Peninsula Garden Club

#3 in the new series for The New York Times: Shopping in your own garden (for self-sowns, and overgrowns -- volunteer seedlings, and clumps of perennials that would yield divisions). All free! https://www.nytimes.com//realest/shopping-your-garden.html

We are selling our dahlia tubers at the farm TODAY and TOMORROW from 10AM to 4PM! We have posted the list below of the dahlia tubers we have for sale and ask th...at you e-mail us your list of tubers so we can have it ready for you to pick-up so that social distancing is maintained. Walk-ins are also welcome! Check out our photo album entitled Dahlia Tubers 2020 for more pictures. Share this post with your dahlia loving friends! Please email: [email protected] with your order! Tubers are $5 each except for size A and AA (large and dinner-plate sized varieties) which are $6 each. Cafe au Lait is $10/tuber. If you have any questions, please call 250-652-3345 for more information. Dahlia Tubers Available 2020 AUDREY GRACE - BB FD R ALLOWAY CANDY - ST PK A LA MODE - BB FD BI ANDREW CHARLES BB ID OR BAHAMA MAMA BB ID DB BARON KATHY CO R BLACKBERRY RIPPLE B SC V BLIZZARD - M FD W BLUETIFUL BB ID PR BRANDON J BB IC FL BRIDE-TO-BE WL W BELLE OF THE BALL A LC L BO PEEP - BB SC LB BODACIOUS - AA ID R CAFÉ AU LAIT B ID PK CAMANO SITKA- B IC LB CHI EF 25 A SC BR CHILSON’S PRIDE BB ID LB CLEARVIEW DANIEL BA Y CLYDE’S CHOICE AA FD OR COLORADO CLASSIC BB ID DB COLWOOD HOPE B LC W CORNEL BA DR DIVA - BB FD PR DUET - B FD BI FERNCLIFF ARCTICA - BB FD W FERNCLIFF ALPINE - CO W FERNCLIFF COPPER BB FD BR FERNCLIFF INNOCENCE BB ID W FERNCLIFF LEMON AURA BB IC Y FLUFFLES BB FD LB FILDAGO JULIE ST R GAY PRINCESS BB ID LB GIGGLES CO OR HEATWAVE WL V I’M A HOTTIE B ID DP JOMANDA BB FD OR JORDAN NICOLE BB ID LB JUST PEACHY BB SC LB KENORA CLYDE AA SC W LADY DARLENE B FD FL L'ANCRESSE - BA W LAURA MARIE BA R LEMON TART BB C Y LISMORE MOONLIGHT - P Y LITTLE SCOTTIE P Y MAGICALLY DUN BB FD BI MIKAYLA MIRANDA B ID LB MON CHER-E - BB FD DR PARKLAND RAVE BB IC L PINEAPPLE EXPRESS - BB FD Y POOH - CO BI PUGET SPARKLE M FD R RAE MEISTER CO DR ROTHESAY REVELER BB FD BI SANTA CLAUS BB ID BI SKIPLEY LOIS JEAN BA DP TARATAHI RUBY WL R TREBY DAINTY M FD LB VALLEY PORCUPINE NX LB VALLEY RUST BUCKET MB BR WHO DUN IT BB ID DB WILDWOOD MARIE WL DP WILLIE OF ORANGE - BB C OR WORTON’S BLUE STREAK BB SC L

PGC’s April meeting is cancelled due to current situation with COVID-19. The Spring Plant Sale will likely be postponed to a later date and we will update as soon as we know more. Stay safe and try to enjoy some time at home in your own garden

Reminder that the March meeting takes place at 7pm this evening at the @marywinspearcentre...come 45 mins early for a tool sharpening demo by master gardener Brian McCutcheon. This month’s featured speaker is Paul Spriggs who will present on creating a Crevice Garden. Join us for a plant raffle, refreshments, library, and mason bee cocoons for sale!

Have you tried lasagna mulching?

After a couple months of hibernation, Peninsula Garden Club will meet Monday, February 10th at 7pm at Mary Winspear Centre. Join us in welcoming David Spencer, the Vice-President of Applied Bio-Nomics Ltd in North Saanich, who will speak on Bio-Control in the Garden: Spring Preparations for Season-Long Success. Everyone welcome!

Our November General Meeting and short Annual General Meeting will be held TONIGHT, Monday, November 11th at 7:00 p.m. at the Mary Winspear Centre. Please join us to hear our speaker, Eiddwen Thomas, from @cartrefgardens who will give a presentation on the topic of Growing Gardens for Cut Flowers. Eiddwen has a wealth of knowledge and many suggestions for what to plant to ensure you have lovely flowers and foliage for arrangements throughout the seasons. Get inspired. Bring a friend or two!

Monday funny sent by one of our members!

PGC’S FALL PLANT SALE THIS SATURDAY!

Don’t miss our monthly meeting this evening, featuring local dahlia celebrity Connie Young-Davis! 7pm at Mary Winspear Centre in the Charlie White Auditorium. Everyone welcome, drop-in fee $5. Come check out the parlor show, plant stall, library and raffle.