Archive for September, 2008

BGC Meeting: “Gardening Without Flowers: Fantastic Foliage and Garden Ornaments” with Paul Zammit

March 11, 2009 7:30pm

“Gardening Without Flowers: Fantastic Foliage and Garden Ornaments”
by Paul Zammit (www.paulzammit.ca)

Paul is a graduate of the University of Guelph. He is a regular speaker at garden clubs and horticultural trade shows both in Canada and the United States. He has also made several TV appearances. In July of 2002 Paul was awarded the Young Professionals award by the Perennial Plant Association The front yard of Paul and Uli’s home was awarded first place in the environmental garden category in the 2001 City of Toronto Garden Contest. In 2003 it was awarded the Best Use of Plant Material in the City of Toronto West District Garden Contest. More recently their home garden has been featured in Canadian Living, Gardening Life and Canadian Gardening. In 2009, watch for more of Paul’s container designs in Canadian Gardening. For nearly 20 years Paul was employed at Plant World, a large, west-end garden centre where his primary role was that of the perennial department manager. This year Paul has accepted the exciting position of the Director of Horticulture at Toronto Botanical Gardens.

BGC Meeting: “The Wonder of Weeds - Food and Medicine” with Monica Giacomin

April 8, 2009 7:30pm

“The Wonder of Weeds  Food and Medicine”
by Monica Giacomin, Herbalist and Wellness Educator/Consultant
www.herbsontheside.com

Monica offers Wellness Workshops which focus on active living, colourful eating and using local wild herbs as preventative medicine. She graduated with a degree in Physical Education from Dalhousie University and has studied herbal medicine extensively at the Wise Woman Center with Susun Weed and at Sage Mountain Botanical Sanctuary with Rosemary Gladstar where she completed the Advanced Herbal Training Program in 2006. She has been educating students in the Montreal area for over 25 years at Marianopolis College, Institute NHC, and Vanier College. Feel free to browse her website at www.herbsontheside.com for more information about her backyard educational wild garden, home to over 50 medicinal plants which she crafts into medicine and food.

BGC Meeting: “Organic Vegetable Gardening” with Ken Taylor

January 14, 2009 7:30pm

“Organic Vegetable Gardening”
by Ken Taylor, Ph.D.,
Windmill Point Farm, Pincourt, Quebec
(www.windmillpointfarm.ca)

BGC Meeting: “Garden Cafe and Plant Exchange”

September 10, 2008 7:30pm

“Garden Café and Plant Exchange”
Bring a plant and take one home.

The meeting will be held in the Beaconsfield Recreation Centre, 1974 City Lane, Beaconsfield (see map).

There will be five speakers; members will rotate through their choice of three speakers every twenty minutes.

  • Wanda Mitkiewicz, “Lasagna Soil Making”
  • Mary Martin, “Earth Worms”
  • Karen Runnels, “Herbal Tincture Making”
  • Mike Harman, “Exotic Plants”
  • Chris Chimbers, “Indoor Plants”