St. Margaret's Bay Gardening Club is a 30 year old club for avid gardeners who want to learn more about various aspects of growing perennials, vegetables, annuals and specialty plants. We offer programs eight times a year. We also offer garden-related workshops and occasional garden tours. We founded and continue to maintain a community perennial garden called The Crossroads Garden. For basic club info, see our "About" page! Timely info below! NOTE: - if you are a paid single member , you can UPGRADE to a Family Membership for $10.00 to take part in the upcoming Valley Nursery Bus Tour. (See image and instructions above it. On your mobile device, scroll to the bottom. ) Send a SEPARATE etransfer for $10 to smbgardeningclub@gmail.com with a note in the etransfer and an email to the club as well, please, with your full contact info, advising that you are upgrading in order to have a family member attend the tour for the member price. We need this information to avoid confusion, as some folks who are family may have a different surname. Non-members will now be able to register for the tour on May 21st! club email address is: smbgardeningclub@gmail.com Join the club!! Even though our regular meeting sessions are now over until September, we have events for members only, some free, some paid. For info on upcoming events for members, email us! New memberships for 2026-2027 will be due after August 31st, 2026. Steps for joining: Step One Fill in the form at this link - please read the intro for the information you'll need. https://forms.gle/yhJtkpXigR75s7uv5 Please read the whole "step two." (this info is also on the form) Step Two Pay by e-transfer to smbgardeningclub@gmail.com making sure you put a "message" on your e-transfer with some identifying info. If you prefer to pay by cash or cheque, you can do that at a meeting. Click image below for registration form Click image below for more info on Planting with Pride! Our Sponsors, Advertisers and Supporters appreciate your patronage year-round!

We’re excited to invite you to Planting with Pride, a community event sponsored by Bay Pride and the St. Margaret’s Bay Gardening Club, open to all residents of St. Margaret’s Bay! Join in the fun by creating a Pride-themed garden or container display and submitting your photos for judging. This is a wonderful opportunity to celebrate community, creativity, and pride through gardening. Categories will include: • Best Kids Garden Display • Most Colourful Containers • Neighbourhoods in Bloom • Friendly Competition Award for Businesses Showing the Most Pride Spirit • and much more 📅 Photo Entry Deadline: July 10 🏆 Judging & Winners Announced: July 25 at the Hubbards Barn Market during the Pride Festival wrap-up. Whether you’re an experienced gardener or just getting started, you’re encouraged to participate! Let’s brighten St. Margaret’s Bay with colourful displays that celebrate inclusion and community spirit. We would love to see your creations — please feel free to invite friends, family, and neighbours to join in! See the poster and our website https://www.stmargaretsbaypride.ca/events/plantingwithpride for more details.

Welcome to the club! Interested in plants? So are we, and we'd love to get to know you! You don't have to be an experienced gardener to join us for informative presentations, workshops and other events. We welcome anyone with an interest in growing plants for beauty or food - or both! It's time to JOIN the CLUB! About us... The St. Margaret's Bay Gardening Club was founded in the mid-'90s as an informal group of like-minded Bay area gardeners who wanted to share their knowledge. A few years ago, the executive members of the club decided to move the club's status to a registered society in Nova Scotia and to join the Nova Scotia Association of Garden Clubs. Keep an eye on our calendar ! We normally meet on the 3rd Wednesday of each month*, at 7:00 September, October, November and January, February, April and May. In *March we hold a SEEDY SATURDAY instead of a meeting. It is a pay what you can event on March 21st in 2026 We meet at St. Luke's United Church sanctuary. 5374 St. Margaret's Bay Road, Upper Tantallon. *Note that in the winter months of January and February , we meet in the AFTERNOON on the 3rd Saturday. Guests are always welcome to attend our meetings for a $5.00 entrance fee OR just join at ANY MEETING for just $20.00 and you will be able to attend all meetings and will be added to our mailing list! Membership allows you to attend our free workshops, work with us in the Crossroads Garden, and attend any summer garden tours. We also support the St. Margaret's Bay Food Bank and if you wish to bring a donation of cash, we will provide an envelope and will deliver the donations to the Food Bank after each meeting. W e are currently NOT accepting donations of non-perishable food.

St. Margarets Bay Gardening Club Gardeners Helping Gardeners We meet on the 3rd Wednesday each month, at 7:00 Sept - Nov/Jan - May in the meeting room at the Tantallon Library. Please note, this is a new time and a new venue! Guests are always welcome to attend our meetings! Site Plan Section 1 Crossroads Garden ? ? ? ? ? ? Instructions - click on a photo - it will enlarge - when done click again, it will return to spot on diagram THEN - to link to an information site, click on ? - when done close the page to return to the site plan Return to Main Plan

St. Margarets Bay Gardening Club Gardeners Helping Gardeners We meet on the 3rd Wednesday each month, at 7:00 Sept - Nov/Jan - May in the meeting room at the Tantallon Library. Guests are always welcome to attend our meetings! Use the Menu below to scroll through our Policies on various topics Policy on Donating Printed Material, Plants or other items at Gardening Club Meetings: We welcome the sharing of printed material on gardening topics - such as magazines, seed catalogs, interesting handouts or pictorial material, and the sharing of seeds, seedlings, cuttings, pots and so on. Please place these items on (or under, in the case of large items) the table provided at the front of the meeting space. The presence of free materials will be mentioned by the Meeting Chairperson. Before you leave, please remove any remaining items so that those tidying the meeting room don't have to evaluate and re-cycle or otherwise dispose of these things. Please don't bring things that are musty or dirty - as people may have allergies, and we are using a multi-purpose facility.

St. Margarets Bay Gardening Club Gardeners Helping Gardeners We meet on the 3rd Wednesday each month, at 7:00 Sept - Nov/Jan - May in the meeting room at the Tantallon Library. Please note, this is a new time and a new venue! Guests are always welcome to attend our meetings! Section 3 Crossroads Garden Return to Main Plan Instructions - click on a photo - it will enlarge - when done click again, it will return to spot on diagram THEN - to link to an information site, click on ? - when done close the page to return to the site plan ? ? ? ?

St. Margarets Bay Gardening Club Gardeners Helping Gardeners We meet on the 3rd Wednesday each month, at 7:00 Sept - Nov/Jan - May in the meeting room at the Tantallon Library. Please note, this is a new time and a new venue! Guests are always welcome to attend our meetings! Site Plan Section 7 Crossroads Garden Return to Main Plan Highway #3 Instructions - click on a photo - it will enlarge - when done click again, it will return to spot on diagram THEN - to link to an information site, click on ? - when done close the page to return to the site plan ?

We offer workshops to members. We have pruning workshops, holiday decor workshops and other events for paid members. Holiday Workshop MEMBERS! It's that time of year again! Our Holiday Workshop is now scheduled! You must be a paid up member to book for this, and space is limited to 25 people. You can e-transfer your Membership Fee to smbgardeningclub@gmail.com The Membership Fees this year are $20 per person or $25 for the whole family! You can also write a cheque and put it in an envelope addressed to Carole Ross, Treasurer, SMBGC and drop it off at the UPS Store in the Sobeys Mall. Please read the following info on the Holiday Workshop and check the pricing for the holiday items, and register quickly! Making Holiday Themed Outdoor Containers, Door Sprays and Indoor Yule Logs for the Holiday Season. Join us for a three hour workshop and have fun dressing up your home for the holidays. Sunday, November 24, 1 - 4 pm, Rain or Shine Location; The Red Roof Building, at the Crossroads (the site of the Tuesday Markets) Head of St Margarets Bay Register early, maximum 25 people We will be using natural materials with festive touches to creatively welcome the winter season. Though we will have many things on hand, we need everyone to bring an assortment of evergreen boughs and decorative branches from your properties to share. Bring a special ornament(s) to include in your arrangements if you like, and of course your container(s) and pruners, extra decor to share and glue guns if you have one. If you’re using a pot with soil, ensure it is not frozen by putting it indoors prior to the workshop. (You could also use a large block of floral foam) There will be beverages and muffins to keep us energized. There is no rain date as we have indoor space to work, so be prepared for a fun and creative afternoon! Cost: 1 container, 1 spray and a Yule log, $15 2 containers, 1 spray and a Yule log, $25 For more info, please call Claudy, 902-826-1661

Our speaker this month will be ROSLYN DUFFUS who will be telling us all about ROCK GARDENS Roslyn started her gardening career as a teenager with vegetable gardening and, after a move that reduced the space for vegetables, became interested in rock gardening and an enthusiast of rock and alpine plants. She enjoys growing things from seed, especially things that are hard to find in nurseries. She'll be talking about many interpretations of rock gardens from nature's version to large botanical rock gardens to private versions and follow with a selection of plants from easy to more challenging. She became a member of the Ontario Rock Garden Society in late 1991 and was able to take advantage of the club seed exchange. She is also a member of the North American Rock Garden Society and a Charter Member and currently Chair of the Nova Scotia Rock Garden Club. Roslyn is also a woodworker and plays the bagpipes!

Doors open 8:15 There is lots of parking, but please follow any signs or the directions of volunteers, so that we may get everyone parked efficiently. Enter through double glass doors, on main level, St. Luke’s United Church, 5374 St. Margaret’s Bay Rd., Upper Tantallon. There is a wheelchair ramp at the left side of the entrance. 8:30 Registration/Coffee Claim a seat, then visit our Vendors! Our raffle prizes will also be on display and you can get a ticket ($2.00 each or 3 for $5.00) for the draw which is end of day. This will be your last chance to win one of three prizes. 9:20 Welcome - some brief words from Pamela MacLean and our President Jerry Walsh 9:30 Presentation by Jayme Melrose of the Urban Farm in Halifax. 10:15 Break - refreshments and time to visit the Vendors 10:45 Presentation by Nina Newington of Tangled Garden in Grand Pré. 11:30 Club Highlights 12:30 Lunch Delicious sandwiches and sweets, hot and cold drinks. Catered by Jean O’Handley. Gluten-free choices available. All our Vendors will be available and will be closing down at 1:45 - so make sure you allow time to see each one! 1:45 Draws - there are oodles of door prizes, including special surprises! You never know what you’ll get “down by the Bay” :) 2:00 Presentation by Crystal Godfrey of Secret Gardens by Crystal. 2:45 Closing Remarks and DRAW for our RAFFLE PRIZES as you leave the building, you can pick up your free plant courtesy of the NSACG (Rosy Milkweed - a favourite of Monarch Butterflies) from Pamela MacLean. There will be an “EXPRESS” line for those who have already paid for their seats - this will help you choose a seat, look around and visit Vendors sooner! You can get an advance “ticket” by paying at the next regular club meeting (at the Tantallon Library on April 20, 2016) or by sending a cheque to Carole Ross, our Treasurer. Please allow time for the cheque to arrive - mail cheques by April 27th. The address is at the BOTTOM of this schedule. You DON’T have to pay in advance!! There is plenty of space - paying in advance is just helping us establish numbers of guests and streamline the registration that morning. There is no discount for paying in advance, as our $13.00 for members and $15.00 for non-members is already a super deal! If you wish to pay in advance, here is the address for mailing your cheque - St. Margaret's Bay Gardening Club c/o Carole Ross 39 Kipawa Crescent Hammonds Plains, NS B4B 1N2 To receive a confirmation e-mail you MUST include your e-mail address!! We need to know your name for our list at the door. Please note, you will not get anything back in the mail. You will be added to our ‘paid’ list which will be at the door.

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