Container Gardening, Small Space Gardening, Trees, Arboretums, Arborists, Special Interest Plants

Arboriculture. Success with fruit trees, fruit tree pruning. Pruning trees and shrubs. Dwarf conifers. Alpine and rock gardens. Crevice gardens Propagation of trees and shrubs. Shrubs for containers and the …

• Crevice Gardens
• Woodland Gardens
• Conifers
• Pruning
• Garden History
• Plant Hunters: George Forrest and George Sherriff
• Beekeeping and Pollinator plants

Garden Insects, Bees, Butterflies, Garden Pests

• Garden Insects, Planting for Pollinators, Native Bees.

An Entomologist and Master Melittologist

• Native Bee Buffett: A Year Round Planting for Pollinators
• Spiders are my Friends
• Pollinators in your Garden and Planting for them with Focus on Native Bees.
• A Different Spin on Moths and Butterflies
• The World of Crickets
• Native Bees, the Unsung Heroes
• Natural Enemies of Bees: parasites and Predators.

Fruits, Fruit Trees, Special Interest Plants

• Salt Spring Apple Festival; Apples, Apple Tree Sales

Harry owns and operates Apple Luscious Organic Orchard, which grows over 200 of the best tasting apples in the world (Certified Organic – IOPA # 902). This orchard also features …

• Everything you Need to Know About Apples (appleluscious.com)
• Organic Apple Growing
• Red Flesh Apples
• The Salt Spring Apple Festival (saltspringapplefestival.org)
• Organic Food and Healthy Eating
• The History of Apple Growing on Salt Spring Island

Garden Insects, Bees, Butterflies, Garden Pests

• Pollinators in the garden, Native bees

An Entomologist, University of Jan Amos Komensky, Bratislava (Slovakia), Museum of Natural History - Vienna (Austria). Oregon State University - Master Mellitologist. Lives in Campbell River.

• Pollinators in your garden and planting for them with focus on native bees. Native bees - the unsung heroes.

Fruits, Fruit Trees, Vegetables, Garden Insects, Bees, Butterflies, Garden Pests, Container Gardening, Small Space Gardening, Herbs, growing and using, Special Interest Plants, Healthy soil, fertilizers, soil amendments, etc.

• Geraniums, Pelargoniums

The other topics I speak on and that have been really popular with garden clubs: Soils for Optimum Plant Health What Plants Require to Excel What Judges Look for on …

• Already on your speaker list but some talks not entered

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

• Sempervivums
• Phormiums
• Alpines

I live in the UK but often spend my holidays in Vancouver. During these visits I enjoy meeting other garden enthusiasts and giving talks to gardening clubs and societies about …

• Sempervivums and related plants
• The Beauty of Leaves
• Great British Gardens
• California National Parks
• Nature Reserves of Costa Rica

Garden Design, landscaping

Iain Haigh has owned a nursery on Vancouver island since 2002. His best selling book “I Should Write This Down: Exposing The Dirt On Operating A Garden Centre And Landscaping …

• Operating a garden centre, operating a landscaping company, building a garden, hiring landscaping contractors, book discussion.

Special Interest Plants

• Are G.E. crops and Orgnic Foods Compatible
• Botanical Gardens Around the World
• Ethical Concerns to Feed Increasing Populations
• G.M. Governance
• Myths and Realities Around Organic Gardening and Agriculture
• Science Behind G.E. Crops

Fruits, Fruit Trees, Vegetables, Garden Insects, Bees, Butterflies, Garden Pests, Garden Design, landscaping

• Fruit tree culture for success, No Dig Vegetable Gardening, Landscape Design, Meadow eco systems

In this time of struggling ecosystems and changing weather patterns, Jack has a strong belief that home gardeners can play a huge role in restoring and nurturing nature. Jack has …

• Growing fruit trees (pruning practices, natural pest control, espalier, designing with edibles)
• Gardening with ornamental grasses
• Converting a back lawn to a flourishing, bio diverse meadow ecosystem
• No Dig, No Spray, vegetable gardening
• Garden Design Process (what

Fruits, Fruit Trees, Vegetables, Garden Insects, Bees, Butterflies, Garden Pests, Garden Design, landscaping

Jack has been immersed in the plant world for the past 30 years. Aside from his formal training at Olds College where he earned a diploma in Horticulture, and UFV …

• No till organic gardening, Edible landscape design, ornamental grasses, gardening for pollinators, soil building

Container Gardening, Small Space Gardening, Water gardens, ponds, Garden Design, landscaping, Floral Arts, Floral Design, Flower Arrangements, Special Interest Plants

When she's not in front of an audience sharing inspirational ideas on how to transform our outdoor spaces and connect with being in nature, she's actively partnering with various charities …

• Layering with foliage by season, Healing Gardens for the mind, body and spirit connection, Small space Gardens with Big Impact, Unusual and interesting plants and containers, Using indoor plants and shade plants for summer containers with interest, Blue flowering annuals and perennials combinations, Indoor containers with a thriller, filler and spiller combination of plants for interest.

Container Gardening, Small Space Gardening, Garden Design, landscaping, Floral Arts, Floral Design, Flower Arrangements, Special Interest Plants

• Shade gardens, foliage layering, cold and heat tolerant plants

When she's not in front of an audience sharing inspirational ideas on how to transform our gardens and outdoor spaces, she's teaching fresh floral arranging workshops and horticulture therapy programs …

• Top 10 Garden design and layout Tips, Small Space Big Impact , Layering with foliage by season, Healing Gardens, Creative container combinations,

Special Interest Plants

• Native plants as a means of increasing biodiversity and preventing further habitat loss in our region

Dr. James M. Scott is a former professor of religious studies at Trinity Western University, Langley, B.C. He is the author of several books focusing on how people can get …

• The Homegrown National Park (Canada)

Garden Design, landscaping

• Native Plants
• Lawn Alternatives
• Plants to Help Develop Ecologically Vibrant Gardens
• Tomatoes

Jane Sherrott is a hobby gardener who lives on the North Shore. She has volunteered in community gardening projects for twenty seven years as a Master Gardener and received regional …

• Native Plants as Lawn Alternatives

Fruits, Fruit Trees, Vegetables

• growing sub-tropicals (avocado, citrus, passionfruit...) for fruit production maintaining health at low temperatures. Also a commercial hydroponic lettuce and basil grower for 35 years

Jane Squier has over 40 years of hands-on experience operating successful small and medium sized greenhouse businesses and market gardens. She has operated both organic and hydroponic systems in tropical, …

• Innovations in Sustainable Sub-Tropical Fruit Production on Salt Spring Island - for garden club
• Low-Carbon Subtropical Food Growing on Salt Spring–Really? - for energy conference

Garden Insects, Bees, Butterflies, Garden Pests, Special Interest Plants, Healthy soil, fertilizers, soil amendments, etc.

• Roses
• Perennials

Jason Croutch is the co-owner of Fraser Valley Rose Farm, a nursery specializing in those unique, hard-to-find, and historical varieties of roses that are no longer readily available in the …

• Plant propogation
• Garden Facts and Folklore
• Roses for Difficult Locations
• Companion Plants for Roses

Special Interest Plants

• Dahlias

• Dahlias

Healthy soil, fertilizers, soil amendments, etc.

Jo Tobias, the founder of RootShoot Soils, is a Regenerative Soils & Living Compost Specialist passionate about helping land stewards improve soil health. She collaborates with farmers across different provinces …

• living soil, composting, compost, compost extract, tea, soil health principles

Special Interest Plants

• Woodland

• An Enhanced Woodland

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

• Palms - Hardy
• Exotics - Hardy
• Succulents - Hardy
• Citrus
• Eucalyptus

This wide ranging Powerpoint presentation can be tailored to a variety of audience requirements. In general it deals with the practical use of hardy palms & other exotics (such as …

• Hardy Palms
• Mediterranean Style Gardening
• Subtropical look Gardening

Fruits, Fruit Trees, Vegetables, Garden Insects, Bees, Butterflies, Garden Pests, Herbs, growing and using, Special Interest Plants

• Outdoor and Farming education program

• Urban Farming
• Beekeeping
• Outdoor and Farming education program

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

• Butterflies

Our presentations are very hands on especially for small groups. Live butterflies of different species, chrysalises, caterpillars...will be brought with us to allow a more interactive presentation and a greater …

• Attracting Butterflies to Your Garden
• Butterfly Gardening - Including Host Plants, Nectar Plants, Trees and Shrubs etc
• Butterflies of BC
• Life Cycle of the Butterflies
• Raising Butterflies at Home
• Why Breed Butterflies?
• Other Related Topics

Floral Arts, Floral Design, Flower Arrangements

• Ikebana

Ikebana

• Understanding Ikebana can help your garden club

Garden Insects, Bees, Butterflies, Garden Pests

• Hives for Humanity
• Urban Beekeeping
• Therapeutic Beekeeping
• How to - Beginner Beekeeping

Garden Insects, Bees, Butterflies, Garden Pests, Container Gardening, Small Space Gardening, Garden Design, landscaping

Woodland and Shade Garden, Design with Nature

• Alternatives to Lawn
• Companion Planting
• Elements and Principle of Xeriscape Gardening
• Extending the Growing Season
• Habitat Gardens for Butterflies, Birds, Bees
• Local Eating and Designing Kitchen Gardens
• Seasonal Colour in the Garden
• Small Space, Container and Vertical Gardens