“Gardening with ‘See Through’ Plants” with Helen Battersby

Mount Albert Community Centre 53 Main Street, Mount Albert, ON, Canada

A frequent speaker in the GTA and Southern Ontario, Helen Battersby's online presentations have reached appreciative audiences from British Columbia to Québec. In addition, as a Toronto Master Gardener for over 17 years, presenting has been her favourite volunteer activity – in person and online – for libraries, clubs, business groups, the Toronto Botanical Garden, ... Read more

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“Adding Another Layer to the Garden: Bringing in Bees and insects with Native Plants” with Brenda Near

Mount Albert Community Centre 53 Main Street, Mount Albert, ON, Canada

In this presentation Brenda will discuss how she created her own native plant prairie garden and show the fascinating bees and some other insects she has learned about since planting native plants. She will explore in some detail the characteristics and life cycles of several native bee species and discuss gardening practices that can help ... Read more

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“How To Create A Successful Design – What does the judge look for?” with Ursula Eley

Mount Albert Community Centre 53 Main Street, Mount Albert, ON, Canada

Tips to make your designs look great in your home and in a flower show. Use your Summer garden flowers and leaves to create something beautiful. Ursula has enjoyed gardening and flowers since she was too young to remember.  She is a certified judge of horticulture and of design and enjoys seeing the beautiful entries ... Read more

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Vegetable Gardening From garden to harvest to table with Marie Decker

Mount Albert Community Centre 53 Main Street, Mount Albert, ON, Canada

Join to us learn all about Vegetables!  The program covers why to vegetable garden, how to make the best choices for you, how to plant, care for and harvest vegetables including crop rotation and what nutrients different vegetable groups take from the soil. Includes some information on disease and pests. Marie Decker is an avid ... Read more

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East Gwillimbury Gardeners’ Spring Plant Sale

Mount Albert Community Centre 53 Main Street, Mount Albert, ON, Canada

Get great locally grown plants for a great price.  Don't be late as we sell out quite quickly! Gardening experts on hand to help you make decisions so you get the right plant for the right place. Funds go towards our programs. We accept cash, credit or debit. If you have plants to donate please ... Read more

Doing Dahlias with Murray Thompson

Mount Albert Community Centre 53 Main Street, Mount Albert, ON, Canada

This presentation will give a jam-packed 45 minutes of dahlia information, from choosing and acquiring stock, when and how to plant, weather expectations, cultivation hints and tips, disease control, pest control, means of support, lots of pretty pictures, digging, sectioning tuber clumps and storage.  Murray Thompson has been a Director of the Canadian Chrysanthemum and ... Read more

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Joys of the Cutting Garden with Michael Erdman.

Mount Albert Community Centre 53 Main Street, Mount Albert, ON, Canada

Wedding planners take note! Michael Erdman will discuss designing your garden for a season of cut flowers and demonstrate classic methods of creating handheld bouquets. Our September meeting will be held in person and live streamed. Join us early for our flower show and light refreshments. We kindly ask that you wear a mask. In ... Read more

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