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MG Event
Date:
Sunday, March 25, 2018
Landscapers, garden enthusiasts, Garden Designers, even brown thumbs...
Over 300 people joined us for the day. The speakers were all excellent and we all want to visit Cornwall now, thanks to Jonathon Jones from Tregothnan.
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Join us at MJ Fox Theatre in Burnaby, ( close to Royal Oak Skytrain Station ) for our annual day of learning and laughter; meeting friends old and new!
Tickets are $50 Online or $60 at the door -- . click HERE to see the agenda
Link for website:http://www.karelo.com/register.php?BID=435&BT=10&Ev=17730
Linda Gilkeson : author of the newly exanded 'Backyard Bounty' on "Do you really know what the problem is"? Click HERE for topic and bio
Linda Chalker-Scott: "Sustainable landscaping: Easier on your back, your wallet, and the environment" Click HERE for topic and bio
visit her on the Garden Professors Blog
Our special guest speaker: Jonathon Jones, Managing Director, from the fabulous Tregothnan Estate, Cornwall UK, will be talking about 700 years of growing on the English Coast. A nice article here http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/tea-plantation-uk.... Click here for Bio
Thomas Hobbs Author, Garden Designer and Plantsman, our last ( but not least! prepare for lots of laughs ) speaker for the day will be talking about what plants have worked well in his garden in Langley – the talk is called "Beauty Spots". Click HERE for topic and bio
Jonathon Jones, Director of Tregothnan Estate, Cornwall, UK, very generously donated his fee to education programs at VanDusen
Linda Chalker-Scott reminds us there is no scientific reason to use Epsom salts in your garden unless you have had your soil tested and have a magnesium deficiency.
Thomas Hobbs shows us a stunning screen of Calmagrostis 'Karl Feorster' with 'Hidcote' Lavender.
Linda Gilkeson reminds us over 99% of insects out in your garden during the day except for the naughty white cabbage butterfly, are just doing their job.
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PDFs:
| Attachment | Size |
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 2018 Spring Affair Talks and Bios.pdf | 106.55 KB |
| 2018 A bit about our Special Guest Speaker.pdf | 167.08 KB |
| 2018 SS Agenda 2018 .pdf | 40.65 KB |
