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 contact the Speaker List Coordinator.

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.

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NameSaba Farmand
EmailEmail hidden; Javascript is required.
Websiteinstagram.com
Instagram@eastvan_blvd_gardens
Phone(604) 808-9875
General Topics
  • Fruits, Fruit Trees
  • Vegetables
  • Garden Insects, Bees, Butterflies, Garden Pests
  • Container Gardening, Small Space Gardening
  • Garden Design, landscaping
  • Garden Photography
  • Trees, Arboretums, Arborists
  • Healthy soil, fertilizers, soil amendments, etc.
Specialty Plants
  • Plants tolerant of urban-conditions.
  • Plants recommended to be planted on City of Vancouver boulevards
Sample topics
  • Environmental education, nature awareness, urban literacy, and community building through horticultural beautification of public lands.
Speaker Profile

Saba Farmand is a public speaker, contributing writer, and community builder as the curator of @eastvan_blvd_gardens (on Instagram). He uses boulevard gardens as a framework for lessons on environmental education, nature awareness, urban literacy, and community building. This is done through his Instagram account, and also through his boulevard garden walking tours that have raised thousands of dollars for a local non-profit and become a popular neighbourhood event. His project has garnered local and national media attention, including being featured on the cover of the Globe & Mail (April 2022) and multiple interviews with CBC Radio. Check-out his Instagram page or the media publications on his work to see what this project is all about.

Links to mentioned media coverage:
Globe & Mail article: https://drive.google.com/file/d/12Haa-pRewzENjtrErrDsEf4hLZmR5gLd/view?usp=sharing
CBC Radio interview from April 2023: https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-43/clip/15980116 https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-43/clip/15980116
(I was also interviewed by CBC Radio's Gloria Macarenko in April 2022 - but that link seems to have an error - I am working on finding it).
Global News interview: https://globalnews.ca/video/8781371/earth-day-walking-tours/

Short presentation about this project Saba made to a sold-out audience at the Vancouver Playhouse, as part of Pecha Kucka Vancouver:
https://vimeo.com/809383976

Speaker's FeeNegotiable