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Past Speakers, Workshops, etc.  - back to 2018

Guest Speakers 2022/2023

 

  • September 2022: Diane Silver – Pathways in your Garden

  • October: Bill Mercer, Dorothy Turner – Dahlia Workshop

  • November: 2022 AGM and Holiday Social - Penny Irving - Creatures that Over Winter in Your Garden

 

Guest Speakers 2021/2022

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  • September 2021: Rosemarie Lohnes – “Planting Your Eco Landscape”

  • October: Phillip Moskovitz – “Bubbles & Brine”,

        and Penny & Mike Irving – “Kombucha SCOBY

  • November: 2021 AGM and Holiday Social – Atlantic Master Garden Panel Discussion

  • April 2022: Jim Sharpe – “Rhododendrons 101”

  • May: Dr. Paul Manning– “Good Bugs/Bad Bugs” (Zoom)

  • June: Clarence Stevens – “Native Trees and Shrubs”

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SMBGC Workshops:

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  • November 2021 and 2022: Karen Llewellyn - Holiday Décor Workshop: Containers,

      Sprays and Yule Logs

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SMBGC Guest Speakers, and Presentations, in person, 2020 – 2021

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  • September 2020: Member meeting cancelled due to Coronavirus

  • October: Roslyn Dufus – “Rock Gardens”

  • November: David Currie – “Birds in your Backyard”

  • January 2021: Member meeting cancelled due to Coronavirus Pandemic

  • February: Member meeting cancelled due to Coronavirus Pandemic

  • March: Member meeting cancelled due to Coronavirus Pandemic

  • April: SMBGC 2020 AGM and Allan Banks – “Japanese Iris”

  • May: Member meeting cancelled due to Coronavirus Pandemic

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SMBGC Workshops 2020/2021:

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  • November 2020: Karen Llewellyn - Holiday Décor Workshop: Containers,

      Sprays and Yule Logs

  • April 2021: Lynn Brooks – Pruning Workshop - Crossroads Garden

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SMBGC Presentations in partnership with Transition Bay St Margaret’s Zoom/Facebook Live

 

  • October 2020: “Bubbles and Brine” by Philp Moscovitch via Zoom and FB Live

  • October: “Seed Saving Start to Finish by Chris Sanford, Garrett Lauren,

      Yonder Hill Farm via Zoom and Facebook Live

  • March 2021: “Growing Under Cover” by Niki Jabbour via Zoom and FB Live

 

SMBGC Presentations in partnership with Community Groups:

 

  • May 2021: Garden Expo – “Grow Good Gardens”, prerecorded video partnered with the Seniors Association of St. Margaret’s Bay, St. Margaret’s Bay Gardening Club, Earth Cafe, and Transition Bay St. Margaret’s. Originally planned as a hybrid event; both in person and live on-line, Good Gardens instead had to be offered as a pre-recorded video due to Covid 19. Presenters: Karen Llewellyn, “Growing Food and Flowers in Containers” Bob Cervelli, “Climate Victory Gardens’

 

  • December 2020: Christmas in the Bay series - Karen Llewellyn presenter– “Outdoor Holiday Decorating”, Prerecorded video for Facebook

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Guest Speakers 2019 - 2020:

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  • September 2019: Pat Seary, Gardening in the Sonoran Desert

  • October: Lynn Brooks, Fall Bulbs, and Irises

  • November: AGM and Holiday Social

  • January 2020: Kelly Grant, Grasses

  • February: Jenny Blackmore, Permaculture

  • March, April, May: Cancelled due to Coronavirus Pandemic Guidelines and Restrictions.

 

Workshops 2019 - 2020:

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  • November 2019: Karen Llewellyn - Holiday Décor Workshop: Containers,

      Sprays and Yule Logs

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Guest Speakers 2018 - 2019

  • September: Jeffrey Morton, Horticulture in China

  • October: Andrew Hebda, Tick Talk

  • November: AGM and Holiday Social

  • January: Franz Fraitzl, Organic Pest Control

  • February: Niki Jabbour, Vegetable Garden Remix

  • March: Callum Hardie, Trees in the Urban Landscape

  • April: Denise Stockdale, The Flower Business in Nova Scotia

  • May: Jeffrey Morton, Landscaping for Life

     

Workshops 2018 - 2019

November 2018: Karen Llewellyn - Holiday Décor Workshop: Containers,

Sprays and Yule Logs

May 2019: Nicole Hubley of the Mersey Tobeatic Research Institute in partnership with the Tantallon Library – Monarch Butterflies

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