Tag: Okanagan
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Raised Bed Gardening Workshop at the Kelowna Library (February 2025)
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Raised Bed Gardening Workshop Discover the secrets of affordable raised-bed gardening! Join the Okanagan Master Gardeners for an engaging and educational workshop on building and maintaining raised-bed gardens. Whether you’re […]
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Gardening Answer Clinic (Ask a Master Gardener) at Penticton Seedy Saturday 2025
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The Okanagan Master Gardeners will host a Gardening Answer Clinic (Ask a Master Gardener) at the Penticton Seedy Saturday 2025 event. Join the Incredible Edible Penticton Society for the annual […]
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Seed Saving Presentation at the Lake Country Library (September 2025)
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The Okanagan Master Gardeners will be giving a Seed Saving Presentation at the Lake Country Branch of the Okanagan Regional Library. Master Gardener Michele Wecels will be presenting. The Lake […]
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History of the Master Gardener Program
The Master Gardener Program originated in Washington State in the early 1970s in response to a growing public demand for accurate, science-based gardening information. At the time, Washington State University […]
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New Plants for Okanagan Gardens
Presentation: New Plants for Okanagan Gardens Presenter: Ken Salvail Date: Saturday November 2, 2024 Location: Benvoulin Church Occasion: Annual General Meeting of the Okanagan Master Gardeners New Plants for Okanagan […]
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Gardening with Wool Pellets – A Shear Delight!
An article by Mary Trainer, MGiT with OMG I’d never heard about wool pellets for gardening until a brief news item about them in the Globe and Mail last spring […]
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A Quick Solution to a Weedy Problem
An article by Mary Trainer, MGiT with OMG Getting rid of weeds that grow up through landscaping cloth, among rock gardens or in gravel areas at curbsides can be challenging. […]
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Kelowna Seedy Sunday 2024
The Kelowna Seedy Sunday 2024, hosted by the Okanagan Master Gardeners (OMG), was another incredible gathering of gardening enthusiasts. Held on Sunday, March 10, 2024, at the Parkinson Recreation Centre […]
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Gardening Perspectives: Now & What’s to Come
by Mary Trainer, Master Gardener-in-Training with the Okanagan Master Gardeners Sitting down to talk with seasoned and successful gardeners can be enlightening and thought-provoking. Such was the case when I […]
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Backyard Bounty by Linda Gilkeson: Book Review
OMG MGiT Mary Trainer reviews Backyard Bounty by author Linda Gilkeson, published in 2018 by New Society Publishers, Gabriola Island, B.C. Cultivate a green thumb…..or make yours greener by Mary […]