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  • Companion planting, garden management, and garden design

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    Soil CareLetting a garden bed lie vacant (fallow)

  • Leaving a vegetable bed vacant

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    Oct 2022 I want to leave one of my large vegetable beds ‘vacant’ for now to give it a rest. What is the best way to do this? If I understand this correctly, you want to give the bed a rest but don’t leave it empty! By leaving soil empty you run the risk of…

  • Ornamental Plants

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    Container Plantings Ornamental Edibles Perennials Flowering Heathers: Can I grow heathers in pots? Foliage Pond Shrubs and trees Flowering Rhododendrons. Remove spent flower spikes? Foliage

  • Ornamental plants in containers

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    Oct 2022 What kinds of ingredients should be considered when preparing for ornamental plants in a container? Please provide any hacks you may have for container gardening. We all like some cheer at our front doors or on our patios. There are some simple do’s and don’ts when planting up containers. When planting up a…

  • Golden Trowel Award Winner

    Golden Trowel Award Winner

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    Congratulations to the MGABC 2023 Golden Trowel Award recipients. This year was an unexpected one as we had two deserving winners. Congratulations to Birthe Miller from the Prince George Chapter and Rachael Fleming, the Okanagan Chapter. Please stay tuned for more information on our Golden Trowel award winners for this year. But to start a…

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    Atlantis Image Test

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  • You Asked Us (Old)

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    We get a lot of questions at our garden clinics and don’t always have the time or the tools to give full answers, but we take note of the questions and research some of them later. This collection of questions and fully researched answers dates back several years. You can browse through the categories below,…

  • Winter Blooms

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    Were it not for the introduction of plants from around the world—from China, Japan, and Korea in East Asia; from the Himalayas; and from Europe—Vancouver’s plants would look rather drab in January. After all, a young ginkgo tree I saw (below)was showing only promise in its stubby spurs. The only native plant I found flowering…

  • A is for Apple

    A is for Apple

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    Apple Trees (Malus domestica) Many fruit trees thrive for West Coast home gardeners to plant, pick and enjoy – apple, apricot, avocado, cherry, citrus (lemon, lime, orange), fig, pear, persimmon, plum, peach, and quince as well as some nut-bearing trees such as hazelnuts and walnuts. All trees that flower produce ‘fruit’ but for home gardeners,…

  • BECOMING A MASTER GARDENER

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    What is a Master Gardener and what does a Master Gardener do? Master Gardeners combine a passion for gardening and the dedication to share their knowledge with the community. As part of an international, non-profit organization, all Master Gardeners are volunteers and participate in many venues: Gardening events, seminars, fairs, plant sales, nursery clinics Workshops,…