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Fall Garden Tips (Course)
Cancelled Saturday, October 10, 2009
10:00am to 12:00pm
Course Details This workshop will help home gardeners to plan their fall and winter garden activities. Topics covered will be lawn care, bulb planting, composting, mulching and planting perennials, shrubs and trees.
Instructor (Brief) Roy Jonsson, Gardening Author and Educator
Instructor Roy Jonsson has worked as an instructor for the North Shore Continuing Education Department for twenty-eight years, offering a wide variety of landscaping and gardening programs for both homeowners and commercial gardeners. He has also taught many courses at VanDusen Botanical Garden, including sections of their popular Master Gardeners Program. Roy has conducted horticulture classes for the BCLNA and for a variety of public and private housing organizations. He has written a regular garden column “Sow it Grows” for the North Shore News for the past fifteen years, helping North Shore residents develop and maintain their gardens. In 2007 he published his new garden book “Garden Sense — Secrets of an Experienced Gardener”. When Roy is not writing or teaching he works as a horticultural and composting consultant, serving both commercial and residential clients. Since 2000 he has done five international assignments (Hungary, China, Philippines and Honduras) with the Canadian Executive Service Organization (CESO). This organization is financed primarily by CIDA and provides assistance to developing countries around the world.
Location At the Botanical Garden Reception Centre, near the main entrance (Directions to the Botanical Garden)
Class Size 40 people maximum
Cost (General) $40.00
Cost (Garden Members) $33.00
Please Note Advance registration required.
