as well as visit to the Huntington Library/Art Collection/Botanical Gardens, and Santa Anita Racetrack; includes a New Year's Eve Party, reserve seating at the Rose Parade, and more • Upcoming Multi-Day Trips: New Mexico Balloon Festival in October and England/Scotland/Wales in November We have some very exciting Day Trips scheduled: • Agua Caliente Casino-Rancho Mirage 4/10 • Traditional Afternoon Tea 4/24 — Experience the same type of "Traditional Afternoon Teas" that High Society had except you will be at The Grand Tea Room in historical downtown Escondido, enjoying finger sandwiches, soup, fruits, desserts, unlimited teas, and more • Queen Mary Tour/Lunch 5/12 — Personal behind-the-scenes tour, Promenade Café for lunch, and more • Half-Day Wine Tasting 5/20 — Enjoy sampling wine at three wineries and nibbles of cheese/charcuterie will be served at one winery • Morongo Casino 5/29 — Enjoy at beautiful day of gambling, shopping, and food • Reagan Library/Dead Sea Scrolls 6/18 — Do a self-guided audio tour of the Library, tour Air Force One, see the Dead Sea Scrolls, and more • Upcoming Trips: Viejas Casino, "The Night the Music Died" Lunch & Show (music of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens & Big Bopper), 2 Casinos in One Day, Luau, Sand Diego Harbor Cruise w/Seaport Village, and Del Mar Horse Racing April's meeting is on Wed., April 2. We will be decorating for Easter, so don't forget your "bunny ears" and hop on over. The Sun City Travel Club meets the first Wednesday of every month in North Town Hall. Doors open at 12:15 pm and the meeting starts at 12:45 pm. Dues are $20 a year to join and includes at least two parties. Anyone living in the SCCA core, with a current SCCA membership card, can join. Guests are always welcome to all our meetings and events. Small refreshments are available, and everyone gets a free ticket for a drawing. All trip sign-ups are done after the meeting is over. We hope to see you there!