October 20, 2025
“How to Build a Crevice Garden” – with Paul Spriggs
When it comes to building rock gardens, there are so many styles out there, from the good to the bad, to the downright ugly! In this talk, Paul will discuss the finer points of designing and constructing a rock garden in the newest style of horticultural high art called ‘the crevice garden’.
Paul Spriggs has been rock gardening for roughly 27 years and building crevice gardens for about 19 years. He is an avid plant explorer, photographer, mountaineer, owner of Spriggs Gardens Landscaping company, and past President of the Vancouver Island Rock and Alpine Garden Society. He has a passion for all wild plants, especially those of dwarf stature and collects and cultivates them at various gardens in his hometown of Victoria, BC, Canada. Paul has learned the craft of crevice garden building directly from one of its innovators, Zdenek Zvolanek, of the Czech Republic, and in the past decade and a half, has built many gardens in public parks and private homes that range in size from small feature troughs to large installations involving many tonnes of stone. Paul is passionate about spreading the word of this style through speaking to garden clubs all over the world and by giving workshops for those keen on learning the finer points of this developing art form. He has just finished his work on the first North American book on Crevice gardening with co-author Kenton Seth of Colorado, released in summer 2022.
October is also the CVHS Annual General Meeting.
This will be a ‘hybrid’ in-person and Zoom meeting:
- All ZOOM meetings will begin at 7:00 pm.
- All IN-PERSON meetings: doors will open at 6:30 pm, meetings start at 7:15 pm.
- In-person meetings (presentation only) may also be accessible by ZOOM from your home.
HOW TO ATTEND:
All current CVHS members will receive a Zoom invitation before this meeting.
IN-PERSON Meeting: Doors will open at 6:30 pm, meeting starts at 7:15 pm.
NOT A MEMBER?
If you are not a CVHS member and would like to join us, please CLICK HERE to purchase a guest pass by Friday, October 17 no later than 5:00 pm, for $5.50, as it takes 2 days to process.
Please join us!
