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Tuesday, February 24, 2015 - 09:51 in MGABC | Read more
THE LOVELY LEMON TREE
This year, Christmas baking reached a new culinary high: lemon tarts filled with lemon curd made from lemons from my own 'Improved Meyers Lemon' tree. Not only is it an attractive and exotic-looking plant, especially in winter, it is relatively easy to grow and the fruit are an...Tuesday, February 24, 2015 - 09:51 in MGABC | Read more
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Monday, February 23, 2015 - 09:40 in Vancouver | Read more
ROMANCE BLOSSOMS - A Trip to the NW Flower and Garden Show
This years' show embodied the theme 'Romance Blossoms' with stunning landscaped gardens by the region's best known landscapers and growers. The exhibition featured 23 grand display gardens, daily schedules of instructive and entertaining seminars, floral competition, city...Monday, February 23, 2015 - 09:40 in Vancouver | Read more
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Tuesday, February 10, 2015 - 09:29 in Vancouver | Read more
SPRING FORWARD - March 8th 2015
Another fabulous day of Lectures , Vendors and Plant Sales. Spring Forward 2015 , was Sunday, March 8, 2015 10 am - 4:30 pm MJ Fox Theatre, Burnaby We welcomed over 250 people: Friends, Family and the General Public to this once a year event! -----------------------------...Tuesday, February 10, 2015 - 09:29 in Vancouver | Read more
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Tuesday, January 20, 2015 - 12:13 in Vancouver | Read more
A TALE OF TWO TREES
Growing in my neighbourhood, I have watched these two monkey puzzle (Araucaria araucana) trees for some three or four years. They receive the same amount of light, are the same distance from the road, grow in very similar soil and receive the same sparing amounts of dry season...Tuesday, January 20, 2015 - 12:13 in Vancouver | Read more
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Thursday, January 15, 2015 - 09:30 in Vancouver | Read more
SEEDY SATURDAY - Vancouver -
Mark your Calendars! Seedy Saturday 2016 is February 27th -- vancouver seedy Saturday's are always the last Saturday of February Seedy Saturday, February 28, 2015 - 10 am - 4pm Floral Hall, VanDusen - Admission by Donation Come join us at this celebrated annual event featuring...Thursday, January 15, 2015 - 09:30 in Vancouver | Read more
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Monday, December 1, 2014 - 10:49 in Prince George | Read more
Cold-Climate Gardening
Prince George author and Master Gardener Melanie J. Watts shares her wealth of gardening knowledge in her recently published book Growing Food in a short season:Sustainable, Organic Cold-Climate Gardening. The combination of short summers and long hours of daylight presents a...Monday, December 1, 2014 - 10:49 in Prince George | Read more
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Thursday, November 27, 2014 - 12:31 in Vancouver Island (VIMGA) | Read more
Mid Island VIMGA members - Horticulture Therapy at Cerwydden Long Term Care Facility in Duncan
DSC_0138_1.jpg DSC_0146_1.jpg DSC_0150_1.jpg DSC_0151_0.jpg DSC_0176_1.jpg DSC_0185_1.jpg...Thursday, November 27, 2014 - 12:31 in Vancouver Island (VIMGA) | Read more
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Saturday, November 22, 2014 - 05:23 in Vancouver | Read more
ADVANCED TRAINING - Trees : A Walk at Dart's Hill
More stunning shots this time of the October field trip for Advanced Training : Trees, to Dart's Hill, in Surrey BC - Click here for more info on Advanced training A remarkable Heritage Tree, Juglans cimera x J. sieboldiana v. Cordiformis (Canadian/ Japanese walnut hybrid) ...Saturday, November 22, 2014 - 05:23 in Vancouver | Read more
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Friday, October 24, 2014 - 10:53 in Victoria | Read more
Become a Master Gardener in Victoria
Register NOW 2015 Master Gardener Basic Training Program Calling all garden enthusiasts. Do you wish to increase your horticultural knowledge and share that knowledge with the gardening public on a volunteer basis? If so, this program is for you. The Victoria Master...Friday, October 24, 2014 - 10:53 in Victoria | Read more
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Monday, October 6, 2014 - 08:11 in MGABC | Read more
MGs ON THE RADIO: CBC North by Northwest - listen here
NxNW Host Sheryl MacKay interviews MGs: MG interviews may be listened to via the links below the MG interviewed for the NXNW broadcast for Saturday, October 25, 2014 is Sue Ackerman from our Thompson Shuswap Chapter http://www.cbc.ca/player/Radio/Local+Shows/British+Columbia/...Monday, October 6, 2014 - 08:11 in MGABC | Read more
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Thursday, September 25, 2014 - 07:35 in Vancouver | Read more
A NEW HOUSE & GARDEN IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD
Gardening can be a hobby, a passion, our way to help the environment, grow great fresh food, help defray the cost of living, or all of this and so much more. We can learn so much from the experience of others in our own neighbourhoods, and not so infrequently the lessons...Thursday, September 25, 2014 - 07:35 in Vancouver | Read more
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Thursday, September 25, 2014 - 07:29 in Vancouver | Read more
ADVANCED TRAINING - Trees - A Walk in the Garden
A stunning example of Sequoia sempervirens, the California Redwood at VanDusen Botanical Gardens. For more info on Advanced Training click here Instructor Nancy Moore leads the ATP Class on a garden tour, explaining the significant features of many landscape trees Acer...Thursday, September 25, 2014 - 07:29 in Vancouver | Read more