Sunday, June 26, 2011

Art and Music at Glendale Gardens

View Royal Garden Club Annual Fall Show


View Royal Garden Club Annual Fall Show
Shoreline Community School
Saturday, September 17, 2011 at 1:00 pm

2750 Shoreline Drive Victoria Map to Shoreline Community School
Annual Fall Show by members of the View Royal Garden Club Info. 250-478-5880 Admission: $5.00 includes refreshments and door prizes.

Summer Pruning & Workshops

Summer Pruning & Workshops

Royal Roads University

Saturday, July 16, 2011 at 10:00 am


2005 Sooke Road Victoria Map to Royal Roads UniversityBC Fruit Testers Association present a workshop at Royal Roads Orchard. Bring your pruners for hands on experience on different fruit trees. Workshops 12:30-1:30

  • Budding
  • Maintaining Your Fruit Trees

Bring a lunch! Follow signs to the Mews Pay parking.
Information: Barrie Agar barrie.agar@royalroads.ca or Ann Aylard tel 250 656 0815


Water Garden Tour

Water Garden Tour

Self-guided Garden Tour

Saturday, July 9, 2011 at 10:00 am


For the Love of Africa Society will be holding their fifth annual Water Garden Tour of some of Victoria’s finest water gardens.
Tickets for the self-guided tour are $25 and will be available May 17th at most Victoria garden centres. Information: www.fortheloveofafrica.org or (250) 891-0762.

Summer Scentsation Garden Show & Plant Sale

Saturday, June 25, 2011 at 10:00 am

Summer Scentsation Garden Show & Plant Sale

James Bay Community Centre
140 Oswego Street


Annual show of the Victoria Lily Society. Highlights include a display of early summer garden flowers and ornamental lilies, floral arrangements, flower arranging demonstrations, and a general plant sale (to include potted lilies).
Entries by the general public are welcome for both the judged competitions and the non-judged displays.

Admission is by donation.

An elegant afternnoon tea will be available for $5.00.

Saturday, February 12, 2011

Thimble Farms Hellaborganza








Thimble Farms Hellebore page



Helleborganza Event Page


Fraser's Thimble Farm
175 Arbutus Road
Salt Spring Island B.C.
V8K 1A3

Phone/fax 250-537-5788

email thimfarm@telus.net

Seedy Saturday

Victoria's premier networking and educational event for gardeners of all abilities! Join us at the first gardening event of the year that features:

  • open-pollinated, organic, heritage and unique vegetable and flower seeds for sale direct from the growers
  • specialty and native plants, perennials, bulbs, bamboos, rare trees, succulents
  • vegetable seedlings
  • small fruits, fruit and nut trees
  • products from and for the garden
  • cheese, fish, eggs, preserves, local produce, flowers, herbs
  • mason bee boxes, honey, books
  • garden club and non-profit displays and demonstrations
  • Master Gardeners

Bring your own saved seeds to donate or trade at the Seed Exchange. Seeds should be cleaned, packaged in clear bags, and labelled with the variety and year saved.

The Free Speaker Presentations are one hour in length. Seating is limited, so be sure to come early for the topic of your choice. Click here for details.

The Kids' Space will offer simple activities supervised by Victoria Compost Education Centre volunteers; parents stay with their children. Hours: 10am - 2pm..

Seedy Cafe offers snacks, beverages and light lunches from 11am - 2pm