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January 15 SpeakerHoward Wills Fernwood Nursery Sempervivums Doors open at 7:00 pm Speaker begins at 7:30 pm Howard Wills is a life-long gardening enthusiast (plantaholic!) and the owner of Fernwood Nursery in the UK specializing in Sempervivums (Houseleeks) and related plants. At Fernwood, Howard holds N.C.C.P.G. (Plant Heritage) National Collections® of Sempervivum and Jovibarba species and cultivars (Alpine Houseleeks) and previously, National Collections® of Phormium species and cultivars (New Zealand Flax) and Rosularia species. Howard has exhibited these plants at all the major Royal Horticultural Society Flower Shows and the exhibits have been awarded RHS Gold Medals at Chelsea Flower Show, Hampton Court Palace, Gardener’s World Live, Tatton Park, Malvern and RHS Wisley Flower Shows. The nursery is managed in an environmentally sensitive way and Howard is also very keen on watching, recording and studying native fauna and flora.  | Gardening StuffThe Bees Need Your Help!!
Neonicotinoid pesticides are slowly killing bees. 75% of the world's honey is now contaminated with bee-killing pesticides. Please educate yourself and make sure you are not part of the problem.
Nov Gardening To Do list By Angelika Hedley General Keep off the garden, grass. Compressed soil damages roots Plant Garlic and bare root plants Prune Roses: 1/3 to 1/2 in height Plant Health - Feed: Fall bloomers - Roses: Pick up all leaves (black spot) - Lime Click here to see the entire calendar. | Nov Meeting RecapNancy Moore GARDENING FOR YEAR ROUND INTEREST by Heather Fayers
Our November speaker experienced no technical problems in delivering a well - rehearsed talk on creating year round interest in the typical home garden. Unlike wealthy Victorian era gardeners, we cannot create a peony or rose garden which is walled off for the bloomless period. She reiterated the “good bones” advice of most garden design books. Beds and pathways of interesting materials and curving shape lead the eye on a journey of discovery in winter, and invite the stroller in summer. Art works, whether small or large should be placed to surprise and delight the person travelling through the landscape. Interesting materials, like old stumps with or without moss, rough logs and stones, should be used to provide functions like steps or raised beds. She also provided a list of plants that she uses to provide colour throughout the year which is available by e-mail to members. One was my favourite for dry or dappled shade - epimedium. Lambert at Free Spirit nursery has many varieties and the leaves look well year round. When sheared back in early February, the wonderful stems of "bishops hats” provide early colour. While Nancy admits she has too many plants and will try anything, the small bulbs and hardy shrubs with a long multiple seasons of leaf and flower colour are the ones that last in her garden. Ms. Moore acknowledged that as a student she had been a grateful recipient of a scholarship from the BC Council of Garden Clubs, which provided all her text books. A scholarship is a gift that keeps on giving! |
