Welcome to the Pender Harbour Garden Club
Come and Grow with Us!
Sandy Matches attracted a huge crowd (40 attendees!)
at our October 31st 2022 meeting.
Sandy specializes in garden design and planting. He's doing ‘instructional’ maintenance on the gardens he designs.
Sandy is no longer doing any maintenance jobs.
He doesn't have a website but his current email is:
sandymatchesexteriordesign@gmail.com
at our October 31st 2022 meeting.
Sandy specializes in garden design and planting. He's doing ‘instructional’ maintenance on the gardens he designs.
Sandy is no longer doing any maintenance jobs.
He doesn't have a website but his current email is:
sandymatchesexteriordesign@gmail.com
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Our meetings are held in The Pender Harbour School of Music, 12952 Madeira Park Road, from March to June and then again in the months of September, October and November. They are usually on the last Monday of the month. The meetings start at 1pm, doors open by 12:45, with a presentation of about 45 minutes to an hour, followed by a question and answer period. Complimentary tea and snacks and an opportunity for informal queries and social time take up the second hour. The meetings end around 3pm.
The cost to join is $15 for an annual membership, which includes a 10% discount card on plants and seeds from most garden shops on The Coast and some in the lower mainland, or $5 for a drop in visit. Fees are payable by cash or cheque made out to Pender Harbour Garden Club.
The cost to join is $15 for an annual membership, which includes a 10% discount card on plants and seeds from most garden shops on The Coast and some in the lower mainland, or $5 for a drop in visit. Fees are payable by cash or cheque made out to Pender Harbour Garden Club.
2022 Agenda
May 30- Angela Stearnes, soil
June 27- Time change: Depart Madeira Park at 9:00am:
-field trip to Ruby's Run Urban Farm in Sechelt, Sechelt Botanical Gardens and Denis Fafard's gardens in Gibsons
September 26-Rand Rudland; Butterflies in the Garden
October 31-Sandy Matches; Questions & Answers, plus seeds & soil, if time permits
November 28-Richard Beard; invasive plants At the age of six, in 1957, Richard Beard caught his first butterfly and became captured by an enthusiasm for wildlife. He did not turn professional until 2012, aged 61, when he received a diploma in the Restoration of Natural Systems at the University of Victoria, and launched a new career, Green Admiral Nature Restoration. Most of his activities involved controlling invasive plants for clients and replanting with native species.
Richard has been an active volunteer since 1983 including at the Reifel migratory bird sanctuary, Lighthouse and associated parks in West Vancouver and as co-founder of WBT Wild Bird Trust of British Columbia, operator of the Conservation Area at Maplewood Flats in North Vancouver. Environmental stewardship awards were given to him by Environment Canada, B.C. Society of Landscape Architects, District of North Vancouver, and Nature Vancouver.
Over the last ten years he has worked extensively on invasive plant management on Keats Island. The Sunshine Coast seems some way behind the invasion curve vs. the Lower Mainland but it is catching up fast. This is having significant consequences for native plants and animals. Richard is looking forward to his talk on November 28th where he will demonstrate how this happens, likely future consequences and what we can do in our own communities and gardens.
Proposed 2023 Agenda, so far
Mar 27-Catherine Dale, Do-It-Yourself Fertilizers
April 24-Veronica Alice, soil, www.microbialplanetanalytics.com
May 29-One Straw Society, discussing what they do on the coast and how to get involved
June 26-
Sep 25-
Oct 30-
Nov 27-
May 30- Angela Stearnes, soil
June 27- Time change: Depart Madeira Park at 9:00am:
-field trip to Ruby's Run Urban Farm in Sechelt, Sechelt Botanical Gardens and Denis Fafard's gardens in Gibsons
September 26-Rand Rudland; Butterflies in the Garden
October 31-Sandy Matches; Questions & Answers, plus seeds & soil, if time permits
November 28-Richard Beard; invasive plants At the age of six, in 1957, Richard Beard caught his first butterfly and became captured by an enthusiasm for wildlife. He did not turn professional until 2012, aged 61, when he received a diploma in the Restoration of Natural Systems at the University of Victoria, and launched a new career, Green Admiral Nature Restoration. Most of his activities involved controlling invasive plants for clients and replanting with native species.
Richard has been an active volunteer since 1983 including at the Reifel migratory bird sanctuary, Lighthouse and associated parks in West Vancouver and as co-founder of WBT Wild Bird Trust of British Columbia, operator of the Conservation Area at Maplewood Flats in North Vancouver. Environmental stewardship awards were given to him by Environment Canada, B.C. Society of Landscape Architects, District of North Vancouver, and Nature Vancouver.
Over the last ten years he has worked extensively on invasive plant management on Keats Island. The Sunshine Coast seems some way behind the invasion curve vs. the Lower Mainland but it is catching up fast. This is having significant consequences for native plants and animals. Richard is looking forward to his talk on November 28th where he will demonstrate how this happens, likely future consequences and what we can do in our own communities and gardens.
Proposed 2023 Agenda, so far
Mar 27-Catherine Dale, Do-It-Yourself Fertilizers
April 24-Veronica Alice, soil, www.microbialplanetanalytics.com
May 29-One Straw Society, discussing what they do on the coast and how to get involved
June 26-
Sep 25-
Oct 30-
Nov 27-
