May Meeting
PROGRAM:
Diane Watson Bsc Coordinator, Special Projects Invasive Council of BC.
Topic – Grow Me Instead
Photo: Ted Balmer, Unsplash
Annual Plant Sale
The Powell River Garden Club's biggest fund raiser of the year!
Sunday, May 3, 2026
Powell River Curling Club
April Meeting
PROGRAM:
Marc Doll from Foot Forward Forest Farm on Quadra Island presenting on soil composition
Photo: Gabriel Jiminez, Unsplash
March Meeting
PROGRAM:
Local farmer Ron Berezan of Blueberry Commons, will be presenting on useful tools, their care and, especially, sharpening.
Photo: Ray Shrewsberry, Unsplash
Seedy Saturday
March 14, 2026
Seedy Saturday is a day of seed swapping and information sharing for community groups, gardeners and farmers.
February General Meeting
Member Only Annual Fertilizer Sale!
PROGRAM:
Kristen Miskelly/Satinflower Nursery, converting lawns into meadows
January General Meeting
PROGRAM:
Linda A. Gilkeson
Cutting Your Losses: Managing Pests & Diseases In Your Organic Vegetable Garden
PhotoL Markus Spiske on Unsplash
November Social & Christmas Cheer Raffle
October General Meeting
PROGRAM:
Apples and Oranges and Everything In Between: Growing fruit on south Vancouver Island, presented by Bob Duncan of Fruit Trees and More nursery and demonstration orchard.
September General Meeting
MEMBERSHIP RENEWAL MONTH!
PROGRAM:
Garden Arithmetic – Dividing and Multiplying
June General Meeting
Tuesday, May 24
Cranberry Seniors Centre
Doors open at 6:30 pm, Meeting at 7pm
Join us for our Annual General Meeting;
Pot Luck Social; and a presentation by Wendy Cocksedge on the Brooks Secondary School Native Plant and Living Lab Research Forest Project
Photo courtesy of: Lois Bridger
May General Meeting
Tuesday, May 27
Paul Spriggs presented Cracks and Crevices: the art of rock and crevice gardening!
Annual Spring Plant Sale
Saturday, May 4, 2025
Photo Courtesy of: Mary Beth Lee, Unsplash
April General Meeting
Tuesday, April 22nd
Sarah Bacon presents on turning your lawn into a garden.
Photo Courtesy of: Zane Lee, Unsplash
March General Meeting
Sherry Bullock, a Tla’amin naturalist, will be speaking following a video of her plant walk identifying native plants of medicinal use in our area.
Photo courtesy of: Sherry Bullock
Seedy Saturday
March 8, 2025 - 10:00 am to 3:00 pm
Dwight Hall
February General Meeting
Wholesale Fertilizer Sale - Members Only!
Presentation by Tracy Loslo on Seed Starting.
January General Meeting
a Zoom presentation by Linda A. Gilkeson on Resilient Gardens for a Changing Climate.
November General Meeting - MEMBERS ONLY Holiday Social
Our annual member's Christmas Pot Luck and presentation on creating a holiday centerpiece by Janet Lowes, owner of Bloom Wildly!
Also held a fundraising basket raffle - all proceeds to the Christmas Cheer Fund.
October General Meeting
Renowned horticulturist Thomas Hobbs, who presented “Taking the easy road: Adapting my garden to a new climate" This is a recorded presentation.
In honor of Barb's passion for plants and the joy she brought to so many people and gardens, there was a final sale of her plant inventory on Saturday, October 5, 2024.
As was her wish, a generous donation was made to the Powell River Garden Club.
Thank you, Barb!
September General Meeting
Tuesday, September 24th - 7:00 pm
Presenters:
Elaine Steiger and Violetta Norquist
Preserving and Fermenting
Powell River Fall Fair
September 14-15, 2024
Speakers at Powell River Garden Club (2019-2024)
January 2019 – Gardening with Native Plants – Wendy Sedgewick
February 2019 – Landscape Design and Soil Remediation – presentation by Tracey Laslo
April 2019 – Myth Busting and Scientific Facts to Improve Your Garden – Linda Chalker-Scott from Seattle speaking
April 2019 – Smart Moves for Gardeners – Reduce Injuries & Feel Better – presentation by Terri Beck
May 2019 – Plants in the Colour Red – presentation by Daniel Mosquin, photographer and educator at UBC Botanical Garden
June 2019 – Preparing Now for Winter Crops – Local gardeners Pat Hanson from Andtbaka Farm & Farmer’s Gate; Rose Fleury from Uptown Market
September 2019 – The Few Chosen – Christine Allen speaking on how and why she chose the plants for her small city garden
October 2019 – Hydrangeas – Barry Roberts presenting
November 2019 – Winter Arrangements – Joyce Bredo on Succulents and Shirley Cole on Layering multi Season Containers
January 2020 – Fertilizers – Dave Murphy from Wellcome Harvest
February 2020 – Community Gardens (Featuring Lang Creek, Seniors Centre and ECU)
March 2020 – June 2020 Meetings Cancelled due to Covid 19
September 2020 – Gardens in Winter – presentation by Master Gardeners (Zoom))
October 2020 – Pruning Guidelines with Master Gardeners Shirley Cole, Sharon Shultz and Jennifer Martin (Zoom)
November 2020 – Back to Basics: Do You Know What Your Plants Really Need? – presentation by Linda Gilkeson (Zoom)
January 2021 – Growing Ordinary Food in Extraordinary Ways – presentation by Donna Balzer (Zoom)
February 2021 – Plant Propagation – presented by Washington State’s Dale Brummet (Zoom)
March 2021 – Trees Now and Forever by Ron Carter (Zoom)
April 2021 - Summer Borders by Dr. Ross Bayton of Heronswood Gardens, Washington
May 2021 - Ecological Soil Management for the qathet area by Erin Innes
June 2021 - Favourite things in the garden, ZOOM Social and talk
September 2021 - Dramatic Changes Taking Place in the World of Gardening by Brian Minter
October 2021 - The Good, The Bad and The Ugly - Membership
November 2021 - Fermentation, Dehydration and Tools That We Love - Membership
January 2022 – These are NOT Your Grandma’s Annuals – Pam Bennett
February 2022 – Mason Bees – Cliff Ickringill – in person
September 2022 – Brian Minter
October 2022 – Garden Pollinators – Elena Marten
November 2022 – Garden Visit to Denman Island – Lesley Mosely
January 2023 – Planning Your 12 Month Garden – Linda Gilkeson
February 2023 – Creating My Victory Garden – Tracey Loslo
March 2023 – Favourite Flowering Shrubs Panel – with Lin Morrison, Diana Wood and Michael Stewart
April 2023 – Dryland Gardening – with Kathryn McCourt
May 2023 – Peonies – Malcolm Ho-You
September 2023 – Bulbs – presentation by Staff at Botanus, a nursery in Langley, by Zoom
October 2023 – Permaculture by Ron Berezan of Blueberry Commons
January 2024 – Organic Gardening presented by Linda Gilkeson of Salt Spring Island (Zoom)
February 2024 – Fertilizing – presented by Dave Murphy from Welcome Harvest on Texada Island
March 2024 - Ready, Set, Garden – presented by Leslie Cox of Growing Concern Cottage Garden in Black Creek, Vancouver Island
April 2024 –Touch That Tree And Die (Pruning) – presented by Sarah Bacon
May 2024 – Food Security Panel – Speakers Nathan Jantz of VIU, Amber Gould of Skookum Food Provisioners Cooperative and Will Van Delft, local gardener
June 2024 – Flower Arranging with Jennifer Bury