Nanoose Garden Club
Nanoose Garden Club
Past Meetings & Events
2022
Past Meetings & Events:
JANUARY 7, 2022 Meeting
Speaker: Dr. Glen Jamieson
Topic: Plant Hunting in Borneo
Venue: via Zoom
Check your email or Announcements under the member's only tab.
FEBRUARY 4, 2022 Meeting
Speaker: Arzeena Hamir
Topic: Selecting Seeds for Success
Venue: via Zoom - see email
MARCH 4, 2022 Meeting @ 1:30pm
Speaker: Ben Pat
Topic: Foraging for Wild Food on Vancouver Island
Venue: St. Mary's Church Hall
APRIL 1, 2022 Meeting at 1:30
Speaker: Connie Kuramoto
Topic: Growing an Urban Food Garden
Venue: St. Mary's Church Hall
MAY 6, 2022 Meeting at 1:30
Speaker: Sue Nurmi from Harbour City Photography Club
Topic: Photography in Your Garden
Venue: St. Mary's Church Hall
MAY 14, 2022 Event - NGC Plant Sale -
Venue: Nanoose Library Hall
JUNE 3, 2022 Meeting at 1:30
Speaker: Margo Moser
Topic: Beautiful BC Native Dwarf Ferns
Venue: St. Mary's Church Hall
Friday, AUGUST 5 - Event -
Summer Picnic Gathering
click the MEMBERS ONLY tab, under Announcements
Monday, AUGUST 8 - Event -
Members' Open Garden Tour - Nanoose locations
click the MEMBERS ONLY tab, under Announcements
Friday, AUGUST 12 - Event -
Members' Open Garden Tour - Nanaimo locations
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Friday, SEPTEMBER 2 - Meeting
Speaker: Members can present
Topic: Show What You Grow
Venue: Nanoose Library Hall
Friday, SEPTEMBER 30 - Meeting (in lieu of October)
Speaker: John Cowan
Topic: Bonsai
Venue: Nanoose Library Hall
Friday, NOVEMBER 4 - AGM Meeting
Speaker: Shannon Berch of Victoria
Topic: Wild & Cultivated Truffles on Vancouver Island
Venue: Nanoose Library Hall
DECEMBER 9 - MEMBERS ONLY who have prepaid Event -
- NGC Christmas Luncheon -
Venue: Nanoose Library Hall
2021
Past Meetings & Events:
JANUARY 8, 2021 Meeting CANCELLED
Round Table Discussion and Questions
Bring your lunch for 12:30
FEBRUARY 5, 2021 Meeting CANCELLED
MARCH 5, 2021 Meeting CANCELLED
APRIL 2, 2021 Meeting CANCELLED
MAY 7, 2021 Meeting CANCELLED
MAY ?, 2021 Event CANCELLED
- NGC Plant Sale -
JUNE 4, 2021 Meeting CANCELLED
August, 2021 Event(s) - Members only Garden Tours & Summer Picnic Gathering
SEPTEMBER 3, 2021 Meeting CANCELLED
OCTOBER 1, 2021 Meeting CANCELLED
NOVEMBER 19, 2021 Meeting @ 1:30pm
At: St. Mary's Church Hall
Speaker: Al Chomica
DECEMBER 2nd, 2021 Event CANCELLED
- NGC Christmas Dinner -
2020
Past Meetings & Events:
JANUARY 3, 2020 Meeting
Round Table Discussion and Questions
Bring your lunch for 12:30
FEBRUARY 7, 2020 Meeting
Speaker: Bianca van der Stoel
(Horticuture Therapist for Eden Gardens Nanaimo)
Topic: Therapeutic Gardening
MARCH 6, 2020 Meeting
Speaker: Chris Hildreth
(Founder & CEO of Topsoil Innovative Urban Agriculture)
Topic: The Business of Growing Food in the City"
APRIL 3, 2020 Meeting CANCELLED
Speaker: Jo Canning, Master Gardener
Topic: Container Gardening of Flowers, Veggies & Shrubs
MAY 1, 2020 Meeting CANCELLED
Speaker: Judy Hancock Holland
(Photographic Artist)
Topic: The Ins & Outs of Flower Photography
MAY 9, 2020 Event CHANGED
- NGC Plant Sale - ROGUE LOCATIONS-
Please see the MEMBERS ONLY section for
Ads by Members for Members tab
JUNE 5, 2020 Meeting CANCELLED
JULY 24, 2020 Event CANCELLED
- NGC Picnic -
Hosted by: Debbie Mitchell
AUGUST 15, 2020 Event CANCELLED
SEPTEMBER 4, 2020 Meeting CANCELLED
OCTOBER 2, 2020 Meeting CANCELLED
NOVEMBER 6, 2020 Meeting CANCELLED
DECEMBER 3rd, 2020 Event CANCELLED
- NGC Christmas Dinner -
2019
Past Meetings & Events:
JANUARY 4, 2019 Meeting
Round Table Discussion and Questions
FEBRUARY 1, 2019 Meeting
Speaker: Scott Stevenson
Topic: PONDS (click to see the presentation)
FEBRUARY 5, 2019 Event
Tour of VIU sturgeon & aquaponic facility
(Prior registration is mandatory for this.)
MARCH 1, 2019 Meeting
Speaker: Colin Bartlett
(Backyard Wild Bird & Nature Store)
Topic: Wild Birds & Gardening –
APRIL 5, 2019 Meeting
Speaker: Connie Thompson
(Connie’s Dahlias – Nanoose Bay)
Topic: Dahlias
MAY 3, 2019 Meeting
Speaker: AGCVI member
Topic: Alpine & Rock Gardening
MAY 11, 2019 Event
- NGC Plant Sale -
JUNE 7, 2019 Meeting
Speaker: Valerie Melanson
Topic: Gardening In Your Kitchen
JULY 19, 2019 Event
- NGC Picnic -
Hosted by Debbie Mitchell
AUGUST, 15, 2019 Event CANCELLED
- Salt Spring Island Bus Tour -
SEPTEMBER 6, 2019 Meeting
Speaker: Don Hare
Topic: Invasive Plants of Coastal BC
OCTOBER 4, 2019 Meeting
Speaker: Joan Wynden
Topic: Permaculture
NOVEMBER 1, 2019 Meeting
Speaker: Capri Brugge (RDN)
Topic: Water Conservation
DECEMBER 5th, 2019 Event
- NGC Christmas Dinner -
2018
Past Meetings & Events:
JANUARY 5, 2018
Round Table Discussion and Questions
Bring your lunch
FEBRUARY 2, 2018
Speaker: Walter Pinnow
(Green Thumb Garden Centre)
Topic: Lavandula
MARCH 2, 2018
Speaker: Kristi Bellis
Topic: Landscaping Your Garden
APRIL 6, 2018
Speaker: Theo Fredrick
(Master Bee Keeper)
Topic: Bees & Beekeeping
MAY 4, 2018
Speaker: Lynn Doyle
Topic: Fire Smart Gardens
MAY 12, 2018
Saturday 9am - 1pm
- NGC Plant Sale -
JUNE 1, 2018
Speaker: Bernie Dinter
(Dinter Nursery, Duncan)
Topic: Gardening: Its Changing Focus
JULY 10, 2018
Speaker: Brian Minter
Joint Event with QB Garden Club
JULY 20th 2018
– Club Picnic –
Details will be announced later.
AUGUST 2018
No Regular Meeting
SEPTEMBER 7, 2018
Show & Share: Members' Gardens
OCTOBER 5, 2018
Speaker: Kathy Claxton
Topic: Make Gardening Fit You
NOVEMBER 2, 2018
Speaker: Art & Susan Lightburn
Topic: China 2010:
Places, People, Plants
DECEMBER 6, 2018
- NGC Christmas Dinner -
2017
Past Meetings & Events:
January 6, 2017
Round Table Discussion and Questions
Bring your lunch
February 18, 2017
Pruning Seminar
Leader: Scott Wiskerke
Register at February 3rd meeting
March 3, 2017
Speaker: Dr. Shannon Berch
"The Hidden Life of Your Garden Soil"
April 7, 2017
Speaker: Dan Jason from Salt Spring Seeds "The Power of Pulses & How to Grow Them"
April 23, 2017
Mini Garden Tour
May 5, 2017
Speaker: Terri Perrin
"Feng Shui in the Garden"
May 13, 2017
Saturday 9am-1pm
- NGC Plant Sale -
June 2, 2017
Speaker: Dr. Lynne Brooks
"Wildlife Friendly Gardening"
July 7, 2017
Tour of Oceanside Area Members' Gardens
July 21 2017
- NGC Club Picnic -
Hosted by Ellie Halcrow
August 11, 2017
- Bus Tour -
A bus trip to the Courtenay/Comox area.
August 18, 2017
- Garden Tour -
NGC Tour of Nanaimo Area Members' Gardens
September 1, 2017
Show and Share of Members' Gardens
October 6, 2017
Speaker: Devmurti Khalsa
"Figs for Life"
November 3, 2017
Speaker: Margot Moser
"Heavenly Hellebores"
December 7, 2017
- NGC Christmas Dinner -