Jan 2- Garden Art and Whimsy

Garden Art and Whimsy

Guest Speaker - Jan Wilshaw - Gardener and Fundy Garden Member.

Slide show of Jan's presentation Click here
Note: Due to size It maybe slow and format has been changed to PDF

Garden Ideas:

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Forcing Bulbs -George Scott

Forcing Bulbs

George Scott owner of Scott's Nursery Ltd located on
2192 Route 102 in Lincoln, NB just outside Frederiction
Scott’s have been growing quality plants serving the New Brunswick
and surrounding areas for over 80 years.

Octobers Guest Speaker Niki Jabbour

Niki Jabbour, author of The Year-Round Vegetable Gardener, is a food gardener and garden writer who lives near Halifax, Nova Scotia. Her articles have appeared in Canadian Gardening, Garden Making, Gardens East, The Heirloom Gardener, and other publications. She is the host of The Weekend Gardener, a call-in radio show that airs throughout the Maritime provinces on News 95.7 FM and www.news957.com, and she blogs at www.yearroundveggiegardener.blogspot.com. Her garden boasts over 40 heirloom vegetables and herbs that keep her family eating fresh food year-round.



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Garden Tour Year End Party

Fundy Gardeners 
Garden Tour Year End Party
Brunswick Nurseries
Sunday Sept 9th
4pm Shopping Spree and tour
5pm BBQ  Members are encouraged to bring derserts
 Special  Duncan discounts will apply.

Aug 29,2012

No schulduled Garden Tour August 29,2012.

Remember Altantic National Exhibition Flower Show in Saint John.

Member's  Night Sept 5,2012

Garden Tour August 22,2012 ,Dunham's Wharf Vineyard

This weeks tour is at the 35 Gorhams Bluff Road,Kingston
, NB,. Dunham's Wharf Vineyard sits on 22 acres of prime vineyard land and offers wine lovers a genuine winery experience.
Dedicated to producing some of the region’s finest hand harvested wines from our mature vines dating from 2000. Owned by Tony Rickett  and with The Oenologist/Viticulturalist - Ramsey Khairallah

 Tony was our guest speaker in October 2011. A free tour of the vin yards but if you wish a wine tasting the cost is only five dollars.




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Garden Tour Aug 15,2012

The week's tour is at the home of

Dick and Ruth Maxwell

46 Green Road , Rothesay

Tour starts at  6:30 p.m.

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Garden Tour August 8

Martha Crabbe - 4 Carter's Road Westfeild (Kingston Peninsula).
763-2081 Starts at 6:00 P.M.

Both directions Quispamsis and Westfield.

Quispamsis Route.

Gondola PT Arterial/NB-119 N

	1. Head northwest on Gondola PT Arterial/​NB-119 N
		99 m
	2. Take the Rte 845 NB Gondola Point NB ferry to Clifton Royal
		600 m
	3. Continue straight onto Ferry Ramp
		110 m
	4. Turn left onto NB-845 E (signs for Grand Bay-Westfield)
		5.0 km
	5. Turn right onto Williams Rd
		6.4 km
	6. Turn left onto NB-845 W
		12.4 km
	7. Turn left onto Carters Point Rd
		1.8 km

Carters Point Rd Westfield, NB

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 Westfield Ferry Route

This route includes a ferry.- more info »

Westfield NB Hardings Point NB

	1. Head northeast on Westfield NB Hardings Point NB toward Harding Point Landing Rd
		550 m
	2. Continue straight onto Harding Point Landing Rd
		1.5 km
	3. Continue straight onto NB-845 E
		4.0 km
	4. Turn right onto Carters Point Rd
		1.8 km

Carters Point Rd Westfield, NB

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Weds Aug 1 meeting

Garth Nickerson Nursery/Tree Fruit Specialist will be talking about fruit trees.

Garden Tour July 25,2012

830 Cherry Tree Lane - Mark & Alison Hannah

819 Cherry Tree Lane - Diana & John fowler

971 Duck Cove Lane - Bruce & Cathy Stringer

It would be best if members were to drive into Seawood Lane , turn left into the rear parking lot of Seawood School and proceed through the pathway to Cherry Tree Lane. they can then choose to go to Diana's first or Alison's first, then on down to Bruce's and end up back at Alison's for refreshments


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Garden Tours July 18th and July 22-2012

July 18th  Lynn Lemont  299 Norris Road, Saint John.
(Big flower pot at the beginning of driveway).

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St. Martins Tour

Jane Leblanc 2309 Route 111

Nancy Sears -4 p.m. Drinks and Desert served ,

Garden Tour July 8 and 11





 Sundays Tour July 8th

Carolyn Burke

51 Gondola Point Road Rothesay

 (Parking at the Catholic Church up the street)

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Weds Evening- July 11,2012-
Emma May Weissendener
2418 Rothesay Road,Rothesay
Parking at the Bottom of Dundin Road or East Riverside Park (a short walk up the path)


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Dupont isn't just about Nylons (Longwood Gardens) July 4,2012

Fundy Gardeners Member Brian Hudson with be speaking about.

Longwood Gardens Consists of 1,077-plus acre 20 outdoor gardens and 20 indoor gardens within 4.5 acres (18,200 m²) of heated greenhouses, known as conservatories.It contains 11,000 different types of plants and trees, as well as fountains. The Gardens also has extensive educational programs including a tuition-free two-year school of professional horticulture, a graduate program, and extensive internships. It hosts 800 horticultural and performing arts events each year, from flower shows, gardening demonstrations, courses, and children's programs to concerts, organ and carillon recitals, musical theatre, fountain shows, and fireworks displays. It also hosts an extensive Christmas light display during the holiday season.

Longwood's conservatory is one of the world's greatest greenhouse structures. The conservatory alone is home to 5,500 types of plants.

June 27th Garden Tour

This weeks Garden tour is at the home of

Elaine Hopper and Jack Brien

35 Grove Ave, Rothesay, NB


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Sunday's Garden Tour June 24th

June 24th Garden Tour
Grace & George Venkatarangam
325 Model Farm Road Quispamsis

June 24 th tour is a a go no rain delay

Weds June 20th Garden Tour

This week's Garden tour June 20th is at the home of  Peter & Lynn Kinsella (Honeysuckle Edge)

1954 Rothesay Rd.  Rothesay - 849-3706

Garden Tour Weds June 13th

This weeks Garden Tour Weds June 13th is at the home of


Jim & Jocelyn Russell

101 Appleby Drive,Rothesay,N.B.

849-4013

THE BIG DIG

In view of the current weather (pouring rain and cold) and the forecast (pouring rain and cold), the Big Dig will be moved to tomorrow – Sunday, June 10th – same time, same place. For those dedicated gardeners who don’t mind getting mud on their boots and believe that the very best time to move a plant is in the rain, you are still welcome to come today but helpers, advisors and food will only be available tomorrow. I wil be happy to provide hot tea and coffee in the “foyer” and lighten your wallet.

Pat McKinney

If your looking for something to do in the rain

Rhodo Weekend: Lecture: Rhododendrons & Azaleas: Well-known photographer and rhododendron enthusiast FREEMAN PATTERSON discusses his favourite varieties, planting tips, and cultural methods. We have a great collection of beautiful and interesting rhodos and azaleas to offer you.

Saturday mornings at 10am, rain or shine.

Kristl Walek-Gardens North,June's Guest Speaker

Kristl Walek is the owner of Gardens North, a Canadian seedhouse offering an eclectic mix of perennial and woody seed as well as fern spores.
In 1992 Kristl gave up a civil law practice in Ottawa to start Gardens North as a humble, small dining-room operation with the seed of plants from her own backyard. Since then the business has grown to international proportions; as of 2012 sales are in over 40 countries and still growing. A high proportion of the seed she sells is wild collected. She moved from the Ottawa Valley to Annapolis Royal 3 years ago, where she continues to run the business.
Kristl is considered one of the leading experts on seed germination and has written and lectured on the topic to many international organizations. She was a contributor to Norm Deno’s “Seed Germination and Theory” and in 1998 was the 1st recipient of the NARGS Geoffrey Charlesworth writing prize for her article on seed collecting, cleaning and storage. She is currently in the final stages of a book about the propagation of eastern Canadian native plants from seed.
Kristl describes herself as being one of those fortunate individuals who has been able to earn a living doing the thing she loves most.

Website: http://www.gardensnorth.com/

Facebook: Gardens North Seed

Halifax Seed

Attention Fundy gardeners! We got a deal for you!

Starting Wednesday, May 2nd we are giving extra savings to our Fundy Gardener shoppers.
When you buy 3 packages of spring bulbs get your 4th (of equal or lesser value) free!
And this is on top of your 15% off!

All that is required is that you have a current garden club member card present
Only valid on in-store stock, not on special orders. Sorry!
Sale will end Saturday, May 19th

Stay tuned for Junes Fundy Gardener special..

From The Girls at the Front Counter
Paul Robichaud
Halifax Seed
506-633-2032
506-632-9340 (F)
paul@halifaxseed.ca




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John Armstong: Dahlia and Gladiola Expert

May's guest speaker will be John Armstrong
Growing  Dahlia Culture And Cultivation

Gardeners from many countries have chosen to grace their homes, landscapes, and garden plots with dahlias, one of the longest blooming flowers in cultivation. No doubt, many reasons exist for their choice. While many grow dahlias solely as a decorative planting, others are more interested in artistic arrangement and cut flowers. For decorative landscaping; they may use them as focal points in the home garden where they may select a plant that possesses a huge bloom, 12 inches or more in diameter, and thereby create a conversation piece. Still, others may concentrate on border plantings (12 inches or so in height) or mass planting of one variety for a special effect. Some find additional uses by using the dahlia for screens where the selected variety is crucial. The landscaping potential is great and the few above examples serve mainly to pique the imagination. In one home garden, the gardener has successfully groomed a small growing dahlia waterlily formation to cascade to the ground near his pool. The number of possibilities abounds including patio dahlias that are specially grown in ornamental troughs, pots, and tubs.

Also check out the The American Dahlia Society on web.

Glen Peters--- April's Guest Speaker

Some birds fly south in the winter but where do to the Fundy Gardeners Go ??

Some members go to Africa

Freeman Patterson

The attached photo was made in 2011 in a mountain desert wilderness in the extreme northwest corner of South Africa, close to where I was sleeping on a rock. I'll be going back there this year. The tree is a "kokerboom" or "quiver tree," Aloe Dichotoma, so called because the Bushmen used the rubber-like bark to make the quivers for their arrows. It's habitat is very restricted - just about 300 km. north and south of the Orange river, which forms the border between South Africa and Namibia. I made the photograph at sunrise, when the sun had just cleared the mountain range behind me and the first red rays of the sun were striking the mountainside to the west. You can see other quiver trees in the distance.

Some memmbers go to Flordia

Jackie and Brian Hudson

2012 03 03 Osceola Master gardeners visit to Melbourne Plant Show and Gardens



March's Guest Speaker

This months guest speaker will be Dr. Katherine A. Frego.Professor and 3M National Teaching Fellow,Dept. of Biology, University of New Brunswick.

Her topic will be on POSITIVE bug/plant interactions – basically roles bugs can play, including some that may be unexpected. 

February's Guest Speaker Jude Carson-Community Garden Project

Jude Carson is a retired writer and keen gardener.

 While she was writing, gardening was one of her main subjects. It was also during that time that she and other interested people conceived the idea of the Greater Saint John Community Garden. She'll tell us about the beginning days and the status of the Garden today, still thriving in its 13th year, and bring photos to show its progress.

What is the Community Garden Project The Greater Saint John Area Community Garden (G.S.J.C.G.) is a volunteer project working with the Leisure Services Department of the City of Saint John. It was established to provide an opportunity for citizens to have a place to garden. The Community Garden is located on the former site of the Rockwood Elementary School.

Meeting place is at regular meeting location - New Date Feb-8