American
Rhododendron Society
ARS District One (British Columbia, Canada)
Chapter Meetings
(click on Chapter name for location and time of meeting or see complete
chapter list below
March
2010 |
| Monday,
March 1 |
Victoria Speaker: Andree Connell Topic: "Cyclamens: An Underused Companion Plant for Rhododendrons" - 7:30 pm |
Wednesday,
March 3 |
Cowichan
Valley Speaker: Ingeborg Woodworth Topic: "Invitation to an
International Symposium" to celebrate 75
years of the German Rhododendron Society.- 7:30 pm |
| Tuesday,
March 9 |
North
Island Speaker: Ron Knight Topic: “Digital Photography for Gardeners” - members are to bring their digital cameras to the meeting - 7:30 pm |
| Wednesday,
March 10 |
Mount
Arrowsmith Speaker: Ron Knight Topic: "Dwarf Rhododendrons" - 7:30 pm |
| Thursday,
March 11 |
Nanaimo Speaker: Art Lightburn Topic: "Gardens of Scotland"
- 7:30 pm |
| Wednesday,
March 17 |
Fraser
South Speaker: Mark Turner - coauthored a recent guidebook to Wildflowers of The Pacific Northwest
Topic: “Photo Composition" - 7:30 pm |
| Thursday,
March 18 |
Vancouver Speaker: Don Martyn Topic: "Magnolias" - 7:30 pm ... more |
| Monday,
March 22 |
Fraser
Valley: Speaker: Rosemary Prufer Topic: "The International Plant Propagators Society (IPPS) Conference in San Diego"- 7:30 pm |
| Tuesday,
March 23 |
Peace
Arch Speaker: Garth
Wedemire Topic: "Lu
Zhu - A Plant Collector's Passion" - 7:30 pm |
| April
2010 |
| Monday,
April 5 |
Victoria Speaker:Carmen Varcoe Topic: "Plant Expedition to Bhutan"
- 7:30 pm |
Wednesday, April 7 |
Cowichan
Valley Speaker: - 7:30 pm |
| Thursday,
April 8 |
Nanaimo Speaker: - 7:30 pm |
| Tuesday,
April 13 |
North
Island Speaker: Dany Fortin – Topic: "Botanical Beauties from China and Japan" - 7:30 pm |
| Wednesday,
April 14 |
Mount
Arrowsmith Speakers:
Marie and Al Bieberstein, our own truss Show and Plant Sale organizers Topic: "What are trusses? How to Prepare and Present Them" .- 7:30 pm |
| Thursday,
April 15 |
Vancouver Michael Hickson retired Head Gardener at Knightshayes Court,
Devon - 7:30 pm ... more |
| Wednesday,
April 21 |
Fraser
South Speaker: Doug Justice Topic "UBC Botanical Garden" - 7:30 pm |
| Monday,
April 26 |
Fraser
Valley Speaker: - 7:30 pm |
| Tuesday,
April 27 |
Peace
Arch Speaker: - 7:30 pm |
Location and Times for Monthly Chapter Meetings
Victoria
Victoria, BC, Canada
|
Meetings:
First Monday of every month
except July and August
|
Location:
Garth Homer Center,
811 Darwin Street, Victoria, BC at 7:30 PM |
Cowichan
Valley
Duncan,
Vancouver Island
|
Meetings:
First Wednesday of every month from September to May
|
Location: St.
John's Anglican Church Hall
486 Jubilee St., Duncan, British Columbia |
North
Island
Comox Valley, Campbell River and Northern Vancouver
Island |
Meetings:
Second Tuesday every month except May through August
|
Location:
United Church on Comox Avenue,
Comox, British Columbia at 7:30 PM |
Mount
Arrowsmith
Parksville, Vancouver Island |
Meetings:
Second Wednesday of every month except June, July, August and December
|
Location:
Qualicum Beach Civic Centre,
747 Jones Street,
Qualicum Beach, British Columbia at 7:30 PM |
Nanaimo
Nanaimo, Vancouver Island |
Meetings:
Second Thursday of the month from September to May |
Location:
Beban Park Recreational Centre,
2300 Bowen Road, Nanaimo, BC at 7:00 pm |
Fraser
South
Langley, BC |
Meetings:
Third Wednesday of every month from September to May |
Location:
Langley United Church, 5673 200th St.
Langley, British Columbia at 7:30 PM |
Vancouver
Vancouver, BC
|
Meetings:
Third Thursday of every month
except July, August and December
|
Location:
Floral Hall, VanDusen Botanical Garden,
37th & Oak Street, Vancouver, BC at 7:30 PM |
Fraser
Valley
Maple Ridge, BC
|
Meetings:
Fourth Monday of every month except July, August and December
|
Location:
St. Andrew's Heritage Hall,
22279 116 Ave. (off Haney Bypass),
Maple Ridge, British Columbia at 7:30 PM |
Peace
Arch
South Surrey, BC |
Meetings: Fourth
Tuesday of each month except May, July and August |
Location: Cranley
Place Hall, 2141 Cranley Drive, Surrey, British Columbia at 7:30 PM |
Meetings held in Previous Months
The
rest of the 2010 year
| January
2010 |
| Monday,
January 4 |
Victoria Speaker: Norma Senn Topic: "Kiwi Magic: Gardens of New Zealand" - 7:30 pm |
| Tuesday,
January 12 |
North
Island Gardener's Panel of Local Experts
- 7:30 pm |
| Wednesday,
January 13 |
Mount
Arrowsmith Speaker: Bill McMillan from
Victoria Topic: "New Zealand Rhodo Conferentour around New Zealand" - 7:30 pm |
Thursday,
January 14 |
NanaimoSpeakers: June Bouchard & John Deniseger Topic:"The Ups and Downs of Nepal" 7:30pm |
| Wednesday,
January 20 |
Fraser
South AGM, Elections, Awards and Dessert
Extravaganza - 7:30 pm |
| Thursday,
January 21 |
Vancouver AGM, Elections, Members’ Slides - 7:30 pm |
| Monday,
January 25 |
Fraser
Valley "A Passion For Rhododendrons"
DVD produced by the Mendocino Botanical Gardens, California
- 7:30 pm (see You Tube Video
Trailer for "A Passion For Rhododendrons") |
| Tuesday,
January 26 |
Peace
Arch Speaker: Gwen Odermatt of Petals and Butterflies garden nursery, Langley
Topic: "Design of Petals and Butterflies- a 5-acre garden featured in Steve Whysall's 2010 Garden Calendar". Also,
an introduction to "Great Plant Picks" - 7:30 pm |
| February
2010 |
| Monday, February
1 |
Victoria Leslie Drew Topic: "The Enduring Garden of the Stokers and the Simpsons" - 7:30 pm |
Wednesday,
February 3 |
Cowichan
Valley Speaker: Alan Campbell Topic: “Garden Structures” - 7:30 pm |
| Tuesday, February 9 |
North
Island Speaker: Harry Wright Topic: "Rhodo Basics" - 7:30 pm |
| Wednesday, February 10 |
Mount
Arrowsmith Speaker: |
| Wednesday, February 10 |
Nanaimo Speaker: Richard Hebda, Royal British Columbia Museum - Curator of Earth Sciences and Botnay Topic: "Facing Climate Change on our Landscape and in our Gardens" - 7:30 pm |
| Wednesday, February 17 |
Fraser
South Speaker: Dennis Bottemiller - Nursery Manager at the Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden Topic: "Plant Propagation" - 7:30 pm |
| Thursday, February
18 |
Vancouver Speaker: Dennis Bottemiller - Nursery Manager at the Rhododendron Species Botanical Garden Topic: "Nurseryman's Nirvana‘. Also Dennis will join a panel of local Rhodo experts.to address a broad range of topics relevant to the growing of Rhodos in the GVRD - 7:30 pm |
| Monday,
February 22 |
Fraser
Valley Speaker: Brenda Falk of Tanglebank Topic: "Hellebores and Their Companions" 7:30pm |
| Tuesday,
February 23 |
Peace
Arch Speaker: Gerry Gibbens Topic: "What I have learned in (almost) a Lifetime of Gardening -
landscape design as exemplified by Van Dusen Botanical Garden; combining rhodos
in the garden; watering best practices; ground covers and companion plants; rhodo
species (and hybrids) we should know better" - 7:30 pm. |
Previous Chapter Meetings
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year desired for previous Monthly Meetings: 2004,
2005, 2006,
2007,
2008 and 2009
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