Past Events / Presentations
This presentation was recorded on March 3, 2025 and available to watch on YouTube.
Jacqueline Cassel-Cramer has graciously consented to sharing her presentation Project Management (PM) fo Garden Projects Presentation Video and Handouts.
Invasive Plants Interview with Master Gardeners Linda Dietrick & Lynne McCarthy on CTV News (August 21, 2024).
Martha Barwinsky has graciously given permission to share her Nov. 20, 2024 event recording.
Did you miss our April 1, 2023 Invasive Ornamentals educational event? Click on the links for video recordings of the three speakers’ presentations, their PowerPoint slides, and the handout “What Not to Plant in Manitoba.” These are found on the
New Trees for Manitoba
Well-known plant breeder Rick Durand has kindly given us permission to share this detailed list of new tree introductions for Manitoba, which he presented at the Manitoba Horticultural Association annual general meeting in March 2023. Some of the trees are currently available, while others will be coming onto the market in the next few years.
Pre-2023
KISS THE GROUND – our Planet, our Community, our Gardens
Handouts (.pdf):
Dr. Linda-Chalker Scott – The Definitive Guide to Gardening Sustainably in Today’s Back Yard
Linda Chalker-Scott, was the keynote speaker at the MMGA 2017 Annual General Meeting.
Lyndon Penner – The Amazing Dandelion
At a Manitoba Horticultural Association Convention in Killarney, MB, in January 2017, author Lyndon Penner gave a unique presentation on the dandelion If you missed it, Lyndon has graciously shared the notes of his presentation with the MMGA.
Friends of the Earth Canada is pleased to publish A Flower Patch for the Rusty-Patched Bumblebee and Other Native Pollinators in the Greater Toronto Area, working with authors Lorraine Johnson and Sheila Colla, illustrator Ann Sanderson, and the City of Toronto to make this resource available.
A Flower Patch for the Rusty-Patched Bumblebee provides powerful tools for taking action to support and protect native bees by creating habitat where we live, work and gather as communities. There is much that needs to be done to protect bees, but growing a flower patch is one action we can all take now to make a positive difference.
Two presentations, given by Sean James, Chair of Landscape Ontario’s Environmental Stewardship Committee and a Master Gardener, at the Manitoba Landscape Nursery Association February conference GROW.
Talk Dirty: Soil, and the things living in it.