Dartmouth Horticultural Society
East Dartmouth Community Building, 50 Caledonia Road B2W 2S1 Dartmouth, NS, Canada

Fall is a great time to start creating habitat in your gardens for stem-nesting bees. Check out this wonderful diagram by Heather Holm (Bee and Pollinator Books... by Heather Holm), Elaine Evans and Colleen Satyshur (University of MN Bee Lab), and Sarah Foltz-Jordan (The Xerces Society) to help get you started! For a full sized PDF of this diagram visit: https://bit.ly/3lEtx0D

The DHS October Virtual Meeting This month’s meeting with Chris Sanford - Seed Saving from start to finish. Take a look into a year of small scale seed production at Yonder Hill Farm. From starting seeds and planting to harvesting and processing. Chris Sanford and her partner Garrett Lauren grow and maintain over 150 varieties of vegetables, grains, herbs and flowers at their small diversified farm in Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia. They have been farming and gardening ecologically for over 15 years, and producing seeds commercially for over 10 years. You can find their seeds at yonderhillfarm.ca

What’s our approach to fall garden clean up? DON’T! In our popular article, ‘6 reasons to NOT clean up the garden this fall’, we detail the good guys that can overwinter in leaf litter and hollow plant stems. Learn more here. https://savvygardening.com/6-reasons-not-to-clean-up-your-/

Join me this Wednesday, Sept 30th at 4 pm AT (3 pm ET) for a FREE presentation on my year-round vegetable garden, hosted by Slow Food USA. I'll share info on th...e various structures I use as well as my favourite crops for the cold season. Sign up here - https://us02web.zoom.us//register/WN_67fHlUihSSSMTWOU0WEvLQ See more

Our July 13 Meeting Topic and Speaker is: The July 13th Meeting is a virtual Meeting for DHS Memners only (2020 dues must be paid). A private e-mail has been sent to all paid up members with the link for the July 13th Meeting. Landscape Maintenance: Spring to Fall... Well discuss the maintenance undertaken in Spring to ensure a Summer filled with growth. As Summer brings us its bounty and growth, well review what maintenance remains to be done as the heat keeps us from wanting to do to much labour, but also taxes some of our plant material! Lindsay Jennings BA Psyc, HT Her business, Live Simply Horticulture has moved from Byemoor, AB to Colchester NS and has continued to develop ans specialize. Keeping life simple has been the focus; for home owners and the business itself. Landscape Horticulture is the main focus of the business, but the passion lies in sustainability between nature and person. Lindsay is currently completing a certificate in Permaculture and becoming a Master Level Mindfulness Practitioner.

Our July meeting is a virtual meeting for DHS Members only (2020 dues must be paid). A private email has been sent to all paid up members with the link for the July 13 meeting Our July 13 Meeting Topic and Speaker is: Landscape Maintenance Spring to Fall... Well discuss the maintenance undertaken in Spring to ensure a Summer filled with growth. As Summer brings us its bounty and growth well review what maintenance remains to be done as the heat keeps us from wanting to do too much labour, but also taxes some of our plant material Lindsay Jennings BA Psyc, HT Her business, Live Simply Horticulture has moved from Byemoor, AB to Colchester, NS and has continued to develop and specialize. Keeping life simple has been the focal; for home owners and the business itself. Landscape Horticulture is the main focus of the business, but the passion lies in sustainability between nature and person. Lindsay is currently completing a certificate in Permaculture and becoming a Master Level Mindfulness Practitioner.

My white Clematis looking lovely in the evening.

Friday volunteering at Cole Harbour Heritage Museum. Cleaning perennial beds, and a quick visit with the animals. Special credit to my son for being our photographer!

E-mail our membership chair ([email protected]) to become a member in time for Monday June 8th virtual meeting! Worth every penny!

Let's support local and show the city council that laws need to change. More people are growing their own veggies, not everyone has the space/light to grow their own seedlings, so need to be able to buy starter plants.

Make your garden impressive this year with these beautiful ideas for gardening lovers!

Moirs Garden maintenance. Fri May 15th. DHS out to help get this beautiful garden ready for all to enjoy! Bring on summer 2020!!

This is amazing... just LISTEN!!

May Meeting will be a Virtual Meeting Topic Fruit & Nut Trees. Charlie the tree guy Charlie Baird started out working on a local dairy farm and forty years ago started a logging company specializing in selection cutting around northern Nova Scotia. Over the last 20 years his hobby of growing trees has grown trees has grown into a full time nursery with over 200 varieties of trees and shrubs located in Old Barns, Nova Scotia. The Tree Guy sells most kinds of fruit and shad...e or flowering trees and shrubs from seedlings up to 2 caliber trees. Soon our beautiful trees will be in full flower, loving the Magnolia flowers now and always enjoy seeing the lovely Cherry trees in blossom on Park Avenue.

Want to start a garden while spending more time at home? This expert shares some tips and tricks for container gardening with minimal shopping during COVID-19.

From a friend: Today is eggshells. I collect then dry them in a oven at 200 degrees for 10 minutes then crush. After they cool I keep in jars. Their purpose is... to sprinkle at the base of plants like peppers and tomatoes to prevent blossom rot and its great for pests as well. Do you save your egg shells? See more

Practical tomato growing information and tips from Horticulturist and former organic market gardener, Jessica Walliser.

So true, gardening is great exercise

Its nesting season! Since were out taking walks more than ever, heres a handy guide to some of the eggs you might encounter while youre out.

Welcome to the Lost Ladybug Project

Snow? Hail? Heavy Winds? Scorching Sun? This is Nova Scotia weather! Arent you happy I am keeping these plants alive, healthy and happy during these times for... you? We are still moving forward, making huge gains and are going to be ready for you when the appropriate time for sales happens Stay safe all share, follow, like and love FMG.

See the world from a new perspective... stay safe, stay healthy, stay positive.

Some listed in comments. Add any if you know some.

Information for Beautiful Souls

I thought I would share this Polish Legend.

The sad news is we will be not attending garden festivals nor farmers market this spring. we will now be taking seed orders online! spring is here and time to p...lan your gardens. We have seeds bundles of 7 seed bags for 10$. Vegetable mix, Butterfly mix, bee mix and humming bird mix. individual seeds bags 2$. All our seeds are no spray and home grown in aged compost here in Greenwood N.S. See more

Garden supplies delivered.

Due to the COVID 19 pandemic the Rare and Unusual Plant Sale is cancelled for spring 2020. Stay healthy and keep gardening.Due to the COVID 19 pandemic the Rare and Unusual Plant Sale is cancelled for spring 2020. Stay healthy and keep gardening.

PLEASE RESIST the urge to clean up your gardens until after temperatures are constantly above 10 degrees! Many butterflies, bees and other pollinators are curre...ntly overwintering in the dead leaves and hollowed out stems of last year's plants. If you clean out your garden now, you will literally be throwing away this year's butterflies, bees and other beneficial pollinators! . . . #chefsalliancetoronto #slowfoodchefsalliance #slowfoodto #foodforchange #farmtotable #knowyourfood #knowyourfarmer #eatfresh #eatlocal #slowfood #cleanfood #heritagefood #ontario #canada #torontofood #SlowFoodMovement #slowfood #slowfoodcanada #slowfoodfirstnation #slowfoodinternational #arkoftastecanada #freshlymade #torontoeats #blogto #nowto #eatingheathy @slowfood_international @slowfoodcanada @slowfoodcalgary

Has anyone replaced their grass with an alternative lawn cover? Thinking of Creeping Thyme, Chamomile or Clover. Wondering how it grows here and others experience.

Vegetable Transplant Inventory. Pricing is listed at bottom of list.

So many colours!