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Please note that our meetings will now start at 6:45 pm. on the third Monday of the month, unless otherwise stated....The next meeting will be on Monday March 15th. at the Squamish Library at 6:45pm (Kristina Swerhun: Sea to Sky Invasive Species Council).

Here is a message from Steve Whysall: Click Here

Items of interest:

  • Garden Tour 2008
  • March 2010 Newsletter

    (For a PDF printable version...No background images. Click Here Sometimes not all pictures will print out clearly in this format)

  • Phoenix Perennials June 2009 Newsletter
  • Dale Embree's Raised Beds Show
  • "Early Spring 2009" (Ellen Grant)
  • "Onset of Spring" (Beth Fitzpatrick)
  • Non Invasive Bamboos
  • Garden Tour 2009 (Greg Wint)
    (For more pictures: www.gregwint.com)
  • Garden Tour 2009 (Dave Colwell)
  • Festival of Light (Anna Kirman)

    A Worthwhile Reference Book (Submitted by Beth Fitzpatrick)





    One of my nicest Christmas gifts was a book titled The Complete Houseplant Survival Manual (2005); written by avid gardener and prolific garden writer Barbara Pleasant. What immediately caught my attention was the book’s description: "Essential Know-how for Keeping (not Killing!) More than 160 Indoor Plants".

    The 350 page book is lavishly illustrated and very readable. The introduction ("How Houseplants Earn their Keep") includes a plant identification guide. The following three sections discuss Blooming Houseplants, Foliage Houseplants and finally Houseplant Care. Barbara promises that if you follow her advice “you’ll never kill another houseplant.”






    Summer! (Swallowtail and Bird's nest)
    Photos by Anna Kirman


    Iris presentation document

    Check out this link for Ellen's Fall pictures Click Here

    I often have discussions with fellow gardeners about the use of common names verses latin names. Here is an interesting link on this topic (Dave Colwell)....By the way, what do you know about "Brassolaeliocattleya" ?

    http://theseedsite.co.uk/common.html

    For more details on the many events going on at the VanDusen Gardens Click Here
  • Have fun here: Garden Fun.
  • Or Gardening Trivia?

    "Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit; Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad"









    Plant of the week:...Click Here This site features different plants from week to week (mostly indoor species in our area). Also you can call up archived plants of the week...All in all, a great site to visit.

    Check this table below for gardening advice for any month