Posts by Nora Boekhout

2024 Plant Competition

The Annual Plant Competition is always a great way to celebrate the coming end of summer! Here were our three...

August Meeting

It was an exciting meeting, with the focal point being, of course, our Annual Plant Competition! Nonetheless, we kept up...

Honeybees, Types of Honey, Beeswax and Other Products from the Hive by Winston Wong

It was very sweet (pun intended!) to have Winston Wong give a second presentation to our club, this time on...

July Meeting

July Meeting

What lovely summer days to enjoy our beautiful plants! It was so nice to get together and discuss our gardens. ...

All Season Herbal Apothecary Garden by Ana Dushyna

    Thank you to Melanie for providing the photos and write-up for our wonderful June Speaker! I’m sure the...

June Meeting

The June meeting looks like it was another fun one…  sorry I had to miss it! Thank you to Melanie...

May Meeting

Welcome May! April showers bring May… errr… MORE showers! Well, “some” sunny days at least! We had an enjoyable meeting...

The Geraniaceae Family by Marilyn Holt

Marilyn Holt from Buckerfields certainly knows her Geraniaceae family! She showed us more of these flowers than most of us...

April 2024 Meeting

It was a double-barreled extravaganza this month… choosing your “sure to win” Competition Plants AND the Silent Auction! Both activities...

Flora of Five Deserts in South Africa by Ron Long

Our speaker, Ron Long, has been devoted to photographing native BC plants for 50+ years.  After retirement, however, his travels...