Reminder no meeting until September
Enjoy your Summer! ☀
Each meeting of the Grandview Garden Club features a special speaker on a topic relevant to Grandview gardeners. Bring your ideas, questions, gardening concerns. We meet about once a month. Club dues are $20 per calendar year or $4 to drop in. The club is an offshoot of Britannia Neighbours, the group that looks after the Napier Square Greenway at Britannia and that puts on the East Van Garden Tour every June.
Topic: Introduction to soil science and its application in garden settings.
Bio: Morgan is a backyard gardener and soil scientist with a background in agricultural research. She completed her Masters at UBC in which she looked at the effects of biochar (a soil amendment) on nutrient dynamics in a coarse textured agricultural soil. She enjoys sharing practical applications of the fundamentals of soil science, believing that this foundational knowledge can be used as a tool to deepen the relationship with the environment and how we garden.
For June Meeting:
Non-members are welcome to drop in for $4. Invite your friends!- Please bring your own tea cup and, if you like, something that is looking lovely in your garden this month.
There will be door prizes! (And by the way, you’re always welcome to bring/donate garden-related things — plants, books, tools — to be awarded as door prizes.)See you at Britannia on Tuesday, June 10!Also note - No meeting in July and August!
Plant Sale
Our April 8th Meeting will be Common Mistakes Gardeners Make with Amanda Jarrett.
We will be meeting at the Britannia +55 Community Room at 7:15 pm (new time)
Amanda Jarrett’s Bio - Originally from England, Amanda Jarrett is a professional horticulturist, Organic Land Care Professional and has her Red Seal in Horticulture. Recently retired as an instructor, writer and coordinator for horticulture and garden courses at Douglas College, Langara College, Gaia College, Vancouver School Board and the Burnaby School District. Her consulting business, Amanda’s Garden Consulting Company, offers advice to home gardeners and professionals. The accompanying website, The Garden Website.com,
https://www.thegardenwebsite.com/, features timely and informative garden information. Amanda is also a freelance garden writer, photographer and author of Ornamental Tropical Shrubs.
Join us on March on Tuesday, March 11th at 7:00 pm at Britannia Community Centre in the 55+ Room. Our speaker Allison Luke will talk to us about strategic and smart watering practices taken from the UBC Botanical Garden. 🚰🚰
With so many different types of gardens that range in style, values, size, and aspect, it’s difficult to prescribe a one-size-fits-all approach when it comes to watering. Fortunately, there are many strategies to take within the irrigation toolkit. Using examples straight from UBC Botanical Garden, we’ll look at a spectrum of irrigation systems and smart watering practices. After all, a botanical garden is a collection of smaller gardens, each with its own distinct character, microclimate, and plant palette; chances are, you’ll find something that applies to your space too.
https://farmfolkcityfolk.ca/seedy-events/east-vancouver-seedy-saturday/
East Vancouver Seedy Saturday
Join us for our 3rd Seedy Saturday! We’ll have free seeds, a community seed swap, fun activities, and more. Admission is by suggested donation ($2). All ages welcome.
Britannia Gym D, 1661 Napier Street, Vancouver, BC V5L 4X4
More information: https://gwcseedlibrary.wordpress.com/events/seedy-saturday/
Community Seed Swap: Trade seeds with community members! While not mandatory to bring seeds, we encourage you to because it helps make the seed swap more fun and interactive.
**IMPORTANT NOTE**
No plant material, soil, or growing medium permitted in the seed swap. This includes some plants (e.g. chayote, sweet potato) that are more commonly started from a sprouted fruit, tuber, etc. Learn more about pests, disease, and invasive species (e.g. Japanese beetle).