Events
EVENTS (Members Only)
Garden Dirt Q&A's (Zoom meeting) - 4th Monday of the month. Members meet online to ask questions and share their knowledge. Submit questions with accompanying photos, if applicable and we will discuss these in the meeting with the host showing the photos.
Visit My Garden - Organizers of this program invite the membership to visit members' gardens at an appointed time and date. Up to ten different gardens might be on display, each at a different time of the year. We share knowledge, learn from each other and see what others are doing. Garden viewings are planned each month depending on weather and time of year. Here are last years. Stay tuned for 2025.
Sat Apr 8 - Elaine's garden
Sat July 15 - Wendy's garden
Fri Aug 11 - Sharon's garden
Sun Sept 10 - Katalina's garden
Sun Sept 17 - Anne's garden
Outings / Events
Saturday, February 3rd, members are invited to a private tour of three hidden garden gems maintained by our members. Two beautiful gardens are open to the public any time. The third is hidden for residents and their visitors. Where are these you ask? Come to the meeting to find out. Member volunteers of SDGC maintain these gardens. Since they are public, they come with their own special challenges. These gardens have 'fairies' who pull out plants or pick all the flowers so no one else can enjoy them. The 'fairies' even think they know how to prune. Members put their heads together to find solutions.
Annual Summer Picnic - Sunday, July 30
Holiday Potluck Party - Tuesday, December 5
The Glades Woodland Garden
Here are some photos from our private tour in 2022.
OTHER EVENTS (PUBLIC)
2025 Events
Sun June 22 10 am to 4 pm - South Delta Garden club is hosting our “GARDEN TOUR 2025”. Open to the public. See here for more details.
PAST Club EVENTS
2025 Events
Sat Jan 25 - Bloedel Conservatory - Tropical plants under the dome.
Sat Feb 8 - Tree Pruning Demonstration - Member Tedd Marynowski demonstrated how to prune apple trees.
2024 Events
Tues Dec 3 - Christmas Potluck - at St David's Anglican Church.
Sun Oct 20 - Thinning and pruning yews and Japanese hollies
Sat May 4 - Tomato Sale PLUS WestCoast Seeds Sale
2023 Events
Thurs Feb 23 - Darts Hill Tour - We received a private tour from some of their volunteers. Over 75 years ago, Francesca Darts began gardening on a logged-out site filled with brush and tree stumps - no water, no electricity, just a plan for a fruit orchard. Through the years, she and her husband Edwin became avid plant collectors. In 1994 she donated her 7.5-acre garden to Surrey in a 999-year agreement.
Sat May 6 - Spring Plant Exchange
Thurs May 25 - Tour of Paulik Park in Richmond
Sept - Tomato Seed Saving Workshop by Bruce
Sat Oct 14 - Members' Plant Exchange
2022 Events
Visit My Garden - this is where members visit a couple of the members' gardens. We share knowledge, learn from each other and see what others are doing. We are starting this up, following the Covid19 health regulations.
Sat April 30th - Visit to public Gardens Maintained by the Club - There will be a visit to the three public gardens maintained by the club for the community to enjoy.
We visited 3 members gardens throughout the summer
Workshops
Fri May 6 Hanging Moss Basket - Workshop Facilitator, Claude LeDoux, retired horticulturalist, City of New Westminster showed us his tricks to a long lasting flower basket.
Tours
Sun April 24th - Earthwise Garden Tour. Our April speaker, Matt Johnson, gave give us a tour.
Wed, May 11 - The Glades Woodland Garden.
Sat, June 25 - Petals and Butterflies.
2020 & 2021 Events
A number of events were cancelled due to Covid19. Any event held was done so by following strict guidelines as per the Health regulations. 'Visit My Garden' tours for members were only held when allowed.
2019 Events
Feb 24 - Visit My Garden - Angelika's Jan or Feb - Mason Bee Sprint-Cleaning Workshop
Mar 2 - Seedy Saturday in Ladner - The club will have a table there.
Mar 23 - Visit My Garden - Tedd and Jane's
Apr 23 - Skagit Valley Tulip Festival Apr 20 - Visit My Garden - Heather F
May 30 - Tour of the Elizabeth Miller Botanical Garden and Dunn Gardens north of Seattle
June 8 - Petals and Butterflies, then The Glades, Select Roses
June 23 - South Delta Garden Tour 2019
July 27 - Summer Garden Luncheon at a member's garden
Sept 14 - work party at Delta Secondary School's Memorial Garden
Oct 5 - work party at Delta Secondary School's Memorial Garden
Dec 9 - Christmas Dinner
2018 Events
Jan 20 - Tool Sharpening Workshop
Mar 3 - Seedy Saturday in Ladner
Mar 24 - Private Tour UBC Botanical Gardens with Egan Davis
Apr 21 - Visit our community Gardens: DSS Memorial Garden, Mountain View Manor, Delta Hospital
June 9 - Tour Petals and butterflies plus The Glades WestCoast Nurseries
Aug 11 - Club annual Summer Picnic
Aug 16 - Private tour for club members only of West Coast Seeds facility and field trials.
Oct 20 - Tour my Garden (tour member Louise's garden)
Nov 30 - Private tour of Rainbow Greenhouse in Sardis
Dec 6 - Christmas dinner
2017 Events
February 18 - Seedy Saturday - We had a booth at the event
10:00 am Brian Minter - What's New and Funky in Food Gardening
11:30 am Shelley Levis - Flower Power - Using Edible Flowers
1:00 pm Gary Lewis - Hellebores - Jewels of the Winter and Spring Garden
2:30 pm Mike Nugent - Woody Plant Care - What You Need to Know
March 25 - Visit My Garden: pruning and transplanting demonstration (members only)
March 28 - Garden Design for Any Space Part 1 at Delta ElderCollege at KinVillage.
April 1 - Ground Level: How to Convert Lawn into a Vegetable or Flower Garden. Free at the City of Langley Library, class begins at 2 pm and is one hour in length.
April 4 - Garden Design for Any Space part 2 Delta ElderCollege at KinVillage.
April 18 - Unique soil amender for sale prior to general meeting (members only)
April 20 - Skagit Valley tulip tour with lunch in La Conner (members only)
April 22 - Vegetable Gardening for Beginners: Rotation Plan and Tips. Free at the City of Langley Library, class beings at 2 pm and is one hour in length.
April 23 - Perennial container workshop at Phoenix Perennials (members only)
May 5 - Tour of Northwest Stone and Landscape Supply, lunch at Mandeville Gardenworks, tour of Western Independent Greenhouse (members only)
June 25 - South Delta Garden Tour of 10 unique private gardens
July 22 - Summer Potluck Picnic (members only)
Sept 23 - Tour to Dart's Hill, Free Spirit Nursery with lunch at West Coast Gardens (members only)
Oct 17 - Fall Plant and Garden Supplies Swap
Dec 5 - Christmas party (members only)
2016 Events
2016 Club's Plant Sale
May 7th on the Patio of the Delta Hospital Residential Care Home Facility. The Club supports speakers and community beautification projects through the proceeds of its annual sale. Check out the article in the Delta Optimist.
2016 Club's Events
Here is a list of events we organized in 2016 for our members.
March 19th - Day trip by ferry and private bus transportation to Fraser's Thimble Farms on Salt Spring Island.
May 26th - Private tour of fabulous East Vancouver home garden, followed by shopping at Figaro's Nursery, and lunch at Bosa's.
June 26th - Carpooling to the Point Roberts Garden Tour.
July 16th - Carpool to the Bowen Island Garden Tour.
July 23rd - Summer potluck picnic at home of a member.
September 17th - Guided tour of Paulik Park with the Richmond Garden Club park stewards.
December 6th - Christmas potluck party.