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Upcoming Events

19 Feb 2023;
01:00PM - 04:00PM
February In Person and Zoom Meeting featuring Barbara Cooper & Bella Seiden: Flora of the Turkish Silk Road
12 Mar 2023;
01:00PM - 04:00PM
March Meeting featuring Susan Chater: Botanizing in New Zealand
16 Apr 2023;
01:00PM - 04:00PM
April Meeting Featuring Carole and Ian Bainbridge: A Garden from Scratch - The Development of our Galloway Garden since 2010

What's New!

  • Toronto Botanical Garden: Get the Jump on Spring and Seedy Saturday
  • Public Clematis Webinar Feb 1, 2023
  • NARGS Annual Conference and AGM June 8-11, 2023
  • NARGS Rocks: Small Woodies Conference - January 14, 2023
  • Alpine Garden Society Zoom Lectures Open to Non-members

Plant of the Month

Helleborus_niger_Praecox

Pinus contorta var. latifolia
‘Chief Joseph’

Toronto Botanical Gardens

Our in person meeting are held at the TBG

Speakers

Elisabeth Zander

Bio:  While working in the propagation department at White Flower Farm in the mid 80’s, Elisabeth was introduced to the wonders of rock
gardening by some of the greats in the Connecticut chapter of NARGS.

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Geir Moen

Bio:   Geir Moen lives about 70 km northeast of Oslo, Norway. He has been passionate about plants from his childhood when his grandmother taught him how to sow and grow annuals.

Read more: Geir Moen

Ger van den Beuken

Bio:  Ger runs a small nursery, specializing rare alpines in the Netherlands. His interest in alpines started about 35 years ago, during his first treks in the mountains.

Read more: Ger van den Beuken

Harry Jans

Harry Jans has been employed since 1982 by the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment as an expert on Winter Maintenance.

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Ian Young

Ian Young has had a lifelong interest in plants and, along with his wife Margaret, has developed a well-stocked garden in Aberdeen. Over more than forty years the

Read more: Ian Young

Inge Poot

As she describes it, Inge Poot has been gardening all her life. Since her marriage 55 years ago to Peter, her life has revolved around orchids.

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Jamie Ellison

Jamie Ellison instructs in the Landscape Horticulture Technology Program at the Nova Scotia Community College, Kingstec Campus in Kentville, NS.

Read more: Jamie Ellison

Jay Akerley

Jay Akerley is a rock and alpine gardening enthusiast with gardens in both Greater Vancouver and high on the Thompson Plateau in BC's Interior.

Read more: Jay Akerley

Jenny Wainwright-Klein

Jenny grew up in Zambia.She qualified as a horticulturist in South Africa and moved to the UK to work at Kew Garden.

Read more: Jenny Wainwright-Klein

Jerry Kral

Bio:  Jerry and Karen Kral garden on an acre of land in Rochester, NY. Their garden, which is one of the most 'visited' in the area, includes a 12,000 square foot rock garden.

Read more: Jerry Kral

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Speaker List

  • Anna Leggatt
  • Barbara Cooper & Bella Seiden
  • Bill McNamara
  • Carole and Ian Bainbridge
  • Chris Gardner
  • Cliff Booker
  • Colleen Cirillo
  • Darren Heimbecker
  • David Sellars
  • Deborah Hardwick
  • Elisabeth Zander
  • Geir Moen
  • Ger van den Beuken
  • Harry Jans
  • Ian Young
  • Inge Poot
  • Jamie Ellison
  • Jay Akerley
  • Jenny Wainwright-Klein
  • Jerry Kral
  • Jim Jermyn
  • Jiri Papousek
  • John Lonsdale
  • John Mitchell
  • Julia Corden
  • Kenton Seth
  • Kevin Kavanagh
  • Laura Grant
  • Lisa Roper
  • Liz Knowles
  • Malcolm McGregor
  • Marilyn Cornwell
  • Marion Jarvie
  • Martin Galloway
  • Martin Hajman
  • Matt Mattus
  • Mike Bone
  • Miriam Goldberger
  • Nick Courtens
  • Panayoti Kelaidis
  • Paul Spriggs
  • Paul Zammit
  • Peter Korn
  • Peter Zale
  • René Giguère
  • Robert Pavlis
  • Sharon and John Bowler
  • Susan Chater
  • Todd Boland
  • Tom Freeth
  • Tony Reznicek
  • Virginia Hildebrandt
  • Wolfegang Bonham
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