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Earth friendly gardening in the Kootenays region of
British Columbia, Canada.
Sustaining the connection between people and plants. |
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The Cranbrook Garden Club
hosts
13th Annual Open Garden Day
Sunday, July 12, 2009
9:30am - 3:30pm
Five gardens. Cost $10
Tickets will be available at Lotus Books at 33 10th Ave. S. and at Top
Crop at 2101 Cranbrook St. N.
On the day of the tour tickets will also
be available at a Cranbrook Garden Club table at the Prestige Rocky
Mountain Resort at 209 Van Horne St. S. where the Craft Show and Sale is being held, from 9:00am to 4:00pm.
There will be samples of the
crafters’ works in the gardens and, possibly, musicians as well.
Also at the Prestige, two guest speakers: Libby Olson from SmartScape
Landscaping and Alison Burton, Climate Action Facilitator with the Ministry of Environment.
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The Kimberley Garden Club
hosts
Open Garden Day
Sunday, July 26, 2009
9:30 am - 3:30 pm
Six gardens will be open to the public
Tickets $8 Tickets will be
available early in June from Top Crop in Cranbrook, Top Crop Too in
Kimberley, and at the Kimberley Chamber of Commerce For more information contact:
tzawaski@mail.com 250-427-0001
or hilaryanneb@shaw.ca 250-427-3732
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For more 2009 events see
Gardening Events - Schedule
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The Trail in Bloom 2009 Garden Contest
is happening July 15-17
New categories this year
Deadline to enter is July 10
Entry forms at City Hall, local garden centres,
or email trailinbloom@hotmail.com
The Garden Tour
will be Saturday, July 18
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Clear Sky Centre
hosts
Food Forests
Gardening for 1000 Years
Two Day Intensive Course
Monday, August 3, 2009
and Tuesday August 4, 2009
This two day hands-on practical course will take you through
the exciting sustainable food forest approach to abundant food
production for this and future generations.
Together we will learn
how to design food forest gardens and gain an introduction to the
plants that best fit the temperate Northern climate. We will also
establish the start of an on-site food forest during the course.
Other topics covered include how to select and plant trees
correctly, sustainable and permaculture concepts, passive water
harvesting, composting, medicinals, and soil health.
The course will
be held at Clear Sky Centre, located in the beautiful East Kootenay Rocky Mountains of Canada.
You will be guided through this course by
Richard Walker, one of Canada's most experienced forest gardeners.
Venue:
Clear Sky Centre, Bull River Rd, near Fort Steele, BC, Canada
Contact:
caraworld@gmail.com or 250-429-3929
for fees, registration and further details
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But Beautiful |
Mary Frances |
Fort Apache |
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Afternoon Delight |
Mesmerizer |
Terre De Feu |
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Flying Carpet |
Beverly
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I recently visited a beautiful garden in Shoreacres,
West Kootenays, gardening zone 6, with an astounding Iris collection.
Above are some pictures. Enjoy! |
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| Did you know? |
"Bats have been maligned for centuries, miscast
as the familiars of witches, associated with Halloween, and feared
for the false belief that they will get caught in hair.
In reality, bats are incredibly important to the health of the
environment and our gardens." |
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Attracting Bats to Your Garden |
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Link of interest |
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What's this Caterpillar |
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Identify the most common species of caterpillars found in North America.
The site is set out in sections depicting those caterpillars that are smooth, knobbly, horned, fleshy,
slug-like, hairy, tufty, bristled, spiny, those that feed within plants and those that build structures. |
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| Do you grow a heirloom or a native
garden here in the Kootenays? I would like to hear from you! |
Is something interesting
happening or going to happen in your garden or in other gardens in your
area?
Would you like our visitors know about that? |
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Garden Humor |
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My wife said that if I buy any more plants she
would leave me.
Damn! I'm going to miss that woman. |
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Have you been thinking of building a pvc pipe hoop-house but did
not know exactly how? A friendly gardener from the Creston
Valley shares his expertise on this and other topics at
Dan's Album |
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Photo by Dan
McMurray |
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Many people have asked about my daylilies and recently the local
newspaper ran a two page article on my garden which is now
around 1000 different daylilies. About 135 are named varieties
and the rest are seedlings or unnamed. I live in zone 3 and I do
nothing to protect my plants other than leaving the foliage on
for the winter. We have high winds and little snow cover as well
as repeated freeze-thaw cycles so you know that these are VERY
hardy plants. Please click on the
link to my pages . I hope that you can find something you
like.
- Sherry Kuystermans, Crowsnest Pass, S-W Alberta. |
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Poetry Corner |
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I meant to do my work today
- but a brown bird sang in the apple tree,
and a butterfly flitted across the field,
and all the leaves were calling me.
And the wind went sighing over the land
tossing the grasses to and fro,
and a rainbow held out its shining hand
- so what could I do but laugh and go?
Richard LeGallienne
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A beautiful specimen of Mock Orange in full bloom in a garden in the
community of Tarrys, 15 km from Castlegar, in the West Kootenay, BC |
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The Kootenays region of British Columbia, Canada,
marked white |
| The Kootenays region is located in
the S-E triangle of British Columbia, Canada, in-between the two
majestic mountain ranges: the Monashee Mountains in the West and the
Rocky Mountains in the East. |
| Cranbrook, Elkford, Fernie, Golden,
Invermere, Kimberley, Sparwood and Radium Hot Springs are major
cities/towns in the East Kootenay. Castlegar, Creston, Greenwood,
Grand Forks, Kaslo, Midway, Nakusp, Nelson, New Denver, Rossland, Salmo
and Trail are major cities/towns in the West Kootenay (including
Kootenay-Boundary). |
| Because of its mountainous location,
the region encompasses several
gardening zones, from zone 6 in the South, close to big tables of
water, to zone 1 in the high elevations. |
| Gardening is one of the favourite
activities in the Kootenays. There are many beautiful flower as well as
vegetable gardens in the region. |
| Each summer we have
garden tours and
garden festivals in the
Beaver Valley,
Castlegar,
Cranbrook, Creston, Grand Forks, Kaslo, Kimberley,
Nelson, Rossland, the
Slocan Valley, the Slocan Lake area, Trail and Warfield. |
| To support sustainability and help
local farmers sell their products directly to consumers, outdoor markets
become more and more popular. The largest outdoor community market in
the Kootenays,
Cottonwood Falls Outdoor Market is located in Nelson. There are also
farmers markets operating during summer in Creston, Fernie, Grand
Forks, Invermere, New Denver, and Silverton. |
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