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The North Bay Heritage Gardeners is dedicated to developing a year-round community-based educational, horticultural and environmental program. We focus on fostering pride and growth through enhancing and beautifying the North Bay waterfront and other approved areas.
To that end we have an ongoing educational program that is open to all Heritage Gardeners. Educational sessions are designed for "in class room" or "hands-on" right in the garden bed. Class room type sessions will be presented at @Discovery North Bay (the former CP Station) on the second floor in the Temporary Gallery.Seating for these sessions is limited so Heritage Gardener members are asked to call the Heritage Gardener Coordinator to reserve their space (but do remember you can bring a friend if you reserve a space for them too). If demand for a session is high, a second session may be scheduled.
Don't forget to bring your own mug if you would like some tea or coffee, help save the environment by cutting down on the use of foam and paper cups. If you wish to participate in our prize draw at the end of the evening please bring a twonie.
Educational Offerings
Spring/Summer 2008
Our 11th Annual Sympsosium was well attended with 148 gardeners, guests and friends of the Heritage Gardeners in attendence. We received postive feedback overall from our gardeners who enjoyed both John Balfe's and Rod Johnston's speeches.John Balfe spoke on "Gardening for your Soul" while Rod Johnston updated the Heritage Gardeners about what is happening with the Community Waterfront Park. The Davedi Club's bright and cheerful room, the timing of early April were also appreciated by Heritage Gardeners. Gardeners are anxious to get down to the waterfront to care for their beautiful flower beds!
On Tuesday June 17, Master Gardener Adrian van der Bilj will Demonstrate the pruning of shrubs at waterfront. Please meet promptly at 7:00pm at the Rotary Rotunda (gazebo beside the marina building near the old chief Commanda restaurant). We will then move in to a nearby garden bed with a variety of shrubs.
The session on Tuesday June 24, 2008 has been rescheduled to Monday June 16 at 7:00pm Sharp, meet us at the Rotary Rotunda (the Gazebo beside the Marina building) and the we will move into some chosen garden beds to identify weeds and to deomonstrate deadheading for spring bulbs and spring blooming perennials.
A second session of weed identification and the deomonstration of deadheading for summer blooming perennials will occur on Wednesday July 16, 2008 at 7:00pm for those who could not make it to the first session. We will again meet at the Rotary Rotunda and move off into some chosen garden beds. (Don't worry if we don't find any weeds in any beds we will have examples obtained from elsewhere!)
On Monday August 11, 2008, learn how to collect and store your own seeds for next years garden. Meet at the Rotary Rotunda at 6:00pm as sadly the days will be getting shorter by then. In order to have seeds to collect for next year you must not deadhead all of your perennial or annual flowers. Vegetable seed collecting will also be covered for those who are interested in home vegetable gardening.
Fall 2008
Mark Thursday September 11,2008 on your calendar if you wish to join us at the Rotary Rotunda to learn how to put your garden to bed for the winter and how to clean up and treat your tools at the end of the season. We might not be actually planting spring blooming bulbs but will cover how it done for each of the different types of bulbs available that must be planted in the fall for spring blooming. If the weather is bad we hope to be able to have the session on board "The Boat". Check here for updates on the avialability of "The Boat" for that session.
The remainder of our schedule is tentative so please return to this page frequently for updates.
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