Helping your Garden Cope with Drought
Install water barrels to catch water from your gutters. Save and reuse household waste water including unwanted cold water from the hot tap and water used to prepare vegetables for cooking. Increase the soil’s capacity to…
Companion Planting
Basil – Will improve vigour and flavour of tomatoes, planted side-by-side. Also good with asparagus, oregano, and peppers. Basil helps repel flies, mosquitoes, and thrips. Bush & Pole beans – All beans fix nitrogen in…
2013 Plant Sale Photos
To view photos taken at this year’s Plant Sale click on the following link: Plant Sale 2013 Thank You to Ron Knight!
Roses
HOW TO PLANT AND CARE FOR ROSES By Steve Wysall from information provided by Brad Jalbert — Vancouver Sun, April 5, 2013 Roses thrive best in open, sunny locations with fertile, slightly acidic soil. They flourish…
2014 – Additional Past Events
May 8 – Caron Gardens Tour with a Workshop on Hellebores May 18: Caron Gardens’ Annual Rhododendron Festival, 10:00am to 3:00pm, Free admission, refreshments and parking. 14622 Beaumont Road, Pender Harbour. More details and a printable…
2013 May 4 – Plant Sale
Sechelt Garden Club – Annual Plant Sale Saturday May 4th, 2013 10:00 to 12:00 at the Seaside Centre The Seaside Centre is located at 5790 Teredo St. in Sechelt. Click here to see some of the…
Organic vs Chemical Fertilizers
Intensive food gardening is almost certain to strip nutrients from the soil, nutrients we need to put back in order to grow vegetables year after year. The question then becomes: do you use chemical or…
Controlling Aphids
Now is the time to start thinking about getting aphids under control. Here are some ways to do that: Squishing If you don’t have a lot of plants or too much of a problem, don…
Why Gardening is Good for Your Health
(Adapted from Steve Whysall, The Vancouver Sun, February 1, 2013) Charlie Hall, professor in the department of horticultural sciences at Texas A&M University is one of the most influential leaders in horticulture in North America…