• Garden Insects, Bees, Butterflies, Garden Pests
• Special Interest Plants

• invasive plants
• invasive species
• integrated pest management
• plant ID

Adrian is an environmental technician, percussionist, sound artist, recordist, and interdisciplinary artist based in Surrey-Vancouver, Canada. He holds a Diploma of Technology from BCIT’s Forest and Natural Areas Management program, …

• Invasive species in Metro Vancouver
• Invasive plants 101

• Vegetables
• Container Gardening, Small Space Gardening
• Herbs, growing and using

West Coast Seeds are located in Ladner, BC. We are available for tours and some tastings of our seed trials in mid summer. We are also working on developing our …

• Farm tours and talks at West Coast seeds

• Vegetables
• Garden Insects, Bees, Butterflies, Garden Pests
• Container Gardening, Small Space Gardening
• Garden Design, landscaping
• Floral Arts, Floral Design, Flower Arrangements
• Healthy soil, fertilizers, soil amendments, etc.

• growing organically

Red Seal in Horticulture, Organic Land Care Professional, retired instructor of Organic Master Gardener and Ecological Landscape Design at Langara College. Douglas College instructor of Residential Landscape Technician, Plant Identification …

• container gardening with or without demonstration, growing vegetables, curb appeal, growing from seed, common garden mistakes, lawn care, low maintenance gardening

• Container Gardening, Small Space Gardening
• Garden Design, landscaping
• Herbs, growing and using

• Medicinal plants

Ana is a Botanical Pharmacology specialist, Master of Science in Pharmacy. Certified landscaper. She delivers a variety of online or live Programs about Medicinal plants which grow in BC gardens. …

• All season herbal garden. Tasty medicinal plants. Herbs for natural beauty rituals. Herbal remedies for seasonal ills. Spring is coming, herbal detox for body and soul and more

• Fruits, Fruit Trees
• Special Interest Plants

• Fruit Growing,
• Perennials
• Travel-Irish and Japanese Gardens

Barrie trained in Ireland and has worked in various specialty nurseries both in Canada and Ireland. For the past twenty years the past 17 years she was the head gardener …

• Travel- Gardens of Ireland, Gardens of Japan, Historical Royal Roads Gardens Gardening for your site, Heritage Apples

• Container Gardening, Small Space Gardening
• Special Interest Plants

• Flower Bulbs

Living up to our commitment of Care~Inspire~Grow Botanus is proud to offer an exciting roster of amazing presentations that are intended to inform, excite and inspire. Drawing from years of …

• 10 Most Asked Questions about Successful Bulb Growing
• Fall in Love with Unusuals
• Lily-licisious
• Tulips-From Mania to Megastar
• Create a Summer Bulb Spectacular
• One Container, Two Container, Three Container, Grow!

• Vegetables
• Container Gardening, Small Space Gardening
• Floral Arts, Floral Design, Flower Arrangements
• Herbs, growing and using
• Special Interest Plants

• Edible Houseplants
• Guerrilla Gardening
• Chaos Gardening
• Seed Saving

With gardening experience of almost 40 years, Brenda Dyck is a guerrilla and chaos gardener who considers it her personal mission to influence people of to take up gardening. From …

• Container Gardening – a.k.a. The Pot Garden. Not that kind of pot garden! Whether you are trying to make the best of a small urban space, need to have a portable garden because you rent or just don’t want to deal with starting a garden from scratch learn how to make the most out of your container gardening experience.
• The 3 R’s of Gardening- Reduce, Recycle, Reuse. Fun and creative ideas and tips for upcycling common everyday household items to enhance your gardening experience. After this class you will not only feel like you are some kind of eco-hero every time you save something from going to the land fill but will also have a ton of ideas to implement that will save you money to help you to stretch your plant buying budget.
• Unusual Tropical Houseplants on the Cheap! Sometimes a non-gardening spouse or significant other thinks that you should be spending more money on groceries than houseplants. Luckily this presentation also includes a segment on edible houseplants. Or maybe you think you were born to be a curator of houseplants, but your budget says different. Either way, learn how to source tropical plants and seeds for next to nothing, and gain access to the resources and information that you will need to fill up your house with tropical houseplants grown by you. These houseplants will be so cheap that even Serial Plant Killers won’t be worried, as they will learn to easily grow more.
• Grow your Own Craft Supplies. Sometimes a non-gardening spouse or significant other also thinks that you should be spending more money on groceries than on craft supplies. Or maybe you have a home-based business and need to cut down on the cost of your botanical supplies. Either way this class will teach you how to grow beautiful botanical craft supplies for very little money.
• Fairies, Trolls, Dinosaurs and Drones. Creative gardening ideas to encourage future generations of gardeners! Gardening is not only about the work, but imagination should also play a part. This presentation is filled with plenty of imaginative ideas for inspiring toddlers as well as teenagers to get involved with gardening and to build memories with you that will last a lifetime.
• Seed Saving Essentials. Plants create seeds to ensure their next generation thrives, and we can help them along! Learn the important skills of saving, cleaning and storing seeds and how to maintain and use your seed collection to it’s best advantage.

• Fruits, Fruit Trees
• Vegetables
• Container Gardening, Small Space Gardening
• Garden Design, landscaping
• Special Interest Plants

• New Gardening Trends and Designs
• New Plant Varieties
• Food Gardening
• New Direction of the Horticultural Industry
• Container Gardening
• Small Space gardens
• Taking your Garden to the Next Level

• Garden Insects, Bees, Butterflies, Garden Pests

What gardeners can do to help. What 3bhoneybee company does. The presentation involves two speakers, beekeepers/gardeners speaking in conjunction with a vibrant, entertaining PowerPoint slide show

• Honeybees in the Garden and their Problems

• Special Interest Plants
• Healthy soil, fertilizers, soil amendments, etc.

• Autumn Berries
• Compost and compost tea
• Garden - Heritage restoration - Eagles Estate

• Special Interest Plants

• Plants that will grow well in partial or full shade

I founded the Vancouver Shade Garden Society in 2003 and have been its President for most of the time since then. Our Society has focussed on learning all about shade-loving …

• General shade gardening; specific presentations on some families of shade plants, like Arisaemas, Asarums, ferns, heucheras, and many others.

• Fruits, Fruit Trees
• Vegetables
• Garden Insects, Bees, Butterflies, Garden Pests
• Container Gardening, Small Space Gardening
• Garden Design, landscaping
• Trees, Arboretums, Arborists
• Herbs, growing and using
• Healthy soil, fertilizers, soil amendments, etc.

Over 45 years experience in the horticultural field. Retired 2018 Park Department Horticultural Manager, City of New Westminster, member of Great Plant Picks of the Pacific Northwest, Royal Horticultural Society, …

• Renovating the Perennial Border, Gardening in Tight Spaces, Small Space Gardening, Annual Colour in the Garden

• Floral Arts, Floral Design, Flower Arrangements

• General Topics: Horticultural Therapy, Therapeutic Horticulture, Gardening as a Therapeutic Activity

Cliff Thorbes lives in Brentwood Bay, BC, and is a Horticultural Therapist – Registered (HTR), Certified Career Development Practitioner, and an Expressive Artist. He is the Horticultural Therapist at Homewood …

• Horticultural Therapy/Therapeutic Horticulture

• Special Interest Plants

• Lilies - true lilies of the genus Lilium

I have gardened all my adult life. I got my PhD in Developmental Biology from UVic in 1990, and my MD from UBC in 1991. I have been a family …

• 'Lilies - Summer Splendor' ' Lilium for Rhododendron Lovers - two great genera are better than one' 'Lily Propogation'
• 'Lilium Species - Around the World in 80 Lilies' 'A Deep Dive into OT Hybrids in Lilium - History, Biology, and Personalities'

• Garden Insects, Bees, Butterflies, Garden Pests
• Trees, Arboretums, Arborists
• Healthy soil, fertilizers, soil amendments, etc.

• General topics: diagnosing plant problems, general or new pests, numerous indoor or outdoor plants, winter plants of interest, soils (amendments or fertility), beneficial organisms, plant propagation, and open to other topics (more detail inquire in advance).
• Specialty Plants: as mentioned under general topics (more details inquire in advance).

Ag, LIC, CHT, Red Seal for Landscape Horticulture plus other awards (B.C. Landscape and Nursery, City of Burnaby, and Invasive Species Council of B.C.).

• Arborist
• Beneficial Insects
• Fertilizer
• Multiple Subjects
• Pruning
• Winter Garden
• Open to other Topics of Interest to Garden Club members

• Garden Photography
• Special Interest Plants

• Native plants
• Science and Gardening

See the website for a list of available presentations. Travel and accommodation expenses

• Native plants
• Photography

• Fruits, Fruit Trees
• Vegetables
• Special Interest Plants

• Preserving the Harvest

I work for Bernard Ltd. and can offer canning demonstrations/workshops on a sliding scale to non-profit groups and organizations

• Home Canning - Boiling Water Bath and Pressure Canning
• Canning Demonstration
• Canning Workshop

• Fruits, Fruit Trees
• Vegetables
• Garden Design, landscaping
• Trees, Arboretums, Arborists
• Special Interest Plants

Urban Forestry Organic Fruit Tree Care Organic Vegetable Growing

• Engaged Ecology
• Ecological Garden Design
• Groundtruthing
• Landscape Design History
• Guerrilla Gardening
• Urban Agriculture
• Community Garden Building
• Vancouver Trees

• Garden Design, landscaping

My name is Deborah Chud and I'm a Massachusetts landscape design consultant and educator with a special area of expertise--the work of Piet Oudolf. I have given presentations to the …

• A Piet Oudolf Story: a personal introduction to his design principles

• Trees, Arboretums, Arborists

Red Seal Landscape Horticulturist and Educator. I've been in the landscape industry for nearly 20 years and have many tales to tell about proper planting and care of trees in …

• Why Trees Fail

• Fruits, Fruit Trees
• Container Gardening, Small Space Gardening
• Special Interest Plants

• Bulbs - Spring - Summer
• Lilies
• Perennials
• Small Fruit
• Roses, Peonies

Bulbs Perennials Small Fruit Roses

• A-Z of Spring or Summer Bulbs
• What's new in Spring or Summer Flowering Bulbs
• Container Gardening with Spring or Summer Bulbs
• A full Summer of Lilies
• What's New in Perennials
• Perennials for Shady Areas or Sunny Spots
• Encorporating Small Fruit into the Garden
• What's new in Roses including Weeks and David Austin

• Vegetables
• Garden Insects, Bees, Butterflies, Garden Pests
• Container Gardening, Small Space Gardening
• Garden Design, landscaping
• Healthy soil, fertilizers, soil amendments, etc.

• Growing great food in small spaces. How to build soil, add cover and grow up for best effect. Citrus

Donna is now living in Alberta but is still interested in coming to BC to speak on gardening in BC. Due to travel costs, here fees range from $1000 to …

• "Garden Ideas: New and Recycled", "Sow and Grow: 3 tips for success", "Perfect Soils and Stress-Free Gardens"

• Healthy soil, fertilizers, soil amendments, etc.

Hello! My name is Dwight Young, and I am the proud owner of Growers Delight, a family-run business started in 2017. It all started one Sunday afternoon when my wife, …

• Container Gardening, Small Space Gardening
• Garden Design, landscaping
• Special Interest Plants

• Hellebores
• Ground Covers
• Rare Plants
• Cutting Edge New Plants
• Plants of Western Australia
• Succulents

Gary Lewis has had a lifelong passion for plants. While completing a Masters of Science degree in Botany, Gary became the owner of Phoenix Perennials on his 28th birthday. Since …

• The Complete Talk on Ground Covers
• Hot New Plants: Cutting Edge Garden Plants for Cutting Edge Gardens
• Hellebores: Jewels of the Winter and Spring Garden
• Weird and Wonderful Plants of the World: Botanically Intriguing Options for your Garden
• Avoiding the Summer Doldrums: Great Plants for Summer and Fall
• Sizzling Succulents: Drama, Structure and Intrigue with Succulent Foliage and Flowers
• Among Kangaroo Paws and Grass Trees: The Incredible Spring Flora of Western Australia
• Plants and Plant Ecology of the American Deserts: A Botanical Travelogue

• Garden Design, landscaping

• Garden Design for Challenging Spaces