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MIX AND MATCH: BEAUTIFUL COMBINATIONS OF NATIVE PLANTS (ZOOM PRESENTATION)
FOCUSING ON FLOWERS, FOLIAGE, SHAPE, COLOUR, TEXTURE AND GARDEN DESIGN
Date
January 8, 2025 7:30 pm
Ends January 8, 2025 9:00 pm
Location
BARRHAVEN GARDEN CLUB
ZOOM PRESENTATION INFO: https://barrhavengardenclub.ca, Ottawa, Ottawa, K2J 1A9
Price
GUESTS: $5.00
Member Price: MEMBERS FREE
Event Details
AS INDIVIDUAL SPECIMENS, NATIVE PLANTS PROVIDE MUCH BEAUTY AND MANY ECOLOGICAL BENEFITS, BUT IN LUSCIOUS COMBINATIONS THEY CAN TAKE YOUR GARDEN TO NEW LEVELS. IN THIS ILLUSTRATED TALK, LORRAINE JOHNSON SHOWS HOW YOU CAN MIX AND MATCH TRIED AND TRUE PERFORMERS THAT FLOURISH TOGETHER, FOCUSING ON FLOWERS, FOLIAGE, SHAPE, COLOUR, TEXTURE AND GARDEN DESIGN. LORRAINE IS AN ACTIVIST AND ADVOCATE OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND AN AUTHOR INLUDING HER LATEST BOOK: A GARDEN FOR THE RUSTY-PATCHED BUMBLEBEE: CREATING HABITAT FOR NATIVE POLLINATORS: ONTARIO AND GREAT LAKES EDITION
Presenter
LORRAINE JOHNSON
LORRAINE JOHNSON HAILS FROM TORONTO, ON. SHE HAS BEEN RESEARCHING & WRITING ABOUT ENVIRONMETAL ISSUES FOR THREE DECADES. SHE IS A COMMUNITY ACTIVIST & ADVOCATE FOR PROTECTING, SUPPORTING & GROWING THE URBAN FOREST. SHE IS THE AUTHOR AND/OR EDITOR OF FOURTEEN BOOKS ON GROWING NATIVE PLANTS, GARDENING FOR POLLINATORS, RESTORING HABITAT AND PRODUCING FOOD IN CITIES. THROUGH HER BOOKS,, ARTICLES & COMMUNITY PROJECTS, SHE STRIVES TO ADVANCE THE UNDERSTANDING THAT EVERYTHING & EVERYONE IS CONNECTED & THAT, THROUGH OUR ACTIONS, WE ALL HAVE A ROLE TO PLAY IN MAKING THIS WORLD A BETTER PLACE FOR ALL LIFE. SHE IS A BIT EARNEST BUT SHE HOPES IN A GOOD WAY. LORRAINE IS A MUCH SOUGHT AFTER SPEAKER.
Organizer
- Barrhaven Garden Club
We meet the second Wednesday of the month, unless otherwise stated
Location: Larkin House, located at 76 Larkin Drive (adjacent to the tennis courts), unless otherwise stated
Time: 7:30
Visitors: Non-members will be charged $5.00 per meeting. Guest Fee Remittance Form
Garden Tours: Dates and locations to be announced. If interested in opening your garden for a tour during the spring, summer, or fall, please speak to a member on the executive committee.
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- Barrhaven Garden Club