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Nov 20th SpeakerNancy Moore Garden Design for Year Round Interest Doors open at 7:00 pm Speaker begins at 7:30 pm Nancy has had a life-long love of plants and gardening, and feels extremely fortunate to be able to make a living doing what she loves. After graduating in landscape design/horticulture, Nancy was involved in many aspects of this field, including being the horticulturist for a parks department, teaching landscape design and horticulture at the University of the Fraser Valley, and running her own landscape design/consulting business. Nancy recently retired from most of her commitments, but still enjoys teaching the Master Gardeners at VanDusen Botanical Gardens, and giving gardening talks to various organizations.  | 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. | Oct Meeting RecapAmanda Jarrett COMMON MISTAKES by Heather Fayers
It is not often that you are moved by a photograph, but I was at our October meeting. The poor cherry tree, reduced to a collection of broomsticks. Rather than amputate all vertical stems, the gardener could have reduced them to three at the main trunk. Then he would have enjoyed dappled shade and a peek a boo view. Better yet, the homeowner could have looked up the forms or shapes of the cherry trees available. You can drive around Vancouver to locate cherries that are broad rather than tall. The Asano cherry with "chrysanthemum” flowers grows 15 to 20 feet tall and wide. Just be sure not to plant close to the driveway. Service vans and its’ spreading heavy branches do not mix. This type of specimen will shade the whole yard and provide deck privacy in summer, but let the sun in during the winter. Unfortunately, the gardener had looked at young “japanese cherries” which all look the same as saplings and had not specified the RIGHT PLANT for the RIGHT PLACE. This healthy cherry, which was bred to grow vertically quickly, was consigned to a life time of heavy pruning, bad form and loss of blossom. |
