Our Monthly Meetings are held on the last Monday of the month at 7:00 p.m. at the Sechelt Seniors Activity Centre.
(Note: We do not meet in the months of June, July, August or December.)
Remember to bring your own mug and Club name tag. Visitors always are welcome! ($10 drop in fee).
2024 Monthly Meeting Dates
New meeting venue. The Club meetings will be held at the Sechelt Seniors Activity Centre. 5604 Trail Avenue in Sechelt.
Monday evening, January 29th at 7 pm is our first meeting of 2024! We hope you’ll join your fellow members and friends in our new venue, the Sechelt Seniors Activity Centre. We’re looking forward to hosting our monthly Garden Club meetings at SSAC this year, with its ample parking and well-lit entranceway.
Following our meeting, we know you’ll enjoy a presentation by local beekeeper Kathleen Suddes. Kathleen, who has an interest in helping all our pollinators on the coast, will share her experiences and inform us what we as gardeners can do to help their habitat (and things we do that may harm them).
Honey produced from our local flowers provides a concentrated source of good health, and Kathleen will give us examples of what blossoms produce a particular flavour. She will also provide a lot of pollinator knowledge relatable to us as local gardeners.
Read more about Kathleen Suddes our January guest speaker
February 26 – Chris Hergesheimer – One Straw, Manager, Integrated Food Systems and Policy
A Challenge! How can members of the SGC work with One Straw Society to grow a row, donate time and skills or help One Straw feed seniors and mothers with children fresh and nutritious food? Chris will bring his guitar and sing us a song to let us know how we can help.
March 25 – Lucretia Schanfarber – Soil Regeneration, No Dig Gardening + Food Forests
Lucretia “Lu” Schanfarber is a writer, editor, certified nutritional consultant and a “no-dig” garden teacher dedicated to spreading the good news about the glories of gardening. She hosts a weekly radio show “Gabbing about Gardening”, writes a regular column for Maple Magazine, a national Canadian magazine, and hosts occasional zoom gatherings for gardeners with popular guests on a myriad of topics. Lucretia also manages two demonstration food and flower gardens including a food forest garden with edible landscaping. She is especially dedicated to helping people transition to new ways of thinking about gardening while living in greater harmony with Our Mama Earth. Lu lives and gardens on Quadra and Cortes Islands in the Salish Sea in BC Canada. In the fall-winter of 2023, Lu worked as a volunteer gardener on a tropical fruit farm on Maui. Lu’s radio show “Gabbing about Gardening” is available online at cortesradio.ca and all podcast platforms. Join Lu’s online community of gardeners at Gabbing about Gardening on Facebook.
April 29 – Pam Dangelmaier and Elke Wehinger of Botanus
Container, containers and containers
Looking for container growing inspiration but not sure where to get started? This lovely, super visual presentation will have you motivated and inspired to follow your own passions in the spring garden.
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