Todd Boland, Research Horticulturalist at the Memorial University of Newfoundland’s Botanical Gardens in St John’s NL, will talk about members of the Campanulaceae famiy that are suitable for the rock and alpine garden. Campanula are one of the most...
Rob Staniland, one of our club’s most experienced rock garden builders, will talk about building rock gardens in Calgary, part of a series called “A Rock Garden Here”. Rock gardening permits unique garden shapes that can alter the ‘climates’ in a...
In late summer of 2017, CRAGS member Yaro Horachek joined his Czech friends Mojmír Pavelka and Vladimír Staněk on a seed collecting trip to Tian Shan and Pamir mountains in Kyrgyzstan. They spent three weeks there, circling the small very mountainous central Asian...
Zoom Conference: Latifa Pelletier-Ahmed and Ben Hartney will discuss Alberta native plant species of interest for use in alpine gardens in the Calgary area. This talk will also focus briefly on the importance of gardens for pollinator habitat. Latifa and Ben will give...
Zoom Conference: Matt Mattus, a former NARGS president, visited Yunnan and Western China in 2018, and this is an account of the wonderful plants observed. Members will receive an emailed invitation. Non-members are welcome to register for this talk (or purchase a...
Zoom Conference: Please join us via Zoom at 7:30pm for a brief Annual General Meeting. This will be followed by Cathy Kurio’s photos from Seattle’s Northwest Flower & Garden Festival of Feb 2020, and some photos from Calgary rock gardens. Some...
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