The Western Heritage Horticultural Society website pages can be found under the "Horticulture" tab here - http://www.nmjc.edu/museum, please visit it often to find out about upcoming training and events. Additionally, you will find gardening articles, videos and other resources. To contact the society, email hortsociety@nmjc.edu or call 575-492-2678.

June 21, 2016

Training & Events

WHHS High Country Gardening Tour

Cloud croft and Alamogordo, NM

June 25, 2016

RSVP by Wednesday, June 22, call the Western Heritage Museum - 575-492-2678

The NMJC Bus will leave promptly at 6:30 a.m. from the Museum parking lot. We will pick up everyone from Lovington at the Courthouse (please let us know if you are meeting us there). Please also RSVP if you are planning to take your own vehicle to let us know so we can keep in contact and make appropriate accommodations during the tour.

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NOTE: There is no charge for the trip; a special benefit for your Western Heritage Museum and WHHS membership.

*(http://www.nmjc.edu/museum/membership.aspx, $30 for an individual membership to both, call 575-492-2678 to join by phone).

If you have any questions or need more info, please contact David Hooten at 575-942-1492.

Click here for the tour itinerary and travel directions.

Tour Highlights...

The Lodge

(601 Corona Pl, Cloudcroft, NM 88317)

*Chef is preparing a special buffet for our group - Dutch Treat Lunch - approx. $15.00 each

*Special presentation from Lodge Curator

*Quick tour of the gardens

Phone

(800) 395-6343

Rebecca's Restaurant & Lounge at The Lodge

Named after our resident ghost, Rebecca's serves breakfast, lunch and dinner daily The bar was once owned by the notorious Al Capone.

The Heart of the Desert Pistachios & Wines Ranch (at Eagle Ranch) in Alamogordo, NM (7288 U.S. 70, Alamogordo, NM 88310)

*Personal Tour of the Groves and Packing Houses

*Visit to the Winery*Visit to the Gift Shop (Don't miss their famous Chocolate!)

Phone
(800) 432-0999 toll free
(575) 434-0035 local

Online catalog

http://pistachiosnm.com/publication/?m=14240&l=1${"#"}{%22issue_id%22:277725,%22page%22:0}

A little follow-up...

The Society visited the Newsom Lavender Fields and Vineyards in Plains, TX, on June 11, 2016. Neal Newsom told the tour participants about growing wine grapes and answered very specific questions about this exciting new business venture taking off in Texas and New Mexico, seems we have the perfect weather conditions to support vineyards. The next tour is June 25 (see the info below) and you're invited to RSVP to enjoy a special meal at The Lodge in Cloudcroft and visit the Heart of the Desert Pistachios & Wine in Alamogordo, NM. All Society members who went on the NMJC bus and private vehicles had a great time, Mrs. Janice Newsom gave private tours of the Rock'n-N Bed & Breakfast, the historic farm house of the former McGinty Ranch, and a few learned how to properly cut and tie a lavender wand from the B&B garden. The bus drove everyone between some sections of the 146-acre vineyards with clusters of grape varieties developing that will eventually supply 12 wineries. After the tour, we went to the "Barnary", a huge workshop decked out with "rocketry" artifacts, to enjoy lunch and a Society furnished selection of fruit, cheese, crackers, and a sampling of wines from the wineries that Newsome Vineyards supply.

Neal Newsom explains the growing and characteristic difference between two varieties of grapes, the Tempranillo and the Pinot Gris/Grigio. He said once you try eating wine grapes there's no going back to table grapes.

http://www.newsomvineyards.com/vineyard.htm

Tim Richards and Shirley Mee, WHHS members, set up the brunch at the "Barnary" at the Newsom Vineyard. The Vineyard supplies grapes for several wineries in Texas. Participants could sample wine.


Cutting Lavender


	The questions on growing grapes begin.

Remember...

Notes

The Western Hertitage Horticultural Society anticipates sending out an event calendar newsletter (or fliers) on a regular basis along with an expanded quarterly newsletter with articles on gardening and "when to do it" tips. The Society is looking forward to being a resource to the general public and helping to improve your yard and landscape. If you'd like to join the Western Heritage Museum and the Society to take advantage of everything both have to offer, use the Quick Links at the top of this newsletter to see how to join. Use the links to receive the newsletter and take a look at the Society Facebook page. Please forward this newsletter to anyone you think might want a greener thumb.