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Creating texture in a garden can be a challenge for gardeners including the most experienced ones. Texture is rather an amorphous quality generating questions of: what is it really; why are some plants considered textural and not others and, how do you put plants together to create interest? While we often think of texture as…

Join Janet Kan for a Botanical garden tour through her art. Join Janet as she shares her experiences and experiments with oil, ink and various pencil techniques to try and capture the beauty in life and nature. While this discussion focuses largely on botanicals, there are a few other pieces such as landscapes and birds…

Hot and Dry. Join Elaine Rude as she explores the ways plants handle drought. Plants are no strangers to dealing with stressful conditions. The multiple 30+ C days this summer forced plants to enlist a number of strategies to cope with drought and heat. What mechanisms do plants use to survive these stressors and how…

Join us for our Fall Symposium on getting back to the basics of gardening, grounded in science. The digital world bombards us with gardening trends, current and not-so current fads. How to sort fact from fiction is challenging. Join the MGAA as we explore gardening practices that are Grounded in Science. Join Robert Pavlis, of…

Planting solutions for a dry land with Joanna Tschudy. Calgary can be a tough place to garden- heavy clay soils, short growing season, cold nights, midsummer hailstorms, sporadic rainfall, hungry wildlife- these are just some of the challenges unique to our high and dry climate. Xeriscaping and water-wise gardening bring solutions and balance. Learn what…

Join author, arborist and tree guru Kevin Lee, the 'Tree Whisperer' as he talks 'trees'. Kevin Lee, a student of Dr Alex Shigo, has been an arborist in Calgary since the 80s and runs a holistic tree service, krltreeeservice.com . He is the author of , Your trees, what they want you to know, a…

Join Latifa Pelletier-Ahmed, from ALCLA Native Plants, for a talk on growing Native Grasses. There has been much interest in growing native flowers, shrub and trees, however native grasses haven't had much attention. Let Latifia be your guide of the beauty of the humble grass and growing them in our gardens. Eventbrite Tickets

Join Yaro Horachek on a trek through Kyrgyzstan in search of native plants. Come join Yaro Horachek for a photo-rich travel documentary describing his alpine seed collecting trips through Eastern Asia. The plants are unique and the mountainous views are stunning. Yaro is a knowledgeable alpine gardener and great story teller describing his adventures through…

Exploring the 'heavy' side of soil with Mike Dorion Lets dive into the nitty gritty of the soil and what is actually happening down there. We will get up close and personal with the microbes in our soils and leave with an understanding of their roles. If we can understand how to support them then…

Seeds are Sexy! Seeds are really just sexual propagation, but they are ‘sexy’, as in ‘the rage’, these days. Forget buying seedlings from the stores….we can grow our own. This talk will focus on: the botany of seeds; techniques for breaking dormancy; sowing and growing to seedling stage indoors and outside; savings seeds and storage.…

Insect Pests and Their Natural Enemies with Scott Meer, Insect pests can cause havoc on farmers crops and urban gardens. In the past the common approach has been to reach for insecticides but increasingly both farmers and urban gardeners have been partnering with mother nature to help with control. Natural enemies of insects can be…