Speaker Series at EHS Monthly Meetings
Come out and enjoy
- Informative and inspiring speakers and slide shows
- Opportunities to chat with other gardeners
- Displays, sales and Gardener's Q & A Corner
| When: | 7:30 pm on the last Monday of every month, except August and December Come at 6:45 pm to browse displays |
Where: |
Central Lions Seniors Rec Centre, 11113 – 113 Street, Edmonton |
Meetings are free to EHS members. Show your card! Bring a friend!
Everyone is welcome. Tickets are $5 at the door for non-members.
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| Date | Speaker | Details | photo |
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| January 31 | Rock Gardening Basics with Cathy Kurio |
Come and learn basic techniques for building rock gardens, plus tips on planting and growing rock garden plants. Cathy will provide a handout with this information, including a list of easy rock garden plants. She will share photos of rock gardens and gorgeous photos of plants you will want to grow! Cathy will also introduce you to smaller varieties of well-known garden plants, as well as sharing some of her favorite alpines. Alpines are happy in rocky, infertile soil and can withstand dry conditions. They are small in size, but have large flowers and interesting growth habits. |
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| February 28 | Get Variety out of your Veggies! with Sharla Woloschuk |
Did you know that vegetable gardening grew in popularity by over 20% in 2010? Not only does veggie gardening provide delicious produce right from your own backyard, but it also offers a unique twist on container gardening. Horticulturist Sharla Woloschuk of Greenland Garden Centre will offer terrific tips for growing vegetables in containers. Sharla will suggest unusual vegetables to try and introduce exciting new varieties for 2011. |
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| March 28 |
A Passion for Daylilies with Pam Erikson |
Pam is an award-winning daylily hybridizer from Langley, B.C. On this evening, she will share her passion with us, providing information on some of the older daylilies and the evolution to newer varieties. She will also discuss plants she has found to be good, hardy companion plants and share stories from her display garden. |  |
| April 25 |
Let's Stop Making Ugly Gardens with Marjorie Harris |
This is an evening not to be missed as renowned Canadian garden writer, Marjorie Harris joins us. Marjorie is known for her wit and insights. She is on a tear about boring plants and designs in today's gardens. She will share samples of really terrible gardens and suggest how to avoid the clichés and the mistakes to achieve better, instant results. Marjorie believes we have a responsibility to build gardens that are not only habitat for insects and birds, but that will give pleasure to the eye. |
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| May 30 |
Container Garden Design with Rob Sproule |
Rob is co-owner of Salisbury Greenhouses and the author of the 2010 book, New Annuals for Canada, as well as a book on container design to be released in 2011. He will discuss how to use the elements of design effectively to create container creations in the spring. |  |
| June 27 |
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| July 25 |
Spring Flowering Bulbs & Overwintering Perennial: Preparing Now with Gail Rankin |
Gail will discuss how to grow beautiful spring-flowering bulbs, including their continued care through the growing season, hardiness issues and planting tips. She will also review the differences between bulbs, corms, tubers. etc. Gail will provide tips on what to do with geraniums at the end of the season and care of summer-flowering bulbs such as begonias, dahlias. This will be a great learning session with a renowned gardening specialist. | |
| August |
Alternate events |
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| September 26 |
EHS Awards Night |
Don’t miss this special opportunity to enjoy an inspiring slide show of winning gardens from our 2011 Garden Competition, as well as presentation of awards for best gardens and photos. Come celebrate gardening with us! |  |
| October 31 |
House Plants: Keeping Them Healthy and Thriving with Gerard Amerongen |
Come learn from one of the growers at the Muttart Conservatory. House plants add an air of the tropics to any living space. They help soften formal lines and hard surfaces while helping to keep the air clean. In this talk, you will learn all about the different houseplants and what it takes to keep them healthy and thriving in our home spaces. Gerard will cover such topics as light, soil, watering, pests, and more. | |
| November 28 |
Islamic Gardens with Azim Jeraj |
Azim will inspire us with slides and a discussion of Isalmic gardens: their concepts, elements and features and influences. While Azim will deal more generally with the topic, members will be interested to know that an Islamic garden is in the future plans for the U and A's Devonian Botanic Garden. | |
| December |
No meeting. Happy Holidays |