Sustainable Edible Gardening in Alberta, A Growing Movement

The Edmonton Horticultural Society Speaker Series present this Zoom Event. Growing edibles sustainably regardless of whether you are growing in a large farm, home garden, community garden plot or a few containers on the patio or balcony have many common requirements of the grower. It’s not about just growing to feed yourselves now; but it…

Gardening with Irene Parlby, A Heritage Garden

Alix Wagon Wheel Museum Presents a Zoom: Take a journey with Irene Parlby as she talks about her 1935 garden experiences on the drought locked prairies pre-garden centres. Irene is remembered as a member of the Famous 5/Persons Case.  She was also a gardener! Presented by Verne Williams of VMW Gardener and "Garden Sages". Tuesday, April…

Planet & People Friendly Backyards

Planet & People Friendly Backyards - Caring for our planet and people starts right in our own backyards learn how with Claudia Bolli Caring for our planet and people starts right in our own backyards. With carefully selected edible, medicinal and native plants, we can create a garden sanctuary that heals and feeds us while providing…

Cypripedium Culture. Lady Slipper Orchids

 Join Shawn Hillis on growing Lady Slipper Orchids in Western Canadian gardens. The distinctive flowers of Cypripedium and other Lady Slipper Orchids are marked by the inflated slipper or shoe-shaped lip.  The name Cypripedium is derived from Kypris, the Greek goddess of love and beauty, the Latin word pedis meaning “foot” the Greek word pedilon meaning “slipper”.   There are about 58…

MGAA – Creating Beauty Through Texture, with Elaine Rude

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…

Diseases of Landscape Trees

On Thurs May 20 at Noon (Eastern) join Drs. Nicholas Brazee, Univ of Massachusetts Extension & Cameron McIntire, USDA Forest Service, as they discuss tree-related diseases of importance that arborists & urban foresters may encounter during the 2021 growing season. Special discussion will be given to diseases of conifers, including Eastern White Pine. Attend live & receive Free ISA/MCA CEU's by…

Mapping & Spatial Data Applications for Arborists: A Continuing Discussion

Join Dr. Forrest Bowlick, Univ of Massachusetts, noon Eastern, as he returns to the broadcast to continue the discussion about the science & practice of digital map-making, and spatial data applications for arborists & urban foresters.  Attend live & receive Free ISA/MCA CEU's by clicking here or by visitingwww.joinwebinar.com & entering: 836-823-787

Northern Alberta Event

George Pegg Botanical Garden Tour Sunday, June 13, 2021 at noon  56015 Range Road 43, Lac Ste. Anne County, 2.5 km north of Highway 43 Glenevis, Alberta Did you know that the George Pegg Garden was Alberta's first garden to be designated as a Historic Resource? Join your fellow Master Gardeners on an exclusive guided tour…

MGAA: Botanical Art Show with Artist Janet Kan

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…