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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NameColin Tamboline
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Phone(250) 812-5383
General Topics
  • Special Interest Plants
Specialty Plants
  • Lilies - true lilies of the genus Lilium
Sample topics
  • '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'
Speaker Profile

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 physician in Sidney, BC from 1992 to 2022, and am now fully retired from practice. My wife and I have three kids and four grandkids.
I have been obsessed with Lilium since about 1998, and since semi-retiring in 2017 I’ve been spending more time on hybridizing lilies. I also love native Island plants, Rhododendrons, Iris, peonies and orchids, and more recently bog plants and alpines.
I have been a member of the Victoria Lily Society since 2002, and President since 2019.
I live and garden on a rocky one acre lot in North Saanich, B.C. with lots of 120 foot second growth Douglas Fir, Arbutus, Garry Oak, and Erythronium oregonum surrounding my lily and perennial beds.

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