Speaker Directory

The BC Council of Garden Clubs has compiled a list of speakers who are willing to speak to garden clubs and organizations on various garden related topics.

While this list is fairly comprehensive, it does not contain all the names of knowledgeable speakers in BC. If you would like to suggest a name for this list or if you wish to have your name added to this list, please email .

Please note the following:

The BC Council of Garden Clubs does not accept any responsibility for the quality or the content of any presentation by these individuals.
It is the responsibility of the gardening organization to negotiate the terms of the presentation with the speaker (including topic, travel and expenses, fees, etc.)
Fees listed are provided as guideline and are subject to change at the discretion of the speaker without notice to the Council.
Please click on a speaker name from the table below for more detail.

Name	General Topics	Specialty Plants
Gary Lewis	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
Geoff Woods	Garden Design, landscaping
Gordon Mackay	Container Gardening, Small Space Gardening Trees, Arboretums, Arborists Special Interest Plants
Gwen Odermatt	Garden Insects, Bees, Butterflies, Garden Pests Container Gardening, Small Space Gardening Water gardens, ponds Garden Design, landscaping Special Interest Plants
Harry Burton	Fruits, Fruit Trees Special Interest Plants	Salt Spring Apple Festival
Holt, Marilyn	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
Howard Wills	Garden Insects, Bees, Butterflies, Garden Pests Garden Photography Special Interest Plants	Sempervivums Phormiums Alpines
Iain Haigh	Garden Design, landscaping
IainTaylor	Special Interest Plants
Jack Oostenbrink	Fruits, Fruit Trees Vegetables Garden Insects, Bees, Butterflies, Garden Pests Garden Design, landscaping
Jackie Morra	Container Gardening, Small Space Gardening Water gardens, ponds Garden Design, landscaping Floral Arts, Floral Design, Flower Arrangements Special Interest Plants
Jane Squier	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
Jason Croutch	Garden Insects, Bees, Butterflies, Garden Pests Special Interest Plants Healthy soil, fertilizers, soil amendments, etc.	Roses Perennials
Jennifer Lipka	Vegetables Garden Insects, Bees, Butterflies, Garden Pests Container Gardening, Small Space Gardening Healthy soil, fertilizers, soil amendments, etc.
Jennifer Zuk	Special Interest Plants	Dahlias
Name	General Topics	Specialty Plants