Speakers
March 20, 2023 – About Mushrooms, with Kabir Bhalla
March 20, 2023 About Mushrooms with Kabir Bhalla Bio: Kabir is a PhD candidate in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of British Columbia. He studies how virulence factors employed by medically relevant fungi contribute to disease....
February 27, 2023 – All About Raspberries
February 27, 2023 All About Raspberries - with Kayla Brouwer Kayla Brouwer will be the guest speaker at the Comox Valley Horticultural Society meeting on February 27. Kayla’s presentation will cover three topics; growing raspberries in the Pacific Northwest...
January 16, 2023 – New & Exciting Trends in Gardening from Europe
January 16, 2023 New and Exciting Trends in Gardening from Europe - with Brian Minter BC’s very own ‘Gardening Guru’, Brian Minter, will be the first Zoom presenter for the Comox Valley Horticultural Society on Monday, January 16th, at 7:00 pm. His topic will...
November 21, 2022 – Native Plants with Abby Hyde of Satinflower Nurseries
November 21, 2022 Native Plants - with Abby Hyde of Satinflower Nurseries A surprise speaker in November! The CVHS is delighted to welcome Abby Hyde, BSc, of Satinflower Nurseries, Victoria. Abby is in charge of all the orders at Satinflower and consults on...
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...
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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...