Upcoming Events

Meetings are held at 7:30pm  at Beban Park Recreation Centre, 2300 Bowen Road.

Guests are welcome to attend.

September 8, 2011

  • Susan Lightburn - Photos of NRS Garden Tour 2011

  • John Densiger - A look back on our last season                          

 

October 13, 2011

  • Mike Stewart - Dwarf Rhododendrons: Species and their Hybrid Relatives

Mike Stewart is a past president of the American Rhododendron Society. Together with his wife Maria, he owns Dover Nursery in Sandy, Oregon, which is known for its outstanding selection of rhododendrons - both species and hybrids - the best to be found.   Here is the link to his web site:  http://www.dovernursery.com/

             

November 10, 2011.       

  • Garth Wedemire - To MARS and  back.  Part II. 

Garth is a member of the Fraser Valley Rhododendron Society and webmaster for the District One website.  He is an accomplished photographer and is very active in our district.  This portion of the talk will feature gardens in the Surrey and White Rock area.

 

December 8, 2011

  • Christmas auction and Potluck.

 

January 12, 2012

  • Susan & Art Lightburn - China trip Part II

 

February 16, 2012 [note this month we are meeting on third Thursday]

  • Bob Duncan - Pushing the limits

 Bob retired as an entomologist with the Canadian Forest Service.  He and his wife Verna have 200 different apple varieties and many subtropical varieties including citrus on their one-third of a hectare lot.  Because our winters are becoming less severe with climate change, it is now possible to grow more frost sensitive varieties.  "Acid citrus like lemons and limes are well suited to our current climate, while sweeter citrus fruit like oranges need sustained, high heat to ripen. It's not here now, but it may be coming."   Bob and Verna operate a custom propagation nursery in North Saanich.where they sell hard-to-find varieties to the public.  Click here for his YouTube video on growing lemons.

 

March 8, 2012

  • Bill MacMillan - TBA

 

April 12, 2012

  • Earl Daneluk -

 

May 10, 2012.

  • TBA

  • Annual General Meeting.

May 12, 2012

  • NRS Truss Show & Plant Sale held in the Centennial Building, Beban Park.

 

September 21 - 23, 2012

ARS Fall Regional Conference, Coast Bastion Inn, Nanaimo

Watch here for the conference web page         Bob Derksen and June Bouchard are creating a separate website with conference program and registration information.            

 

 

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Last Updated:  January 30, 2012