Special Interest Groups

Fruit & Veggie Group

 For details

Bill Spriggs: 477-9834 or

 Dianne: 744-4113

Hardy Plant Group

Betty: 388-6165

Native Plant Group

Heather: 479-4175

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Victoria Horticultural Society

Box 5081, Station B

Victoria, British Columbia, V8R 6N3

Established in 1921 

 

"Share what you know,  Show what you grow"

VHS Executive 

Meets on 4th Thursday 

of the month at the 

Garth Homer Centre. 

at 7:15 pm

CONTACT US!

If you have any suggestions that will benefit VHS, we would like to know them.

They will be addressed at the next Executive Meeting. 

Please ensure to include your name, telephone number and/or email address.

Share what you know, show what you grow!

Victoria Horticultural Society Benefits:

Our members enjoy the following benefits:

Monthly meetings feature expert speakers, workshops,

a plant stall, an excellent gardening library, advice from knowledgeable gardeners and the opportunity to visit open gardens over the course of the year.

In springtime, there is a fertilizer sale offering premium quality products. 

 VHS members also enjoy discounts at numerous retail garden shops in the greater Victoria Area.

"Gardenry", the VHS Newsletter is published monthly and is full of useful information.

Now you can elect to receive the newsletter by email, and it's in full colour!

Join the VHS

 

Victoria Horticultural Society meets on the first Tuesday of the month at 7:30pm

 

 at the Garth Homer Centre, 813 Darwin Avenue in Saanich

(extra parking at Saanich Municipal Hall parking lot). 

There are no meetings held in the months of January and August.

 

 

Next Meeting is ......... Tuesday October 7th 2008 at 7:30p.m.

 

 

Carol Pope’s Eco-friendly Checklist 

Carol gave Carolyn Herriot permission for us to reprint her article here.

Go to it now

Have you recently changed your email address?

If you have changed your email address AND you were receiving the email version of the newsletter, please ensure the VHS is aware, so you won't miss a copy!

Click here to email our membership organiser Dick - please provide at least your name, phone and new email address.

You can also use that link to inform us of any other changes, eg. mailing address, phone etc

Also, please help save the VHS nearly $15 per year for your newsletter....... 

email Dick to change the delivery of your newsletter from post to downloading it. 

We save money and you receive it faster than mail and it's in colour too!

Garry Oak Ecosystems Recovery Team

The Garry Oak Ecosystems Recovery Team (GOERT) have launched their new gardener's handbook on native plant gardening in Garry Oak ecosystems. 

  

To preview or download the book, go to www.goert.ca under 

'at home and in your community/the Garry Oak gardener'. 

October meeting

 

Exploring Landscape Design - Theory, Practice + Examples

 

Description: An illustrated lecture designed to provoke thought and creativity in regards to landscape design. Details of design theory, landscape construction process and good results will be explored in a 30 minute presentation with time for questions.
 
Speaker: Michael Dingle, CEO of LANDECA, is a Victoria based landscape designer and contractor. His firm is involved in landscape design and build projects that vary in size and scope from small residential projects to large scale commercial work.

 

 

 

Geoff Johnson vegetable information

 

As promised at Geoff Johnson's June presentation, here is more information about vegetable growing

 

Click here to go to the page