Monthly Speaker - Paul Spriggs - CV Hort. Society

On Monday, October 20, Paul Spriggs will be guest speaker at the Comox Valley Horticultural Society meeting. Paul will share his decades of knowledge on creating rock and crevice gardens having learnt from one of the original innovators, Zdenek Zvolanek of the Czech Republic. Paul will discuss the finer points of designing and constructing a crevice garden yourself.

Event Location: Courtenay

BCCGC Fall Meeting

Our in-person meeting will be held at Bonsor Recreation Complex. We are delighted to announce we have secured Dr. Elizabeth Elle, Professor, Community and Evolutionary Ecology, Simon Fraser University, as our keynote speaker speaking on ‘The Bees of Your Backyard: Pollinator – Protecting Practices for your Garden‘.

We will also have a presentation from Balreet Mandair, Program Director, BC Agriculture in the Classroom Foundation. We will learn how this group is encouraging the next generation of gardeners and food growers in BC.

And as always, we have another inspiring student, Mikhayla Roht, the recipient of UBC/BC Council of Garden Clubs Horticultural Bursary, who will surely continue to impress us with the quality of upcoming horticulturists.

Event Location: Burnaby