Speaker: Todd Boland
Talk: Spring Wildflowers and Alpines of Northern Greece
Date/Time: October 9th, 2025 6:30pm doors open Speaker at 7 PM
Location: In person at Lakeview Community Association Hall, 6110-34th Street, SW. Also available on zoom. Parking is free. Everyone is welcome. Newcomers are welcome to come in person to meet our club.
We encourage you to come at 6:30pm to enjoy some refreshments and treats. Please bring your own mug.
Most people visiting Greece usually concentrate on the southern region and surrounding islands. As rock gardeners Mount Olympus is highly recommended. However, few people realize there is a mountain range in northern Greece called the Pindos. Here grows a wonderful selection of alpines and other suitable rock garden subjects. Gentiana, Daphne, Ramonda, Saxifraga and Anemone are just a sampling. And the orchids are second to none, with over 40 species in and around the Pindos Mountains. Come on a journey to the wilds of northern Greece.
Speaker Bio:
Todd lives in St. John’s, Newfoundland, where he works as the chief horticulturist at the Memorial University of Newfoundland Botanical Garden. He is the current president of NARGS, the first Canadian to hold the position. Since 2009, he has been the author of the NARGS website “Plant of the Month” feature and is the administrator of the on-line image gallery. Starting in 2023, he took over as the tour manager for NARGS. He is a regular contributor to The Rock Garden Quarterly and has spoken to gardening groups across North America as well as in the U.K. and New Zealand. He has authored six photographic field guides on the native and naturalized flora of Atlantic Canada. He has also authored three gardening books, Favourite Perennials for Atlantic Canada, Shrubs and Vines for Atlantic Canada and most recently Gardening for Acidic Soils, a book co-written with Jamie Ellison of Nova Scotia.
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