February Meeting

Our next meeting is Thursday February 7th

Sonia Zupanec from 'Just Another Weed Patch Farm' will be joining us to talk about the growing and harvesting of specialty cut flowers and nuts. 

'Just Another Weed Patch Farm' is a 2 acre productive demonstration site of specialty cut flowers and 250 nut trees  interspersed with happy laying hens and buzzing bees.   Sonia and her family are passionate farmer-florists, nut growers and stewards of the little patch of dirt upon which they are happily enslaved.

The meeting begins at 7pm, remember to bring your own mug.

Upcoming workshops for Garden Club members.  Please contact Connie Clifford  to register  connie.clifford@shaw.ca or by phone at 250-325-2251. 

February 16th - Planning and Preparing a Vegetable Garden with Sue Dunn
March 16th - Creating Mosaic Stepping Stones for your Garden with Anne Havard 

 

January Meeting Summary

If you did not make it to the January meeting here is what you missed

 

Plant of the Month:

 
Hellebores Niger - also known as the Christmas Rose. Common Name is Black Hellebore.

Book of the Month:

Root Cellaring: Natural Cold Storage of Fruits and Vegetables by Mike and Nancy Bubel

What to do in the January garden by Sue Dunn:
 
Even though it is January there are still a few things to be doing outside. Sue Dunn provided a comprehensive list to keep us all busy.

Guest Speaker:

Sue Dunn gave an informative demo on how to prune fruit trees of all kinds in the coming months.

Door and Raffle Prizes:  

We raffled a selection of great items too numerous to mention and of course, the plant of the month.