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.
NameLiz Knight
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Phone(604) 351-2703
General Topics
  • Trees, Arboretums, Arborists
  • Special Interest Plants
  • Healthy soil, fertilizers, soil amendments, etc.
Specialty Plants
  • The History and Treasures of Darts Hill Garden Park, Botany, history, and folklore of common and uncommon plants
Sample topics
  • The History and Treasures of Darts Hill Garden Park, Freaks of Nature: Moss, Ferns, Lichen, and Fungi, Darwin’s Abominable Mystery: The Evolution of Flowering Plants
  • Uncommon facts about Common Trees, The Victorian Language of Flowers, The Doctrine of Signatures, Don’t treat your Soil like Dirt
Speaker Profile

Every plant has a story and Liz loves to share them. While she has no formal training in horticulture, she threw herself headlong into learning everything she could about plants after taking an early retirement. She is a Master Gardener mentor, a tour guide at Darts Hill and the Glades, and she is responsible for plant labelling and the plant inventory at Darts Hill.

Speaker's FeeNegotiable