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
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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