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Plant physiologist and President of the Gatineau Valley Gardeners Club, Lynne Evenson, will talk about different soil types, the important soil properties, what lives in the soil, and various methods for improving soil health.
Hugh Metcalfe the founder of Naturaide, a provider of ecological and agricultural services (www.naturaide.ca), will discuss the benefits, identification, and care for trees in urban areas with an emphasis on food and shelter for wildlife. Hugh will outline care of trees including planting, feeding, watering, and pruning.
Master Gardener, Rob Stuart, will address the preparation and timing of growing your own plants in anticipation of summer. Rob will address sowing seeds for vegetables, annuals, and some quick-growing perennials. Additionally he will discuss types of soil, pots, watering, required light and temperature levels, and how to harden-off seedlings. Rob will also cover starting…
As climate change brings hotter weather and more extreme precipitation—how can we gardeners adapt? Master Gardener and blogger (www.gardeningatlast.ca), Rebecca Last will discuss strategies for water-wise gardening including: preventing run-off, harvesting water, watering wisely, conserving soil moisture, xeriscaping, and plant selection.
Retired Master Gardener and plant collector, Mary Ann Van Berlo, will take members on an armchair tour of the amazing gardens of the south and north islands of New Zealand. The tour will emphasize the different styles of gardens she recently visited: from formal to English cottage-gardens and from the exotic to the native.
A double bill of Berit Erickson, creator of The Corner Pollinator Garden blog, and Sandy Garland, co-founder of the Wild Pollinator Partners. Berit will show members how to create and maintain a native-plant pollinator garden that blooms from spring to fall. Sandy will describe some of the community pollinator-gardens in Old Ottawa South that members…
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