Wed. Feb. 22, 2017: Garden Photography

We support our local food bank by collecting donations at each of our meetings! Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2017   Taking Great Garden Photos Presented by Peter Steeper We all love to share our love of plants through pictures! Peter Steeper of Granite Perspectives will be visiting to teach us about how to take great photos in our gardens. This will include lessons on photo composition, making the most of natural light, and how to achieve sharp images, as well as ideas for interesting and beautiful images of our gardens and plants. The talk will be general enough to apply to whatever you're using to take photos - from a smart phone to a digital SLR camera. Visit Peter's page here. Looking forward to seeing you! Please let us know if we need to update your contact information. thepagc@gmail.com

2017 Storm Cast Newsletter

This newsletter was shared with our club by the NSAGC team.

Wed. Jan. 25, 2017: Garden Planning Tea Party

We support our local food bank by collecting donations at each of our meetings! Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2017   Garden Planning Tea Party 7:00pm - 7:30pm A variety of teas and library gardening books will start off our evening. Bring along your own favourite teas and books to share if you like! :) 7:30pm - 9:00pm  The later part of our tea party will include a round table discussion about our garden ideas for the coming season followed by a gardening video interlude. Looking forward to seeing you! Please let us know if we need to update your contact information. thepagc@gmail.com

Wed. Nov. 23, 2016: Potluck and DIY Projects

We support our local food bank by collecting donations at each of our meetings! Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2016 Holiday Potluck & DIY Projects 7:00pm - 7:30pm We'll start with our annual holiday potluck social.  Bring along your favourite treats and enjoy the company of our garden friends! :) 7:30pm - 9:00pm  Many great suggestions came from our first meeting!  This month, we'll explore one of them.  Valerie is going to present a deluge of do-it-yourself ideas for making your own decorative garden art projects.  We'll dive deeper into a few of them to see basic step-by-step instructions. As a bonus we will make a little something to take home with us! Please let us know if we need to update your contact information. thepagc@gmail.com

Wed. Oct. 26, 2016: Rhododendrons 101 & Registration Continues

We support our local food bank by collecting donations at each of our meetings! Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2016 Special Guest: Rhodo's 101 7:00pm - 7:30pm Registration continues - it's not too late! 7:30pm - 9:00pm  Cora Swinamer is a Landscape Designer from Head of St Margaret's Bay and is the owner of Under the Arbor Landscape Design www.underthearbor.ca. She was formerly president of the Atlantic Rhododendron and Horticultural Society. She prepared this presentation for the Society to further their mission to educate and expand the use of Rhododendrons and other Ericaceous (acid loving) plants in the landscape. Cora is a passionate gardener and has spent the past 20 years expanding her collection of rhododendrons, magnolia, ornamental grasses and Japanese Maples. Her gardens have been featured previously in various Garden Tours as well as the former East Coast Gardening Magazine.  Her Landscape Design business allows her to share her knowledge and passion for plants with others.The talk covers topics including how to select and grow rhododendrons and azalea in our maritime gardens.  It includes wonderful photographs of the plants and how they look in mixed borders.  You will receive a handout that lists the 'Top Ten' rhodos and azaleas prepared by the Atlantic Rhododendron and Horticultural Society. Special thanks to Kathy Parsons for organizing!

New Season Starts Wednesday, September 28, 7pm, PRCC

Come join the fun!

Summer is trying to hold on for us!  These cooler days are a great time to be in the garden!

Wednesday, September 28th is our first meeting of the season and we hope you'll invite your friends!!  We will once again be meeting at the Prospect Road Community Centre.  Social time starts at 7pm.  Business starts at 7:30pm.

Registration fees will be $20 per person or $30 per couple for the year. We will be hosting 8 meetings this year with special guest speakers at many meetings plus plans for potluck socials in both November and May (see the growing schedule in the sidebar).

In our first meeting of the season, we like to share pictures from our gardens.  Please bring up to 30 pictures on a thumb drive or email them in advance to thepagc@gmail.com and I'll get them ready for viewing.

We'll be letting you know more about the planned activities as they take shape.

Don't forget, we're on Facebook too.... just click the button in our sidebar to join!

Thanks to Heather Cox for sharing this beautiful pic of her garden!

June 17 - 19, 2016: Garden Days

Garden Days is Canada’s coast to coast, three-day celebration honouring of the role of gardens in our communities and in our lives. It takes place annually, over the Father’s Day Weekend, June 17 to 19th 2016.

The Maritime spokesperson for Garden Days is best-selling author and award-winning radio host, Niki Jabbour, who is taking part in a ‘Garden Days Garden Party’ at the Halifax Public Gardens on Saturday June 18th from 9:30 am until 1:30 pm.

Garden Days Garden Party:

• 9:30 to 10:15 am - Gardener Yoga, led by local yogi and garden expert, Jane Rostek.
• 10:30 to 11 am - Q & A Gardening Panel with Niki Jabbour, Crystal Godfrey (Secret Gardens by Crystal), Iain Jack (Fernwood Plant Nursery) and Jane Rostek. Come ask your gardening questions & get expert advice!
• 11 to 11:30 am - Niki Jabbour shows how to create a ‘Garden BFF’ planter that features veggies, herbs & edible flowers to feed you AND the pollinators!
• 11:30 to noon - Jane Rostek shares the best spring-planted bulbs for pots & gardens - dahlias, gladiolas and more!
• Noon to 12:30 pm - Intimidated by container gardening? Let Crystal Godfrey inspire you with her creative demo on designing a beautiful & artistic potted garden.
• 12:30 to 1 pm - Iain Jack has Fern Fever! Come learn about the Victorian obsession with ferns as he digs into the roots of ‘Fern Mania’ and showcases rare & unusual varieties.
• 1 to 1:30 pm - An informal follow-up Q & A with our experts!

Garden Days is organized by the Canadian Garden Council, and is a three-day celebration of gardens and gardening.  The program’s objective is to draw attention to Canada’s garden culture, history and innovations, and to underscore the importance of public and private gardens, the values of home gardening and the promotion of environmental stewardship. 

Garden Days is sponsored by: VIA Rail Canada, Enterprise Canada, GardenDecor.ca, Scotts Miracle-Grow, Garant, Garden Making magazine, Baxter Travel Media and Savvy Gardening, and supported by the Canadian Nursery Landscape Association.

Follow Garden Days on Twitter @CanadasGardens and join in the conversation at #GardenDaysCanada.

Like Garden Days on Facebook at www.facebook.com/CanadianGardenCouncil.

For more information about Garden Days, please visit www.gardendays.ca.

For more information, media only, please contact:
Niki Jabbour, tel: 902-221-1859

Email: niki@nikijabbour.com

Carol Cowan, Canadian Garden Council,  tel:  416-929-1066 Email:  zebra@passport.ca