Speakers

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 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 Introduction to Permaculture and How to Implement it here on Vancouver Island Allan Campbell graduated from Texas A&M University with a degree in Mechanical Engineering in 2007. For several years he worked as a production engineer in the energy...

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 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 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...

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,...

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...

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...

Successful Bulb Growing The 10 Most Asked Questionsugust 16, 2021:  Botanus - Successful Bulb Growing - The 10 Most Asked Questions Experienced and new gardeners alike, are you ready for one of the liveliest presentations you will enjoy, all about BULBS?  Pull up a...

June 21, 2021: Natasha Asseltine, Nutritionist Health Benefits of Eating in SeasonJune 21, 2021:  Natasha Asseltine, Nutritionist The Comox Valley is a haven of fresh ingredients when it comes to food from our local farms, farm stands, weekly markets and our own...