File - The Brandon Garden Club

Brandon Garden
Club
March 2014
Editor
SHANNON
BRICHON
President Deane’s
Message
Wow, do you think this winter will ever
come to an end !
Most of us are worried that this extreme cold has damaged or killed our
trees and shrubs. Our guest speaker
to-night will be able to address some
of these concerns, so ask questions at
the end of his presentation. There are
two Hort Days coming up and there is
more information in this letter. We
have several workshops planned for
April and May so sign up and take advantage of the discounts the nurseries
are offering those evenings. You will
be starting your bulbs and seeds soon;
just remember the plant sale on May
24th. We need your extra plants and
vegetables to make it a successful
March 19th Program - Dr. Philip Ronald
This evenings guest speaker is Dr. Philip Ronald of Jeffries Nurseries in Portage la
Prairie, MB.
Dr. Philip was raised on the Canadian prairies and educated in plant breeding and
horticulture at the University of Manitoba and University of Saskatchewan. Dr Philips
completed his Ph.D. in 2000 at the University of Saskatchewan.
Dr Philip resides near Portage la Prairie with his wife Karen and their five children on
a 20 acre orchard—Riverbend Orchard. The orchards are planted with apple, plum,
saskatoon, raspberries, cranberry and gooseberry. In addition, they are trialing new
fruits such as haskap, blackberry and aronia.
We look forward to his presentation on winter care and disease control for fruit trees
and some ideas on best cultivars for sourthern MB!
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Brandon Garden Club
LEAP INTO SPRING
Saturday, May 3,
2014
Hartney Centennial
Centre, Hartney, MB
March 2014
Nora Tolmie – Root Cellars
& Other Storage Advice
Gwen Beam – Creating
Beautiful Planters
Registration: 9:00 a.m. $20
includes lunch
Speakers include:
Rena Nerbas – 2 topics including Gardening with Onions
For more information call
204-858-2287
Upcoming Garden Club Events
Apr 16 Naturescaping – Kelly Liebzeit – 7 pm
Apr 26 Hypertufa Container or Hupertufa
Mushroom – Deane Sawchuk – Hands On Workshop
1:30 pm Parks Complex – members only
May 14 Hanging Basket – Hands On Workshop
6 pm Greenspot—members only
May 21 Container Garden – Hands On Workshop
6 pm Patmore—members only
May 24th PLANT SALE
OAK LAKE HORT DAY
Saturday, April 26, 2014
for
you Garden
Speakers include:
Gwen Beam—Fairy Gardens
John Johnson—Invasive Plants in
Justine (from Patmore’s) —Native Plants
Editor
SHANNON BRICHON
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7th Annual Gardening Saturday
March 29th, 2014—9 to 4
Canadian Mennonite University North
Campus – 500 Shaftesbury Blvd.,
More info: www.gardensmanitoba.co
m
Winnipeg, MB
Demonstrations - Workshops Tradeshow - Food Market
More than 80+ exhibitors, demonstrations, hands-on workshops, and a food
market, this one-day event is sure to
please everyone. $7 admission
Keynote Speaker: Nicolas Rousseau
Hypertufa:
The ultimate Zen garden
accessory is the stone urn.
Filled only with water and
a few fallen leaves, it defines tranquility. Unfortunately, these stones cost
hundreds of dollars.
Luckily, a concrete mix
called “hypertufa” was developed that has the look of
stone, specifically the volcanic rock called tufa.
fully messy. When it comes
right down to it, a hypertufa
casting is just a fancy mud
pie.
The materials used to make
container are inexpensive,
and the process is delight-
Join Deane on April 26 !!
The Brandon Garden Club meets at 7PM on the third Wednesday of each month
except July and August at the Seniors for Seniors Complex at 311 Park Avenue
East, Brandon.
New members always welcome. Annual membership is $20 single / $30 couple.
Non-members are welcome to attend meetings to take advantage of the Club’s
horticulture programme at a cost of $5.00 per meeting.
For more information on club affairs contact the club secretary, Nancy Lytle at
727-8912 or e-mail
[email protected] .
The club newsletter is published free for members and is distributed at monthly
meetings. Contact the editor, Shannon Brichon at 727-3581.
We have changed our policy for all garden club members.
As you know we have had a change in ownership with the addition of Dick
Vreeman as my partner in Patmore Nursery Sales Ltd.
We have decided that we are going to lower our prices on many items we sell to
offer the best price possible to all of our customers,
This being said, we value the Brandon Garden Club and still want to offer a
discount program. We will continue to offer 10% off on green goods only, Monday to Friday. This does not include the special arrangement we make for the
container gardening day.
Thanks for your understanding and look forward to seeing many of you this
spring!
Marci Bomford
Horticulturist/owner