AGCVI Program 2024

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January 8, 2024 - Seed starting Workshop

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February 26, 2024 - Joan Wynden -  Spring Beauties: Deer Resistant and Drought Tolerant Plants and Bulbs

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March 25, 2024 - Bernie Dinter - Rhododendrons and small Shrubs

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April 29, 2024 - Expert Panel - Sharing Our Collective Wisdom
 

May  11, 2024 - Eswyn’s Plant Sale

​May 31, 2024 - Field Trip to Streamside Native Plants Members Only
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June 24th - Container Planting Workshop

 

 

 

AGCVI Program 2023 
 

Monday, January 30, 2023 -  Thom Rypien to give a talk on Alpine Gardening on the Prairies - Cancelled due to weather

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Saturday, February 4, 2023 - Qualicum Seedy Saturday - QB Civic Center

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Monday, February 27, 2023 - Richard Hebda on Winter Jewels - Snowdrops and other bulbs for the winter garden  - CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER, will try to reschedule

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Monday, March 27, 2023 - Ian Duncan and Anne Allen to speak on Wildflowers of Newfoundland

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Monday, April 24, 2023 - AGM, Don MacWatt on Cyclamen and Fritillaries  

 

Saturday, April 22nd – MARS Show & Plant Sale - There will be an AGCVI Plant Sale Table there - QB Curling Rink   

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Monday, May 29th - Thom Rypien on Alpines on the Prairies  

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Monday, September 25th - Members Karen and Elaine will be giving a presentation on the History of Eswyn's Garden.

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Monday, October 31rst, Tuesday - Anne Allen and Ian Duncan on Alpines of Switzerland. Anne Allen and Ian Duncan, avid cyclists and flower hunters, bicycled through Switzerland and Austria, for five weeks.  Starting at the headwaters of several major river and lake systems, they photographed their way through many alpine valleys and high passes.

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AGCVI Program 2022 

March 28, 2022 - 2-5PM  at the Qualicum Beach Civic Centre  

Linda Derkach will be speaking -From Bremen to Bangsbo- Old Rock Gardens to Modern Crevice Garden

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April 25th, 2022- 2-5 PM at the Qualicum Beach Civic Centre  

First AGM in 2 years, lots to discuss!

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May 30th - 12:30 - 3:30 PM at the Qualicum Beach Civic Centre 
Roger Griffiths will be speaking on Alpine Flowers of BC and a Bit Beyond

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June 27th - 6:30-9:30 PM - Qualicum Beach Civic Centre

Margot Moser will be speaking on Beautiful BC Native Ferns for Alpine & Rock Gardens

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September 12th - 12:30 - 3:30 - at Nanoose Place, 2925 NW Bay Rd, Nanoose. in Multipurpose Room #1
Paul Spriggs will be speaking on Island Alpine - the Mountain Flora in our Own Backyard and
Favourites for the Crevice Garden     

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October 24th - 1 - 3 PM ROGER GRIFFITHS will be speaking on Spring from the Garden to the Alpine
Parksville Community Centre, Room # 109  223 Mills Street, Parksville    

$3 at door includes entry in plant draw & coffee/tea & goodies.

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November 28th  - 1 - 3:30 PM  All about seeds. How to collect and grow from seeds. More info soon

AGCVI Program 2020    

CHECK BACK FOR POSSIBLE CANCELLATIONS DUE TO COVID-19

January 27, 2020 -  AGCVI member Margot Moser will be presenting her slide show on Alpine Gardening

 

February 24, 2020 - Zac Kregosky- Xeriscaping

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 CANCELLED-  March 30, 2020 -Richard Hebda from the  RBC Museum Speaking on snowdrops, related bulbs and native plants. There will be  snowdrops available for sale.

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 CANCELLED   April 27, 2020 - Tufa Workshop

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 CANCELLED    May 11, 2020 - Cliff Booker - More details coming soon

 

  CANCELLED     May 25, 2020 - Margot Moser- Native Ferns for the Rock Garden

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June 29, 2020 - Gordon Mackay – Designing container gardens with conifers and small shrubs

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July - TBA
 

August- No Meeting

 

September - TBA

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October 26, 2020 - Linda Derkach on Bangsbo in Denmark, Gotenborg in Sweden and another rock garden

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November 30, 2020 - Christmas lunch

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AGCVI Program 2019

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January 28, 2019 -  Member Speaker - Margot Moser will be speaking on Hellebores . Shelly Hall, Parksville

 

February 25, 2019 - Member Speaker - Jackie Miller- A presentation on the Botanical Gardens in Australia and also on her own beautiful Gardens. Shelly Hall, Parksville 1 PM

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March 25, 2019 - Don McWatt - A presentation on Cyclamen with specialty plants available.

Qualicum Beach Civic Center - 1 PM 

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April 29, 2019 -  David Sellars - A presentation on "The Crowning Glory of the Big Horn Mountains.

Qualicum Beach Civic Center - 1 PM

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May 25, 2019 - Plant Sale at Eswyn's Garden, Nanoose

June 10, 2019 - Marcela Fereyra will be speaking on the Flora of Patagonia

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July 2019 - TBA

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August 2019 - No Meeting

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September - No Meeting

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October 7, 2019 - Bernie Dinter speaking on Miniature Conifers, more details coming soon.

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October 28, 2019 - Jeff de Jong speaking on Troughs with a demonstration of Trough building and planting.

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November 25, 2019 -  Christmas Lunch

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AGCVI Program 2018

January 29 – Shelly Hall, Parksville - AGM & Judy Millicheap on her botanical trip to Iran

February 26th – Shelly Hall, Parksville - Margot Moser on “Native Plant Beauties for Small Garden Spaces”
 
March 26th - Speakers will be Art and Susan Lightburn to speak about their trip to the Himalayas at Shelly Hall, Parksville 1 PM
 
April 30th- Ted Leischner of PlanBeeNow will be speaking on native pollinators and how to attract them. There will be displays of local species of pollinators and much more.
 
May 7th- Jim Jermyn, The Challenge of growing European Alpines      More Information on Speakers Page
June 25th- Garden Tour
 
July 30th- Cuttings workshop, plant starting for 2019 Plant Sale for 10th anniversary of Eswyn's Garden in Nanoose.
 
August- No meetings planned
 
September 24th - Bulb workshop follow up
 
October 1rst - Bernie Dinter of Dinter Nursery in Duncan will be speaking on "Spring Flowering Bulbs, Beyond Tulips and Daffodils" including  dwarf and species spring flowering bulbs suitable for the Rock Garden. There will be bulbs and dwarf plants available for sale. Qualicum Beach Civic Centre

​November 26th- Christmas Lunch

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AGCVI Program 2017

January 30 - Annual General Meeting and Member Speaker: Bernie Guyader on "Smaller Rhododendrons for the Rock Garden".  The Library will also be there with a number of new titles to borrow, at Shelly Road Hall, Parksville,.

February 27 - Meeting at Shelly Hall, Parksville   Map

Rhododendron Workshop by Mike Miller, how to sow seeds, take, strike, pot up, cuttings and more.  Library available to members and a Plant Prize Draw.

March 27th – Linda Derkach – Rock Gardens at Hidcote and Rodmarton Manor (UK), Shelly Road, Parksville. Library, Prize Draw

April 24th – David Sellars will speak on "Chaos in the Rock Garden: Putting Theory into Practice". QB Civic Centre. David will send us a plant list in March so we can reserve plants. Prize Draw

Saturday, April 29th - Our Plant Sale, at Louise Cotterill’s, confirmed - MARS & Eaglecrest are April 22, Milner is April 29/30, MARS Garden Tour is May 13/14

​May 8th – Alan McMurtrie of reticulatas.com - QB Civic Centre. Alan will speak on his work breeding Iris reticulata cultivars. He is speaking to AGC-BC on May 10th.
 
May 29th – TBC Hypertufa Workshop at June Strandberg’s

June 12th – Jiri Papousek, Alpine Parrot, from Czech Republic, QB Civic Centre. Topic choice to be made Feb 27th.
 
June 26th – BC Mini Garden /Nursery Tour – Bev Young’s & Teri Hyde’s and possible Carmen Pahl’s.

July 31st – TBC Paradise Meadows Hike

​Aug 28th – 2016 Trough / Dish Garden Workshop Followup – review last year’s troughs, fix any problems, create new troughs

​Sept 25th – Speakers will be Art and Susan Lightburn to speak about their trip to the Himalayas at Shelly Hall, Parksville 1 PM
 

Oct 30th – Bulb Planting Workshop at Nanoose Place

Nov 27th – CHRISTMAS LUNCH