My Childhood Dream to Create an Indigenous Garden – Part 1
By Elizabeth Sellors, Master Gardener An indigenous garden is one that respects the flora that evolved over millennia and that established itself prior to the introduction of European settlements. An indigenous garden is one that cares for wildlife …
Steinbach and Area Garden Club – ‘Come Grow with Us’
Here at the Steinbach and Area Garden Club, we are excited about our special Manitoba 150 “Come Grow with Us” Event that we are hosting on Saturday, April 18. This event will include presentations by local gurus, a …
A Splash of the Tropics in the Garden – About Overwintering Tropicals
by Laverne Dahlin, Master Gardener I started growing canna lilies (Cannaceae), which is not a true lily, 4 years ago when a fellow gardener gave me a rhizome of a Red King Humbert canna lily. I planted the …
Is Your Cake Baked?
MMGA Presents Thomas Hobbs – ‘Is Your Cake Baked’ Saturday, May 4, 2019 – 1pm Canadian Mennonite University Auditorium North Campus – 500 Shaftesbury Blvd., Wpg., MB Thomas Hobbs is an internationally known impresario of garden and floral …
Come Grow with Us
“Come Grow With Us” Seed Starting Presented by Gardeners Share North Saturday, March 16 @ 12 noon Gaynor Family Library Theatre 806 Manitoba Ave., Selkirk, MB Have you always wanted to start your own seeds so that you …
2018 Annual Garden Tour
Manitoba Master Gardener Association Annual Garden Tour Saturday, July 21, 2018 – 9am – 4pm Tickets: $15.00 Tickets available at: Jensen’s Nursery & Garden Centre, 2550 McGillivray Blvd., Wpg., MB Lacoste Garden Centre, 2787 St. Mary’s Rd., Wpg., …
Sesquicentennial Community Garden Project
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.
Celebrate Canada 150 – Sign Parliamentary Petition
Bunchberry (Cornus canadensis) The Bunchberry has won as the National Flower of Canada contest initiated by the Master Gardeners of Ontario! Sign the parliamentary petition for Cornus canadensis to become THE National Flower! Follow this link: Sign petition …
