Tag: Vancouver
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🌱Ask a Vancouver Master Gardener
Email us: Send your questions to plantinfo@vancouvermastergardeners.org Or Call the Plant Information Line at 604-257-8662 The Plant Information Line operates year round. You may leave a message at any time and a Master Gardener will contact you. Vancouver Master Gardeners take questions on gardening, plant problems & indoor houseplant care. While we may not have…
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Getting Down to Earth
Growing plants organically is one of the basics of being a Master Gardener. I became part of the Master Gardeners Association of British Columbia (MGABC.org) in 2021 through training with the Vancouver Master Gardener (VMG) program; Covid-19 dictated it be online. A list of sprays that are approved for VMGs to use when plant pests get out…
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2024 Least-Toxic Pesticides List
Source: Linda Gilkeson This list of active ingredients provides examples of Canadian registered products as of 2023, but it is not a comprehensive list because products often change. Mention of a product does not constitute an endorsement. Most products listed below are for residential use and have DOMESTIC on the label. As noted, a few…
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Mason Bee Tip Sheet
Worldwide, Insect and Bee populations are in decline. We rely on these important pollinators for our food! In North America, our Native bees are facing survival challenges caused by loss of habitat, predators, parasites, pesticide use, and many other factors. Why raise Mason Bees? What’s involved in raising Mason Bees? Everything you need to know…
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Spring Seminar Brought to you by 🌱Vancouver Master Gardeners
Ideas to transform your garden. Get ready to think outside the box.
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How We Must Drop One Paradigm to Accept the Next, According to Zoë Schlanger
“Can plants really communicate?” It was April 6 and I, Nina Shoroplova, was leading a tree walk. The person asking me was one of the participants. He looked closely at me, a Vancouver Master Gardener, as I answered. “Of course,” I said, suggesting he might enjoy reading UBC forestry professor Suzanne Simard’s book, Finding the…
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Gardening with Native Plants to Promote Native Pollinators
An Interview with Josh Thompson of Plan Bee Native Plants Jen: I am here at Plan Bee Native Plants Nursery in Langley with owner Josh Thompson. Josh, can you tell me what inspired you to start a native plant nursery? Josh: What really started me off was a few years ago, I started learning about…
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So Much for Mulch
By now, if you have saved any leaves that fell from your trees last fall, they will be mulch around your precious perennials or your tree trunks or your hard-hit-by-this-winter’s-freezing-spells evergreen shrubs, shrubs that may have given up the ghost. Luckily for me, the leaves I saved from last fall are not mulch, but instead…
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Book Review | Silent Earth: Averting the Insect Apocalypse by Dave Goulson
What a gift to have someone as experienced as Dave Goulson, award-winning entomologist, conservationist, and biology professor write this important book on how to become aware of the world of insects all around us. I am now intrigued by how important insects are to all of nature, including ourselves. As a boy growing up in…
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SPRING SEMINAR 2024 Gardening Well in Today’s World
We had a terrific time at our March 2024 Spring Seminar. Mark your Calendars for March 9th 2025 where we will once again invite the public and our members to our annual day of learning & laughter. Michael J Fox Theatre, Burnaby within easy walking distance of Royal Oak Station | Expo-line Too hot. Too…