Fall show and sale features hand-painted items, Christmas ornaments
Camellia City Porcelain Artists capture the beauty of nature in such pieces as this platter covered in water lilies. Courtesy of Camellia City Porcelain Artists
Watch flowers “bloom,” birds take “flight” and so much more – thanks to the skill of talented artists. Their “canvas”? Porcelain plates, cups and other surfaces.
On Saturday, Oct. 12, the Camellia City Porcelain Artists celebrates its golden anniversary with its 50th annual Sacramento show and sale at Shepard Garden and Arts Center. Admission and parking are free.
From 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., patrons are invited to browse the show, packed with beautifully hand-painted creations. Painting demonstrations will be held throughout the day. Artists will be at work and available to explain their process and answer questions.
A highlight of this show is a fully decorated Christmas tree packed with hand-painted ornaments. The tree and all its bling will be raffled off for charity.
Speaking of Christmas, this show is packed with holiday gift items (including more ornaments).
Interested in learning about ceramics and porcelain painting? This is the place!
Shepard Center is located at 3330 McKinley Blvd., Sacramento, in McKinley Park.
Details: www.sgaac.org.
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Garden Checklist for week of Nov. 3
November still offers good weather for fall planting:
* If you haven't already, it's time to clean up the remains of summer. Pull faded annuals and vegetables. Prune dead or broken branches from trees.
* Now is the best time to plant most trees and shrubs. This gives them plenty of time for root development before spring growth. They also benefit from fall and winter rains.
* Set out cool-weather annuals such as pansies and snapdragons.
* Lettuce, cabbage and broccoli also can be planted now.
* Plant garlic and onions.
* Keep planting bulbs to spread out your spring bloom. Some possible suggestions: daffodils, crocuses, hyacinths, tulips, anemones and scillas.
* This is also a good time to seed wildflowers and plant such spring bloomers as sweet pea, sweet alyssum and bachelor buttons.
* Rake and compost leaves, but dispose of any diseased plant material. For example, if peach and nectarine trees showed signs of leaf curl this year, clean up under trees and dispose of those leaves instead of composting.
* Save dry stalks and seedpods from poppies and coneflowers for fall bouquets and holiday decorating.
* For holiday blooms indoors, plant paperwhite narcissus bulbs now. Fill a shallow bowl or dish with 2 inches of rocks or pebbles. Place bulbs in the dish with the root end nestled in the rocks. Add water until it just touches the bottom of the bulbs. Place the dish in a sunny window. Add water as needed.
* Give your azaleas, gardenias and camellias a boost with chelated iron.
* For larger blooms, pinch off some camellia buds.
* Prune non-flowering trees and shrubs while dormant.
* To help prevent leaf curl, apply a copper fungicide spray to peach and nectarine trees after they lose their leaves this month. Leaf curl, which shows up in the spring, is caused by a fungus that winters as spores on the limbs and around the tree in fallen leaves. Sprays are most effective now.
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