Congratulations Karen Fontaine!
Master Gardener and one of our members, Karen Fontaine, spearheaded the Sesquicentennial Community Garden Project for the St. Vital Horticultural Society. Learn more about Karen’s dedication to making a vision become a reality. Read Here.
Book now for this very special outing to Gimli and area for a tour of gorgeous gardens of the Interlake. On Sunday, June 24th, the tour leaves at 9:00 a.m. sharp (please be there at 8:45 a.m.) from the parking lot west of the former Sears building at Polo Park and returns there at approximately 7:00 p.m. (Cars may be left there for the duration). There will be 5 gardens plus a final stop at Plants Plus Garden Centre in Petersfield. Guests are welcome.
MMGA members: $25.00; guests: $35.00. Purchase through Paypal online at: www.mgmanitoba.com
Or mail a cheque, made payable to Manitoba Master Gardeners Association, totalling all seats to be purchased – include everyone’s names, plus your contact number – to Interlake Bus tour: 849 Pepperloaf Crescent, Winnipeg R3R 1G5. Your seat(s) will be confirmed on receipt of your cheque for the full amount due.
Monday, June 18, 2018 – 6:30 – 8:30pm
Osborne Public Library, 625 Osborne St., Wpg., MB
Thursday, June 21, 2018 – 6:30 – 8:30pm
Louis Riel Public Library, 1168 Dakota St., Wpg., MB
Trees are essential — Learn the basics of tree care in this visual presentation by the Manitoba Master Gardener Association “Branching Out” study group with special guest Michael Allen, Viburnum Tree Care and certified ISA arborist. Educational handouts will be included.
There will be an abundance of educational handouts for registrants as well as two donated books on trees, copies of “Field Guide to the Native Trees of Manitoba” from the Canadian Forestry Service/Manitoba Natural Resources Forestry for registrants, as well as 60 copies of the Manitoba Hydro Forest Enhancement Tree Care Guide.
Maximum seating capacity is approximately 30 registrants per class for a potential audience of 60. The presentations are being promoted by Winnipeg Public Library. Each evening presentation is identical.
CBC Radio – Sunday, April 1/18
Interviewing Jeannette Adams, Master Gardener
8:40 – 8:50am – 990AM
Jeannette will explain her presentation of teaching adults how to build an interest in gardening for children.
By: Marilyn N. Dudek, Master Gardener
How does a prairie gardener become enamoured with succulents, namely tender succulents, which do not grow and survive winter outside in our climate? Approximately 20 years ago, while on European garden tours with Vancouver plantsman, Thomas Hobbs, he introduced the group to such succulents. Tom was the forerunner in growing tender succulents in one’s garden, and once introduced to them, I became ‘hooked’. Further travels to California where I visited the unbelievable greenhouse “Succulent Gardens” in the Monterey Bay area and to Arizona gave me the eye candy from the many unique beautiful genera and species of succulents, especially the non-cactus ones. I was most enthused with Echeverias, the beautiful rosettes in the succulent world. I discovered they varied in ‘petal’ shape, colour and size. As I planted more and more containers with succulents I realized that other succulent varieties, Senecio, Agave, Aeonium, Crassula and Sedum, entered into the plantings to give the containers variation in height, shape and texture. As in regular annual/perennial container planting, featuring the thriller, spiller and filler, this recipe works for succulent containers too. But as nature is not planted in perfect order, for example, succulent containers featuring all Echeverias certainly gives one the ‘wow’ factor.READ MORE
Written by Sara Williams and Bob Bors, two of western Canada’s foremost horticulturalists. This book is an encyclopaedic collection of information gained from years of practical information and combined with the most current research. From saskatoons to sea buckthorn, this book covers fruit both common and esoteric. All the information you need to select and grow fruit in places where the weather can be challenging if not downright nasty.
Learn about the latest red lily beetle control trials and what you can grow inside under lights from Sage Gardens co-owner Dave Hanson. Learn to garden inside with new lighting available in the marketplace.
