March Meeting

Our next meeting is Thursday March 7th

Jeff de Jong is our speaker for the March meeting. Jeff is a horticulturist with many years of experience and a passion for garden design.  He has won many awards for his own garden and other yards that he has designed.  You may have heard him on the radio as the host of the host of Gardening 101 on C-FAX1070AM.

Jeff is going to talk to us about a variety of topics - GETTING GROWING - Plants to look out for; New plants; Edibles, Designing and planning.

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 23rd - Planning and Preparing a Vegetable Garden with Sue Dunn
March 16th - Creating Mosaic Stepping Stones for your Garden with Anne Havard 

February Meeting Summary

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

Plant of the Month:

 
Palm - trachycarpus fortunei - Windmill Palm or Chinese Windmill Palm

Books of the Month:

Peonies by Jane Eastoe
David Austin's Handbook of Roses

What to do in the February garden by Sue Dunn:
 
February is the start of pruning time, although this cold weather is causing a bit of a delay.  Sue Dunn provided a comprehensive list to keep us all busy.

Guest Speaker:

Sonia Zupanec from Just Another Weed Patch Farm gave a presentation on growing and harvesting specialty cut flowers and nuts.  She had a great slide show of the farm and lots of tips on how to grow healthy nut trees and cut flowers.  She brought samples of some of the nuts they grow.

Door and Raffle Prizes:  

We raffled a selection of great items too numerous to mention and of course, the plant of the month.  Our guest speaker brought a prize to add to the raffle, a bag of walnuts from her farm.