Speakers

November 21, 2022 – Native Plants with Kirsten Miskelly of Satinflower Nurseries

November 21, 2022 Native Plants - with Kristen Miskelly of Satinflower Nurseries And, a surprise speaker in , Kirsten Miskelly of will talk about native plants. Now, this is always a hot topic with our members, so we thought we would end our season with...

October 17, 2022 – Paul Bulk, Eurosa Farms

October 17, 2022 Eurosa Farms - with Paul Bulk Growing roses for me is in my DNA. My grandfather grew cut roses for his whole life in the Netherlands and my father emigrated to Canada in 1979 and, together with my mother, started his own rose farm, Eurosa...

September 19, 2022 Cynthia White – All About Tomatoes

September 19, 2022 Tomatoes Everything You Always Wanted to Know but Were Afraid to Ask - with Cynthia White Cynthia White will talk about tomatoes, the most commonly home-grown vegetable (technically a fruit). In 2020, 187 million metric tonnes were produced...

August 15, 2022 Jane Kerr – What’s in a Name?

August 15, 2022 What's in a Name - What are Plant Names Trying to tell you? - with Jane Kerr What do those plant names really tell you? You can tell a lot about a plant by its name. Join Jane for some fascinating history on plant naming conventions and just some fun...

June 20, 2022 Allan Campbell – Intro to Permaculture

June 20, 2022 Introduction to Permaculture and How to Implement it here on Vancouver Island Permaculture....it is a BIG word and FASCINATING topic. In his presentation, Allan Campbell, went over permaculture basics and how permaculture design can be applied to our...

May 16, 2022 Linda Gilkeson – The Good, the Bad and the [Merely] Ugly

May 16, 2022 The Good, the Bad and the [Merely] Ugly - Do You Know the Difference? When it comes to insects in your garden, do you know how to tell pests from beneficial species? At 7:00 pm on Monday, May 16th via Zoom, the CV Horticultural Society is honored to have...

April 25, 2022 Donna Balzer – Grow Ordinary Food in Extraordinary Ways

April 25, 2022 Grow Ordinary Food in Extraordinary Ways, with Donna Balzer The CV Horticultural Society is excited to invite, Donna Balzer, award-winning television host, from HGTV’s ‘Bugs and Blooms’, as our presenter. Her topic will be ‘Growing Ordinary Food in...

March 21, 2022 Cathrine Featherby – All About Dahlias

March 21, 2022 - Cathrine Featherby, All About Dahlias March 21, 2022 All About Dahlias, with Cathrine Featherby Being a thirty-year veteran of Dahlia growing brings bouquets of insight and intel on one of history’s most curious flowers, the flower of love! The...

February 28, 2022 Arzeena Hamir – Seed Sourcing for Success

Feb. 28, 2022 Seed Sourcing for Success, with Arzeena Hamir Glance at the ground around you. Yes, green shoots of all kinds of plants are raising their fronds from their winter hibernation. Spring is just at our fingertips and the Comox Valley Horticultural...

January 17, 2022 Brian Minter – Gardening after the Pandemic

January 17, 2022 How the Pandemic, Dramatic Weather Challenges and the Millennial Generation have Changed the Why and How we Garden BC’s very own gardening ‘Guru’, Brian Minter, will be the first Zoom presenter for the Comox Valley Horticultural Society on Monday,...

Oct. 18, 2021 Roger Griffiths – Alpine Plants of BC and Beyond

Roger Griffiths: Alpine Plants of BC and Beyond Have you ever been on a long hike that takes you up and up and then as you break out of the forest, a stunning landscape filled with the glorious colors of alpine plants is laid out before you? You are in awe! The...

Sept. 20, 2021 The Good, The Bad and the Downright Pesky

September 20, 2021: Leslie Cox The Good, The Bad and the Downright PeskyThe Good, the Bad and the Downright Pesky , with Leslie Cox According to the Smithsonian Institute scientists have conservatively estimated there are 200 million insects for every one human on...