Join the Quadra Island Garden Club! Do you have an interest in gardening? Do you want to grow your own flowers, fruits, and veggies? Do you long to get your hands in the dirt? Are you interested in permaculture and food security? Then join the Quadra Island Garden Club! We’re a friendly bunch of gardeners who love to share our love of gardens and gardening. We usually meet on the second Monday of each month (unless changed due to a holiday) at 7:00 p.m. The cost to join is only $20 per individual or $30 per family. Drop-in visitors: $5.00.
We meet at the Quadra Island Community Centre located at 970 West Road. For more info about our meetings contact us.
ALL CORTES ISLAND & CAMPBELL RIVER GARDEN CLUB MEMBERS ARE FREE TO ATTEND ALL TALKS ON QUADRA & VICE VERSA! Bring your membership card.
Look what’s coming up at our Quadra Island Garden Club!
The Garden Club has a terrific line-up of speakers featuring talks on all aspects of gardening, composting, seed-saving, and soil health. In addition to our monthly speakers, we have two amazing plant sales, full-day workshops, “In-the garden” events, and field trips. There is a lot to interest any level of gardener from novice to expert so join your friends and neighbours; share your questions and knowledge. Everyone is welcome!
JANUARY MEETING
Monday, January 12th, 7-9pm at the Community Centre
Annual Garden Slideshow PLUS Discussion Groups on topics of interest.
For more info click HERE.
FEBRUARY MEETING
Monday, February 9th, 7-9pm at the Community Centre:
Gardening in a Changing Climate: Adapting to droughts, heat waves, cold snaps and other extremes
with Linda Gilkeson (video presentation, in person discussion)
MARCH MEETING
Monday, March 9th, 7-9pm at the Community Centre:
Propagation: Seeds, division , cuttings, rhizomes and runners
with Dorothee Kieser
APRIL MEETING
Monday, April 13th, 7-9pm at the Community Centre:
After the Harvest: Storing, preserving and Cooking
with Ramona Aston
ANNUAL SPRING PLANT SALE
Saturday, April 25th, 10am Flash Sale at the Community Centre
MAY MEETING
Monday, May 11th, 7-9pm at the Community Centre:
Kitchen Potager Gardens: Plant choices and design
with Colleen Carter
LEARN Food Security Hands-On Workshops
A Partnership between the Quadra Island Garden Club and ICAN (Island Climate Action Network)
Upcoming Events: stay tuned!
Other Events You Might Be Interested In
We would like our website to be a place to share other gardening workshops and events, both on Quadra Island and nearby. If you know of an event that Quadra Gardeners might be interested in, please go to the Contact Us page and send us all the info.
Gabbing About Gardening is a radio show/podcast and occasional Zoom gathering hosted by local Quadra and Cortes Island gardener extraordinaire Lucretia Schanfarber. To find out about upcoming shows or published podcasts, check out the Gabbing About Gardening Facebook page HERE. You can also find recordings for past shows on YouTube or wherever you find your podcasts. Just search for “Gabbing About Gardening.”