In addition to our Zoom and in-person meetings, BGC members are also invited to view past recorded presentations at your leisure (password-protected):
2026 PROGRAM
Please note that meetings are conducted in English.
No meeting is held in January.
February 11, 2026: BGC Zoom Event: AGM & “What’s This in My Garden, Friend or Foe?” by Nancy MacDonald, member of the Master Gardeners of Ottawa-Carleton
Location: Virtual
Time: 7:00 pm EST.
This is a BGC Zoom event. Please note that we will first begin with the Annual General Meeting (AGM) prior to our main event.
Master Gardener Nancy Macdonald enjoys checking out the many garden bugs that visit her garden and asks herself which of them are welcome guests or unwelcome pests. She has realized that enticing beneficial bugs may mean having a few of those pests for them to hunt. Her garden incorporates plants which provide a habitat for beneficial bugs while creating an insectary garden to help with unwelcome guests. In other words, our choice of plants can help build a more resilient garden!
Members who are registered for 2026 will receive an invitation by email. To request or renew a membership or to arrange a guest pass, please refer to the Membership page.
February 25, 2026: PCHS Zoom Event : “Selecting and Starting Seeds for a Cut Flower Bed” presented by Ana Valean of Sunwheel Farm, hosted by the Pointe Claire Horticultural Society
Location: Virtual
Time: 7:30 pm EST.
BGC members are invited to this virtual talk hosted by the Pointe Claire Horticultural Society. Take advantage of an extra meeting this month thanks to a mutual agreement between our two clubs!
Ana Valean is the owner and operator of Sunwheel Farm in Alexandria, Ontario. She raises organically grown cutting flowers for the floral industry and individual clients. She will recommend easy-to-grow species for our own cut flowers gardens to start from seed, and show us how to plan bed sizes depending on how many flower bouquets per week we’d like to produce.
Members who are registered for 2026 will receive an invitation by email. To request or renew a membership or to arrange a guest pass, please refer to the Membership page.
March 11, 2026: BGC Zoom Event: “Orchid Culture 101” by Nicole Roy, PHD, of the Orchidophiles de Montreal
Location: Virtual
Time: 7:00 pm EST.
This is a BGC Zoom event.
Nicole Roy has been a long-time member of Les Orchidophiles de Montréal and has received multiple awards from the American Orchid Society. She is passionate about cultivating rare orchid species and has a collection of over 700 orchids. In this presentation she will answer: what is an orchid? where to grow them? and how to grow them? Many practical tips will be provided to help us successfully grow orchids, all adapted to our Quebec climate. Note that OrchidExpo is scheduled for March 21-22, 2026! (The presentation text will be in French but the talk will be in English.)
Members who are registered for 2026 will receive an invitation by email. To request or renew a membership or to arrange a guest pass, please refer to the Membership page.
March 25, 2026: PCHS Zoom Event : “The All Season Herbal Garden”, presented by Ana Dushyna, hosted by the Pointe Claire Horticultural Society
Location: Virtual
Time: 7:30 pm EST.
BGC members are invited to this virtual talk hosted by the Pointe Claire Horticultural Society. Take advantage of an extra meeting this month thanks to a mutual agreement between our two clubs!
Ana Dushyna is a botanical pharmacology specialist with a M.Sc in Pharmacy. She is a well known and popular public speaker in her home province of BC. Ana will guide us through the process of selecting herbs and plants that thrive in our region through every season so we can have our own herbal gardens that offer both beauty and healing potential year round.
Members who are registered for 2026 will receive an invitation by email. To request or renew a membership or to arrange a guest pass, please refer to the Membership page.
April 8, 2026: In-Person Event: : “Native Plants and Biodiversity: Transforming our Gardens for the Future” presented by Kim Dooley, Pointe-Claire gardener
Location: Herb Linder Annex, 303 Beaconsfield Blvd, Beaconsfield
Time: 7:30 pm EST. Please arrive by 7:15.
Kim Dooley is a Pointe-Claire gardener with a particular passion for native plants. She and her husband transformed their traditional suburban garden space into something else entirely: a biodiversity garden. Kim enjoys encouraging others to include more native plants in their gardens to make them more beautiful as well as to help nature. It is her belief that at this time the world desperately needs gardeners and that we can help nourish the earth by working in concert with her. Come prepare to be inspired!
As an added plus, Kyra Pompeo from the Pointe Claire Ecological Transition and Sustainable Development Dept will give a brief presentation on how Pointe Claire is helping its citizens create more biodiverse gardens.
May 9, 2026: BGC Plant Sale
Location: Centennial Hall, 288 Beaconsfield Blvd, Beaconsfield
Time: Doors open at 10AM. Sale ends at noon or when plants run out.
Don’t miss the garden club’s popular plant sale where we sell many different plants from our members’ gardens!
Arrive early as plants go quickly!!
May 13, 2026: BGC In-Person Meeting: “Health and Healing in the Garden” presented by Monica Giacomin of Herbs on the Side
Location: Herb Linder Annex, 303 Beaconsfield Blvd, Beaconsfield
Time: 7:30 pm EST. Please arrive by 7:15.
Community Herbalist and Educator, Monica Giacomin, is delighted to return to the Beaconsfield Garden Club to share the many benefits of gardening… from the physical and psychological to the emotional and spiritual! She will also introduce a variety of delicious and nutritious recipes using local wild food (often identified as weeds!). Learn how simple it is to prepare your own preventative medicine and tonics in order to manage your stressors, nourish your microbiome and bump up your immune system throughout the year!
May 29, 2025: BGC at Marché BEAU Farmers Market
Location: Corner of Beaconsfield Blvd and Fieldfare Ave
Time: 3-6pm
Come say hello at the BGC booth as Marché BEAU Farmers Market returns. Marché BEAU is a weekly farmers’ market in the heart of Beaurepaire Village that features fresh local products and handcrafted creations.
May 30, 2026: West Island Citizen Advocacy’s (WICA) Annual Garden Tour
Location: Pointe Claire
Time: 1:00-4:30pm
BGC is happy to help publicize this garden tour. All proceeds of this fund-raiser for West Island Citizen Advocacy (WICA) fund programs that support vulnerable and isolated people in the community. This year’s tour features beautiful gardens in Pointe Claire, a scavenger hunt and a tea party to end the day. Join in by car, bike, or on foot!
Tickets are $25. When you purchase tickets online, a confirmation email will be sent to you with more details.
https://www.zeffy.com/en-CA/ticketing/wica-garden-tour-2026-visite-des-jardins-pcbo
June 7, 2026 (rain date June 14): Creation of Pollinator Garden
Location: Recreation Centre, 1974 City Lane, Beaconsfield
Time: 1:30-3:30pm PLEASE NOTE THIS CHANGE OF TIME
Join in this city project that will create a new pollinator garden in front of the Beaconsfield Recreation Centre. Bring your gardening gloves and tools!
In partnership with the Beaconsfield Garden Club and the Beaconsfield Environmental Advisory Committee.
Please note the change of time from morning to afternoon!
June 13, 2026: BBQ at Joelle and Ivan Dow’s Garden
Location: 580 Bd Pine Beach, Dorval
Time: Noon to 5pm
BGC members are invited to Joelle and Ivan Dow’s annual BBQ where they generously open their garden to family and friends. Drop by for an hour or stay for the afternoon, come and enjoy the chatting and fun!
On rain or shine.
July 4, 2026 (rain date July 5): Guided Tour of “Anna’s Garden” – Members and guests only
Location: Beaconsfield North – the address will be sent to members
Time: 10-11:30am
Members are invited on a guided tour of a garden that has been lovingly created and nurtured by Anna and her late husband over the past 27 years. Filled with perennials, annuals, and a collection of roses, this garden has been truly a labour of love. Anna will highlight some of her favourite roses, including Blaze Improved and Campfire Rose, along with other standout plants throughout the garden. This is also a wonderful opportunity to learn from an experienced gardener and ask questions along the way.
Please arrive a few minutes before 10:00 a.m. , as the tour will begin promptly.
July 12, 2025 (Rain date is July 19): Beaconsfield Artists and Gardens Tour
Location: Beaconsfield
Time: 12 – 5pm
The Beaconsfield Artists and Gardens Tour returns! This city event is being held in partnership with the Beaconsfield Artists’ Association and the Beaconsfield Gardening Club. Wander around Beaconsfield and admire a range of artwork and beautiful gardens as local artists and gardeners share their passion with the community.
Details will be available on the Beaconsfield website.
Date expected in August: Guided Tour of Kim Dooley’s Native Plant Garden – Members and guests only
Location: Pointe Claire – the address will be sent to members
Time: To Come
Following Kim Dooley’s engaging presentation to our club in April, we will have the opportunity to visit her biodiverse native plant garden in Pointe-Claire. Kim will guide us through the space she and her husband transformed from a traditional suburban yard into a thriving habitat for native plants.
Details to come.
August 29, 2026 (tentative date, to be confirmed): Wild Herb Nature Walk with Herbalist Karen Runnels – Members and guests only
Location: To Be Determined – the location will be sent to members
Time: To Come
Come find out about the many plants in the wild, and even our backyards (often considered weeds) that are actually useful herbs. Join Chartered Herbalist Karen Runnels as she leads us on a nature walk where she points out the wild plants that can be used for herbal remedies, food, or cosmetics. A local site with fields and forests will be announced closer to the date.
September 9, 2026: BGC In-Person Meeting: “Supplying Seeds & Cultivating Community: Simplifying the Mystique of Starting, Saving, and Storing Seeds with the Macdonald Campus Seed Library” presented by Jennie Fallis, Liaison Librarian
Location: Herb Linder Annex, 303 Beaconsfield Blvd, Beaconsfield
Time: 7:30 pm EST. Please arrive by 7:15.
Jennie Fallis is a liaison librarian at the Macdonald Campus of McGill University. As part of her current role, Jennie coordinates the Macdonald Campus Seed Library, which provides free seeds and workshops available for all members of the McGill University and surrounding communities! In addition to hearing about the Seed Library, members will learn how to properly collect, store & start seeds.
October 14, 2026: BGC In-Person Meeting: Topic to Come
Location: Herb Linder Annex, 303 Beaconsfield Blvd, Beaconsfield
Time: 7:30 pm EST. Please arrive by 7:15.
Our original October presenter, Dr. Joanna Coleman, had to regretfully cancel.
We are looking for a replacement speaker. Please check back.
November 11, 2026: In-Person Event: “Sharing Our Gardening Hits and Misses ”
Location: Herb Linder Annex, 303 Beaconsfield Blvd, Beaconsfield
Time: 7:30 pm EST. Please arrive by 7:15.
Following the positive feedback on last year’s Hits and Misses meeting, we are holding an encore! We again ask members to share with their fellow gardeners what delighted them in their garden this year .. or what disappointed them. We look forward to another interesting and lively exchange!
December 9, 2026: In-Person Event: “Holiday Get-together & Pot-Luck” (Members only)
Location: Herb Linder Annex, 303 Beaconsfield Blvd, Beaconsfield
Time: 7:30 pm EST. Please arrive by 7:15.
Please join us in celebrating the holiday season together and closing off the year! Members are asked to bring something to share, whether sweet or savory.
This is a members-only event.