Speaker: Barrie Agar

• Parlour Show

• Contest potatoes for sale

The journey from growing commercial greenhouse lettuce to growing subtropical citrus and avocados on Salt Spring Island.

• Parlour Show

• Contest potatoes for sale

Speaker Abbey Hyde will speak on the importance of native plants, and their ability to restore and enhance habitat within the urban context. Her presentation will highlight ways in which individuals can convert their properties into pollinator friendly landscapes. At the end of her speech there will be an opportunity to purchase some of the plants outlined in her presentation.

Rosemary Ishkanian will share her knowledge on growing and making willow items.

Club meeting includes:

• Pumpkin, Squash & Funniest Vegetable Contest

• Judging of Photo Contest

Club meeting includes Parlour show.

Our annual plant sale for the public at Evergreen Shopping Centre in Sooke.

Members are invited to donate plants (well-rooted and labelled), seeds, pots, etc., for sale at the annual Spring Plant Sale. The sale is open to the public, and proceeds help fund the monthly educational presentations.

Speaker: Jeff de Jong

Club meeting includes Parlour Show; Contest potatoes for sale.

Club meeting includes Parlour Show. Contest potatoes will be for sale.

Speakers include:

• Marguerite Casey-Wolnicki, President of the Dahlia Society

• Emily Erickson, Vice President

• Thomas Wolnicki, Membership Director

Club meeting will include Parlour Show.

Speaker: Ron O’Brien

Ron will be running a Town Hall meeting whereby he will ask for your participation and input as to what you like about the Club and what events, etc. you’d like to see in the future.

Call for volunteers to help out at our meetings.  There will be some sign-up sheets for volunteers at the next meeting. We are hoping to recruit for each of the following tasks:

• A "Lead Person" for each of the following, where we are hoping you will be able to commit to being the Lead for all of our meetings in 2023.  The Lead person will be responsible for following up with/recruiting volunteers to help with:

• Tea, Coffee Service & Kitchen Clean-up (except 25 January)

• Treats (on the 25th, the Executive Committee will be bringing the treats)

• Set-up crew.  For the 25th, we are looking for 3 volunteers to help.

• Clean-up crew.  For the 25th, we are looking for 3 volunteers to help.

Joleen Kraft of Modern Alchemy will talk about growing medicinal herbs.

The Sooke Garden Club will meet in person to hear Ann’s presentation. Read the article about Bird Communication.

New members are always welcome.

Keep calm and garden on at our annual plant sale! Browse a selection of plant starts, divided perennials, and more.

The Vancouver Sun has included us in a list of plant sales around B.C. Read it here.

Presentation will be in person at the farm!

Carole Christopher will give a presentation which focuses first on the industrial food supply and how it has changed our diet and affected our health. It then looks at how we can take steps to regain control, one of which is to grow food to meet some of our own food needs.

With a doctorate in nutrition, 40 years teaching, promoting local, sustainable and just food, Carole brings an outstanding amount of skill and experience to the gardening world.

New members are always welcome.

Our speaker is Chris Jennings with the Vancouver Shade Garden Society and will give a presentation on shade plants. Garden club members will receive an email with Zoom meeting details. Check out the article for a preview.

Guest speaker Laura Caddy, Curator-Horticulturist of the E.H. Lohbrunner Alpine Garden, speaks about what the alpine environment is and how the plants have adapted to live there.