Join us for our annual perennial exchange. Bring your divisions or cuttings of perennial plants to trade with other enthusiastic gardeners. This is a free exchange of perennial divisions we facilitate for our community.

It will take place this year at 9:30 am SHARP on Saturday, April 5th.

Join Annie for this hour-long journey into the basics of using permaculture design principles to create your very own food forest. A food forest typically contains several levels of food-bearing and flowering plants, from ground covers to vines to shrubs to trees. Learning about food forest principles provides a great start to developing a productive and edible ecosystem right in your own backyard.

There is a $10 +GST charge for this seminar. Registration in advance is required as space is limited. Payment can be given by credit card over the phone at time of registration, or visit us to pay in person. Please note we require payment to confirm registration.

Do you have a rose in your garden you would like to prune, but have no idea where to start? Join us for a free rose pruning demonstration by Nat, our resident Red Seal Landscape Horticulturalist!

This demonstration is free of charge and no registration is required. It will take place outdoors or in an unheated greenhouse so please dress warmly!

The FireSmart BC Program is a provincial initiative aimed at reducing the risk of wildfire damage to homes, communities, and forests. Representatives of the FireSmart BC program will have a booth set up on Wednesday, April 23rd, from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm to answer all your questions and give advice on building a FireSmart landscape around your home.

Learn more on their website.

Photo: Firesmart BC Fire-resistant plant of the month Elderberry ‘Laced Up’.