Board Meeting
2026-09-28 09:30 - 12:00, 2026-10-26 09:30 - 12:00, 2026-11-30 09:30 - 12:00, 2027-01-25 09:30 - 12:00, 2027-02-22 09:30 - 12:00, 2027-03-22 09:30 - 12:00, 2027-04-26 09:30 - 12:00, 2027-05-24 09:30 - 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles)
Our Board of Directors meets to discuss and vote on club business. Members are welcome to attend!
9:30 Social
10:00 Meeting
Please contact us for the meeting location.
Questions? Contact us. We’d love to hear from you!

Meeting & Speaker: Briana Lyon
2026-10-09 09:30 - 12:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Laguna Presbyterian Church, Tankersley Hall, 415 Forest Ave., Laguna Beach, CA, 92651, United States
Join us at our General Meeting on October 9th where award-winning landscape designer, Briana Lyon, will speak on “Beautiful Lawn Alternatives.”
Briana Lyon is an award-winning landscape designer, artist, former permaculture teacher and founder of California Wild Gardens; an innovative California-focused preplanned garden and native lawn store. Her landscapes have been featured in Sunset Magazine, Houzz, Vimeo, CBS & the L.A. Times.
Her 15 years in designing modern sustainable gardens across California allows her to use her unique skill set in broad-scale, climate-diverse planning, while managing a holistic orchard in British Columbia.
Join us from 9:30-10:00 a.m. for social time and refreshments, the meeting begins promptly at 10:00 a.m. Meetings are held at Laguna Presbyterian Church in Tankersley Hall located at 415 Forest Avenue, Laguna Beach, Ca. Non-members are invited to attend for free on their first visit.
Questions? Contact us. We’d love to hear from you!

Meeting & Speakers: Charles M. Murray & Harry Huggins
2026-11-13 09:30 - 12:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Laguna Presbyterian Church, Tankersley Hall, 415 Forest Ave., Laguna Beach, CA, 92651, United States
Join us at our General Meeting on November 13th where preservationists Charles M. Murray and Harry Huggins, will give a talk entitled “Together We Saved Laguna Canyon.”
Charles Michael Murray and Harry Huggins, editors of the documentary 50 Years of Preservation, celebrate the 37th anniversary of the historic march to Save Laguna Canyon, sharing firsthand accounts of the movement and present the book Laguna Beach and the Greenbelt – Celebrating a Treasured American Landscape.

The rally of “Save Laguna Canyon” was the response to the Irvine Company approval to develop Laguna Canyon. Charles and Harry’s efforts were instrumental in drawing an estimated 10,000 protesters in support of preserving Laguna Canyon.
Join us from 9:30-10:00 a.m. for social time and refreshments, the meeting begins promptly at 10:00 a.m. Meetings are held at Laguna Presbyterian Church in Tankersley Hall located at 415 Forest Avenue, Laguna Beach, Ca. Non-members are invited to attend for free on their first visit.
Questions? Contact us. We’d love to hear from you!

Meeting & Speaker: Kris Bonner
2026-12-11 09:30 - 12:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Laguna Presbyterian Church, Tankersley Hall, 415 Forest Ave., Laguna Beach, CA, 92651, United States
Join us at our General Meeting on December 11th where Kris Bonner will speak on “The Traveling Gardener.”
Kris Bonner, inspired by Monty Don’s book Around the World in 80 Gardens, takes audiences on fun and inspirational virtual visits to great gardens of the world, sharing the transformative power of travel and nature. His career included the U.S. Geological Survey, the U.S. Forest Service, Thomas Bros. Maps, a rose docent at the Huntington Botanical Gardens, and Master Gardener.
Join us from 9:30-10:00 a.m. for social time and refreshments, the meeting begins promptly at 10:00 a.m. Meetings are held at Laguna Presbyterian Church in Tankersley Hall located at 415 Forest Avenue, Laguna Beach, Ca. Non-members are invited to attend for free on their first visit.
Questions? Contact us. We’d love to hear from you!

Meeting & Speaker: Marta McDowell
2027-01-08 09:30 - 12:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Laguna Presbyterian Church, Tankersley Hall, 415 Forest Ave., Laguna Beach, CA, 92651, United States
Join us at our General Meeting on January 8th where author and New York Botanical Garden teacher, Marta McDowell, will give a talk entitled, “Gardening Can Be Murder!”
Marta McDowell teaches landscape history and horticulture at the New York Botanical Garden and is a popular lecturer and writer. Her latest book, Gardening Can Be Murder, is about the horticultural connections to crime fiction. Her other books include Unearthing the Secret Garden, Emily Dickinson’s Gardening Life, The World of Laura Ingalls Wilder, All the Presidents’ Gardens, and Beatrix Potter’s Gardening Life.
Join us from 9:30-10:00 a.m. for social time and refreshments, the meeting begins promptly at 10:00 a.m. Meetings are held at Laguna Presbyterian Church in Tankersley Hall located at 415 Forest Avenue, Laguna Beach, Ca. Non-members are invited to attend for free on their first visit.
Questions? Contact us. We’d love to hear from you!

Valentine's Extravaganza Open House
2027-02-12 09:30 - 12:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Laguna Presbyterian Church, Tankersley Hall, 415 Forest Ave., Laguna Beach, CA, 92651, United States
The February meeting of the Laguna Beach Garden Club is an Open House for the community to come join in on the Valentine Extravaganza! Members make beautiful handcrafted potted plant creations for all to bid on. There is also a plant sale for those of you who like to do your own planting. There will be succulents and unusual perennials galore. In addition, there will be a One-of-a-Kind boutique items for sale. As if all that was not enough, there will be a spectacular raffle with great prizes for you to peruse. New this year, we will have garden tool sharpening service on site where you can either choose “drop-off” service or “while-you-wait”.
Come and support your Laguna Beach Garden Club and meet our members and have some fun and just maybe, find something unique and special for your Valentine, even if that Valentine is you! Laguna Beach Garden Club supports our local school gardens, provides scholarships to Laguna High School students, Saddleback College students, the Orange Coast College Horticulture department, The Ecology Center in San Juan Capistrano as well as helping to beautify Laguna Beach through maintenance of several pocket parks just to name a few, and bringing you the beautiful “Good of the Hive” mural downtown at 306 3 rd Street at the Laguna Beach County Water District Building. So come exhibit your “For the good of the hive” attitude and drop by, have some refreshments and help your community!
Questions? Contact us. We’d love to hear from you!

Meeting & Speaker: Mike Pyle
2027-03-12 09:30 - 12:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Laguna Presbyterian Church, Tankersley Hall, 415 Forest Ave., Laguna Beach, CA, 92651, United States
Join us at our General Meeting on March 12th where landscape designer and TV personality Mike Pyle will speak on “Curb Appeal.”
Mike Pyle, known for his spectacular HGTV show, “Inside Out,” has been in the landscape industry for 20 years. Specializing in all areas of landscape design, construction, outdoor furnishing and firepits. A LBGC member, donor and a Laguna Beach resident, Mike has gathered knowledge from a variety of climates across the U.S. informing his creative, unique and drought tolerant landscape aesthetic.
Join us from 9:30-10:00 a.m. for social time and refreshments, the meeting begins promptly at 10:00 a.m. Meetings are held at Laguna Presbyterian Church in Tankersley Hall located at 415 Forest Avenue, Laguna Beach, Ca. Non-members are invited to attend for free on their first visit.
Questions? Contact us. We’d love to hear from you!

Meeting & Speaker: Rebecca Sweet
2027-04-09 09:30 - 12:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Laguna Presbyterian Church, Tankersley Hall, 415 Forest Ave., Laguna Beach, CA, 92651, United States
Join us at our General Meeting on April 9th where garden designer and owner of Harmony in the Garden, Rebecca Sweet, will speak on “The Seven Sins of Gardening.”
Rebecca’s gardens have been featured in Sunset, Garden Design, Fine Gardening, and Horticulture Magazine. She has been featured on the PBS series Growing a Greener World and has been guest on “Martha Stewart Living.” She is the author of Refresh Your Garden Design, Garden Up! and is a content creator for Garden Design.com.
Join us from 9:30-10:00 a.m. for social time and refreshments, the meeting begins promptly at 10:00 a.m. Meetings are held at Laguna Presbyterian Church in Tankersley Hall located at 415 Forest Avenue, Laguna Beach, Ca. Non-members are invited to attend for free on their first visit.
Questions? Contact us. We’d love to hear from you!

2027 Gate & Garden Tour
2027-05-01 10:00 - 16:00 UTC
Supporting educational school gardens, local scholarships and community projects
On Saturday May 1st, 2027, the Laguna Beach Garden Club will host its 22nd annual Laguna Beach Gate & Garden Tour, a major fundraiser for educational school gardens, local scholarships and community projects.
The 2026 Walking tour will be held on Saturday May 1st, from 10 am-4 pm, starting at the Laguna Beach County Water District. The buildings gorgeous “Mediterranean Revival” style building built in 1927 is now the permanent host venue for the Laguna Beach Garden Club Gate & Garden Tour. Luxury VIP Buses will transport you to the start of the tour where you will stroll through a masterfully curated set of gardens in local neighborhoods.
The festive event will offer artisanal margaritas and Mexican fare for sale, as well as free spectacular homemade baked goods and refreshments. In addition to being able to enjoy plein air painters in several gardens you can participate in a raffle of prizes from local artists and businesses. Participants wearing festive garden party hats will be entered into the hat contest. It has become one of the most popular events in our town with multiple years of sold out attendance.
Click HERE for more information and tickets.

Questions?
If you have any questions, please contact our Gate & Garden Tour Director, Susan Denton, by submitting the form below.
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Meeting & Speaker: Kristle Hickman
2027-05-14 09:30 - 12:30 (America/Los_Angeles) | Laguna Presbyterian Church, Tankersley Hall, 415 Forest Ave., Laguna Beach, CA, 92651, United States
Join us at our General Meeting on May 14th where National Geographic Explorer Krystle Hickman will present our 5th Annual Good of the Hive® Lecture: “BeeSip.”
Krystle Hickman, a conservation photographer and community scientist based in Los Angeles, has a passion for nature. By elevating awareness of the decline of species of native bees, she sheds light on their biodiverse systems and documents rare native bees across the globe without using any form of lethal collecting. Hickman has presented at the 2024 United Nations Biodiversity Conference in Colombia and lectured at Harvard, UC Riverside, UCLA, and more.
Join us from 9:30-10:00 a.m. for social time and refreshments, the meeting begins promptly at 10:00 a.m. Meetings are held at Laguna Presbyterian Church in Tankersley Hall located at 415 Forest Avenue, Laguna Beach, Ca. Non-members are invited to attend for free on their first visit.
Questions? Contact us. We’d love to hear from you!
