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!
SEPTEMBER MEETING
September 9th, 7-9pm at the Community Centre
All about Bulbs with Shauna Lambeth from the Campbell River Garden Centre
Click HERE for more info.
OCTOBER MEETING
October 7th, 7-9pm at the Community Centre
Roots of Garden Design with Colleen Carter, Gemini Landscape Design
Note: this meeting is the FIRST Monday of the month to avoid the Thanksgiving holiday.
Click HERE for more info.
NOVEMBER MEETING
Monday, Nov. 4th, 7-9pm at the Community Centre
Heaths, Heathers, and Winter Wonders with Colleen Carter, Gemini Landscape Design, and special guest Eileen Mackay
Note: this meeting is the FIRST Monday of the month to avoid the Remembrance Day holiday.
DECEMBER MEETING
Monday, Dec 9th, 7-9pm at the Community Centre
Holiday Hands-on Winter Wonderland Workshop
LEARN Food Security Hands-On Workshops
A Partnership between the Quadra Island Garden Club and ICAN (Island Climate Action Network)
Four Thieves Vinegar Making Workshop with Anita Murdoch
Learn about the origins of 4 Thieves Vinegar, and the properties and benefits of the herbs used.
Bring a cutting board and knife. Take home your own Four Thieves Vinegar!
Sunday, October 6th, 6:00-7:30pm at the Quadra Community Centre
Entrance: by Donation. Register at QuadraICANFoodTeam@gmail.com
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.”
Denman Island Seedy Saturday 2022 Events this year included “Making the Case for Nuts in an Age of Climate Catastrophe” on January 29th, “Interactive Fruit Tree Pruning Webinar” with Kate Janeway on February 5th, and “Plan B(ean)” on February 12th.
For more information and recordings of the sessions, Click HERE