Events & Workshops
What’s
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Check out what’s happening at the Garden:
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FEBRUARY
Pruning II
NEW DATE: MARCH 8 – ROBERTS CREEK
This hands-on workshop has been postponed until March 8 and will take place in Roberts Creek. Attendance is limited to 12 participants – pre-registration is required.
You’ll have the chance to watch Cheryl and try your own hand at some tree and shrub pruning. This workshop will take place outdoors so please dress for the weather.
Members: $10, non-members: $15.
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March
Gardening for Wildlife
Thursday, March 6, 2025 – 7 pm
Most people on the Sunshine Coast enjoy living in a region where we can easily access nature by walking the beaches and paths of local parks or kayaking in protected inlets. Encountering birds and other wildlife during these outdoor excursions can be an uplifting experience that improves our mood for days.
To experience more of the happiness that viewing birds in their natural habitat can engender, why not invite them into our yards by providing the four elements that all living beings require: food, water, shelter, and space.
Instead of being brief visitors at a feeding station, birds will make
their homes close to your home where you can observe their everyday behaviour.
In this slide talk, Harry Hill will explain how by adding more and varied native plants to your garden you can attract a wider variety of birds, bees, and butterflies. It’s not hard to do, and you can do a little or a lot.
Using nature as a guide, you can choose plants that are useful and necessary to wildlife instead of plants that have no connection or usefulness in our local
environment.
Members $15; Non-Members $20
Tickets: https://revenue-can.keela.co/gardening-for-wildlife-with-harry-hill or phone our office 604-740-3969
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March
Soil Health – Jordan Mara, Mind and Soil
Tuesday, March 18, 2025 – 7 pm
The Garden is excited to welcome Jordan Mara of Mind and Soil to the Garden! Jordan will lead a presentation on determining soil health and what you can do to create the optimal conditions for growing your garden.
Jordan has amassed a large social media following comprised of those who seek to learn more about gardening, and the therapeutic benefits gardens can offer to support mental health. Follow @MindandSoil on Instagram.
Watch this video to learn more about Jordan and his journey to mental wellbeing.
Members $15; Non-Members $20. Pre-registration is required.
Tickets: https://revenue-can.keela.co/soil-health-with-jordan-mara or phone our office 604-740-3969
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March
Seed Starting with Mel Sylvestre
Sunday, March 23, 2025 – 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
The Garden is thrilled to welcome back Mel Sylvestre of Grounded Acres Organic Farm for an informative session on seed starting vegetable crops!
Mel will share info and tips that you can take away to implement in your garden. They will touch on what can be grown successfully in our Sunshine Coast climate, the correct timing for indoor starting and outdoor direct sowing, optimum soil conditions, the best tools to use, and recommended fertilizers.
Admission: Members $15; Non-Members $20
Tickets: https://revenue-can.keela.co/seed-starting-with-mel-sylvestre or phone our office 604-740-3969
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MaY
Plant Sale!
Sunday, May 4, 2025 – 10:00 am – 1:00 pm
Our annual plant sale fundraiser returns!
Choose from a wide variety of perennials, trees, and shrubs.
Volunteers will be on hand to offer advice and help you select the right plant for the right place.
Please park in the main parking lot and walk to the Plant Nursery.
Further details still to come.