Speakers
June 21, 2021: Natasha Asselstine, Nutritionist – “Health Benefits of Eating in Season”
June 21, 2021: Natasha Asseltine, NutritionistJune 21, 2021: Natasha Asseltine, Nutritionist Natasha is a Holistic Nutritional Consultant and advocate for wholesome living. She received her training from the Canadian School of Natural Nutrition. She will be speaking...
May 17, 2021: Dr. Richard Hebda, from the Royal BC Museum, with his topic on Irises
May 17, 2021: Dr. Richard Hebda, Royal BC Museum - "Irises" May 17, 2021: Richard Hebda, from the Royal BC Museum, with his topic on Irises Check back closer to the date for more information about this presentation. HOW TO ATTEND Members will be sent a Zoom link...
April 19, 2021: Linda Gilkeson – “Resilient Gardens in a Changing Climate”
Linda Gilkeson, of West Coast Gardening, with her topic of ‘Resilient Gardens in a Changing Climate
March 15, 2021: Greg Baute – Cannabis Innovation Centre
Greg Baute, Director of Plant Breeding and Genetics at Cannabis Innovation Center, with his topic of “Cannabis breeding catch-up, bringing modern breeding tools to cannabis”.
February 15, 2021: Brian Minter – What’s New in the World of Plants
New plant introductions and emerging trends in the gardening world.
Jan. 18, 2021: Arzeena Hamir – Extending Your Vegetable Harvest
Learn how to grow and harvest vegetables in these dark months of winter. That is right, it is not too late to fill those empty garden spaces!
September 2020 Virtual Meeting with Leslie Cox a.k.a ‘The Duchess of Dirt’
Given the restrictions and the cancellation of our in-person general meetings, the Board will hold a virtual general meeting on Monday, September 14 beginning at 7:00 pm. After a short business update, Leslie Cox a.k.a. “The Duchess of Dirt”, will give a talk on “Putting our gardens to bed” – a very timely topic for September!
February 24, 2020: Joan Wynden: “The Deer Resistant, Pollinator Friendly Garden”, and Winter Bouquet Contest
There is colour out there in those winter gardens! Put your designers cap on and create a bouquet of winter splendor to share at our February meeting! Our Guest Speaker will be Master Gardener and plantswoman extraordinaire, Joan Wynden.
January 20th, 2020: Royann Petrell, ‘Gardens of China’
The ancient and modern gardens of China look nothing like Western gardens. Dr. Royann Petrell spent 6 months in China in 2007/2008 while on sabbatical from the University of British Columbia’s Chemical and Biological Engineering department. She has a long love of gardening, and was pleased when several of her Chinese graduate students and friends offered to help her locate and then visit some of the ancient gardens of China, as well as one very unusual modern one.
October 2019: Annual General Meeting
Our October annual general meeting will not be dull and boring, it will feature some extraordinary garden delights, plus you get to peak behind fences at some wonderful Comox Valley gardens!
Sept. 2019: Roger Griffiths: The Channel Islands and the Keukenhof Gardens
Roger Griffiths will be presenting on the Channel Islands and the Keukenhof Gardens in Holland, and will be talking about tulips. Also, Members Competition of Garden Produce.
August 2019: Margot Moser: Hellebores
The Heavenly Hellebores presentation provides a broad overview of everything relating to hellebores; history, species, propogation, and culture.