Learn about “plants that drink responsibly”

FALLBROOK – Debra Lee Baldwin, an award-winning garden photojournalist and expert on succulents will be the guest speaker at the Feb. 24 meeting of the Fallbrook Garden Club. Baldwin is scheduled to speak on “Designing with Succulents.”

Known globally for her expertise, Baldwin will explain to attendees how to cultivate succulents ranging from groundcovers to tall trees. She will review how the wide variety of succulents on the market today offer many colors, textures, and forms that can be inspirational in creative landscape designs.

“She will also show what is new and exciting with architectural, geometric, and stylish ‘plants that drink responsibly,’” organizers said. Baldwin will include ideas for low-maintenance, easy-care gardens and landscapes; container arrangements perfect for patios, entryways and decks; and suggestions for great-looking, design-oriented projects anyone can do.

Baldwin authored “Designing with Succulents,” “Succulent Container Gardens,” and “Succulents Simplified” (Timber Press). She is a regular contributor to Sunset Magazine and other publications. Her personal half-acre garden in Escondido has been featured in Better Homes & Gardens magazine.

According to Australian nurseryman and author Attila Kapitany, in his address to the Cactus & Succulent Society of America, “The growing interest in succulents among the gardening public in the U.S. can be attributed primarily to one person: Debra Lee Baldwin.”

The meeting will be held at 12:30 p.m. at the Fallbrook

Community Center, 341 Heald Lane. There will be a social time and refreshments, followed by a business meeting and the program. New members are always welcome. To learn more, visit http://www.fallbrookgardenclub.org.