May 6, 2015: Spring plant circle in Stewiacke

Meet coltsfoot and other spring beauties at this plant circle in Stewiacke! HANS SPRING PLANT CIRCLE Wednesday, MAY 6 6:30-8:00 pm Join fellow plant lovers for a plant walk and identification followed by a Demo – How to make Coltsfoot honey cough syrup – and a cozy cup of herbal tea. Bring your own cup and chair if you like.  Presented by the Herbalist Association of Nova Scotia and hosted by the Stewiacke Garden Club. Meet at 720 Main St. West, Stewiacke, NS. Hope to see you there!

Sat.May 9, 2015: Spryfield Urban Farm Plant and Seed Sale

Wed. May. 28 - What to Bring

Wed. May 28 Other than potluck food, here are a few things you can bring if you have them! Extra plant pots for yard sale plants Plant trays and sturdy plastic bags Old plastic blinds for plant markers Donations for the local food bank Please volunteer for next year: 1 treasurer and 3 guest speaker coordinators email: thepagc@gmail.com You can print and share our yard sale poster from the top of the right-hand menu  --->  Our Yard Sale is also an event to share on Facebook: http://facebook.com/groups/thepagc Thank you all for another amazing year!!

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HRM District NSAGC Meeting - Save the date!

Hello Garden Club-ers!

Please note that the Bedford Horticultural Society will be hosting the HRM District NSAGC Meeting on Saturday, April 26 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.  The meeting will be in the LeBrun Centre in Bedford, and will have a registration fee of $10 for club members and $12 for nonmembers. There will be three speakers and lots of vendors. The registration fee will include goodies during the morning break and a delicious sandwich luncheon. Also, all registrants will receive a free plant! All in all, it will be a lovely beginning to a happy summer of gardening.

We'll send out more information as the day's events are finalized. But please save the date! We look forward to welcoming everyone.

Susan Boyd, President
Bedford Horticultural Society

11th ANNUAL HERB FAIR, July 21

Herbalist Association of Nova Scotia (HANS) 11th Annual Herb Fair

Theme: "Planting Our Future - Preserving Our Native Plant Treasures"
When: Sunday, July 21, 2013, 9 am to 5 pm
Where: Harriett Irving Botanical Gardens, 32 University Ave.,
Acadia University, Wolfville
Registration in lobby of lecture hall starts at 9 am.

Opening with a panel discussion on topic:
"Preserving Our Native Medicinals Through Creating Botanical Sanctuaries"
Workshops will include such topics as - permaculture practices, creating an herbarium, native plant propagation, and of course, a plant walk focussing on indigenous plants.
Presenters include Graham Calder, Cheendana, Jeanette Poirier, and others not yet confirmed.
Annual General Meeting (AGM) will be held at noon.  All members welcome.
There will be an opening and closing ceremony and a giveaway.
There will also be a marketplace, and a penny auction.

Registration fee $40.00 for members and $65.00 for non-members of HANS.

Bring your own lunch, please.  Herb tea will be available. 
Please bring something for the giveaway.

Advance registrations may be mailed to: Herbalist Association of Nova Scotia (HANS), C/O Jeanette Poirier, P.O. Box 92, Blockhouse, NS, B0J1E0.

For more information, check website at a later date www.herbalns.org, or contact Jeanette Poirier, herbalwizdom@hotmail.com or tel. (902)531-3828.

The solutions to our dis-ease lie in a harmonous relationship with Nature.  She will speak to us when we are willing to listen.

HerbalWizdom Nature Therapy
Jeanette Poirier, CHT
Medical Herbalist
Blockhouse, NS
(902) 531-3828

Our Road Trip April 24, 2013

Hi everyone!

As agreed at our last meeting, we will be making a SHORT road trip for our April meeting.  We will NOT be meeting at the Rec. Centre in April.  Instead, we will be meeting at the Keshen Goodman Public Library!

WHO: Niki Jabbour
WHAT: Crops In Pots presentation
WHERE: Keshen Goodman Public Library
WHEN: Wednesday, April 24 at 7:00pm SHARP

Overview:
You don't need a garden to grow food. Even a few pots, window boxes, or pallets can be transformed into your own food factory! Join author and radio personality Niki Jabbour and learn all the basics of growing food in containers.

Again, this is on our regular meeting night for April and replaces our meeting.  Please note that Niki's talk starts at 7:00pm.

Hope to see you there! :)

Mar.23 Orchid Society Spring Show and Sale

Have heard that this is a fabulous show!

FYI: Veseys Starter Plants Now Available

Limited supply - Order now to avoid disappointment  Dear Fellow Gardener, Veseys famous vegetable, herb and flower varieties are now available as pre-started, ready-to-transplant Starter Plants! We have perfected our packaging and shipment of these pre-grown plants and are certain that you will find that they make gardening so easy! Orders for these Starter Plants must be received no later than April 5th. These plants will be shipped around the beginning of May in specially designed packaging so they arrive ready to be transplanted into your favourite window box or container and grown inside until after your last frost date. You can choose from our favourite Tomato, Pepper or Herb varieties, as well as a stunning line of annual flowers that are specially selected to help you design beautiful containers that will perform all season long. Ground Cherries  are very sweet and taste a bit like pineapples. They can be used in preserves, pies or over ice cream, but here at Veseys we love to eat them raw! New this year - Eggplant transplants! COMBO KITS CULINARY HERBS TOMATOES EGGPLANTS

Lillooet, Growing Potatoes in Containers and Gardening Shows Galore!

Note the article by Niki Jabbour!

March 5, 2013 Volume 1 No. 5 The Little Town That Could Set against BC's Coast Mountains and overlooking the Fraser River, Lillooet gardeners are in gardening heaven... Read More Growing Potatoes in Containers By Niki Jabbour It seems that every gardener I meet has a story about growing potatoes in some sort of container. Surprisingly, it is rather easy... Read More Garden Shows Galore 'Tis the season to get inspired! The grey days of winter are on their way out, and garden show season is here. While it's still too soon for most of us to dig our spades into the soil, it's never too early to start planning... Read More Tipsy Q Having read the Vol 27 No 02 March 2013 issue of Gardens West, I am interested on more info about the "Tipsy Pots" that Salli Rice wrote about in Talkback. Betty B. Click here for answer