Speaker Series January 2023
2023-01-30 19:00 - 20:30 (America/Edmonton) | Online Event
Indoor Gardening with Jonathan Luckhurst
Join us online for a talk from Jonathan Luckhurst, biologist and author of The Indoor Gardener for an informative talk on all things related to success with growing indoors.
zoom link below
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87127241871…

Speaker Night 2022 November
2022-11-28 18:30 - 21:00 | Online Event
Houseplants for the Holidays!
We are delighted to have Kath Smyth return for another great presentation. Join us as she shares some of the trends she sees in houseplants and some great gift plants for the holidays!

This will be an ONLINE presentation! Zoom Link.
Kath Smyth is a horticulturist with extensive experience in the horticultural industry. Kath brings a wealth of knowledge and her unique humour to radio and television appearances, public presentations and client consultations. Kath is passionate about helping gardeners achieve gardening success and is currently working as a Horticulturist for The Calgary Horticultural Society.

Speaker Night - 2022 September
2022-09-26 18:30 - 21:00 | Central Lions Recreation Centre, 11113 113 ST NW, EDMONTON, AB, T5G 0E9, Canada
Join Patick Kyle from Edmonton Native Plant Society as he shares the story about how he transformed his back yard into a pollinator paradise with native plants. Learn all about native plant options and planting for pollinators in your Edmonton yard.
Garden Competition Awards will also be presented.
The Alberta Regional Lily Society will be holding a bulb sale in the lobby.

Speaker Night - August 2022
2022-08-29 19:00 - 21:00 | Central Lions Recreation Centre, 11113 113 ST NW, EDMONTON, AB, T5G 0E9, Canada
Preserving the Harvest
You grew it, and there’s A LOT of it. You can’t eat all before it goes off. What do you do with buckets of tomatoes, or 150kg of pears? Christine Werk and Jane Starr will talk about methods for preserving the harvest.

Garden Festival
2022-08-21 11:00 - 15:00 | Parkdale Community Centre, 11335 85 street NW, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Join for an afternoon of garden-related fun and learning for all ages! Activities include vendors, educators, face painting, photos, food, and more!

Open Garden (Members Only)
2022-08-14 13:00 - 16:00 | AB
Join other EHS members to view another beautiful private garden.
For more information and the address, go to our Open Gardens page or check upcoming eNews.

EHS Garden Tour
2022-07-16 - 2022-07-17 | AB
The EHS Garden Tour is BACK!
Tickets are now available online, at selected local businesses, and will be sold at the June 27 EHS meeting.
More info on our Garden Tour Page

Open Garden
2022-07-03 13:00 - 16:00, 2022-06-26 13:00 - 16:00, 2022-06-12 13:00 - 16:00 | AB
Open Gardens are for EHS members only. For the address(es) and more information on this Open Garden, go to our Open Gardens Page

Speaker Series - June
2022-06-27 18:45 - 21:00 | Central Lions Recreation Centre, 11113 113 ST NW, EDMONTON, AB, T5G 0E9, Canada
Myth Busting: Gardeners Edition with Morgan Webb
About Morgan:
Morgan Webb is a botanist. He is the Lab Manager and Owner of Seed Check Technologies Inc. where he works as an accredited Seed Analyst, Seed Grader, Seed Import Release Assessor, and Accredited Seed Crop Inspector. He is a graduate of and has been an instructor at Olds College. He has the great fortune of moonlighting teaching classes and helping people find the right plant at Greenland Garden Center. You may recognize his voice as one of the hosts of the 630 CHED Garden Show on Sunday mornings.

Speaker Series - 2022 May
2022-05-30 18:45 - 21:00 | Central Lions Recreation Centre, 11113 113 ST NW, EDMONTON, AB, T5G 0E9, Canada
Grow Veg Instead!

Growing Veg Instead – 5 Tips For Producing Food in Your Front Yard with Dustin Bajer
Are you looking to get more than lawn out of your front yard? Want to grow food? Join master gardener and Edmonton Food Council member Dustin Bajer for a presentation on producing food in your Edmonton front yard.

Brought to you by the Edmonton Horticultural Society and The Edmonton Food Council.

About Dustin:

Dustin Bajer planting a current in MacKinnon Ravien.
Dustin Bajer is a teacher, master gardener, and permaculture designer living and working in Edmonton. Since spring 2010, Dustin has been the driving force behind the permaculture program at Jasper Place High School. In this time, he has helped students work with ecological patterns and principles to establish multiple food producing forest gardens and Canada’s first school aquaponics system. Passionate about education, ecology, and design, Dustin believes that a vibrant local food culture could not only build and nourish our communities but increase biodiversity, capture carbon and water, and provide important project-based, hands-on learning opportunities.

Speaker Series - 2022 April
2022-04-25 18:45 - 21:00 | Central Lions Recreation Centre, 11113 113 ST NW, EDMONTON, AB, T5G 0E9, Canada
Prairie Peonies – Cultivating with Beauty with Nick Maycher
Nick is a florist by trade, a peony enthusiast, and a collector and appreciator of the visual arts. He is also the gardener behind Prairie Peonies. During his time living in Japan the peony captivated and bestowed a sense of wonder in him and inspired a lifelong passion for growing them. Join us as he shares his story, more about his collection, and everything about growing gorgeous peonies in Edmonton.
More about Nick
I started growing peonies in my early twenties and have been at it for about ten years now. I am a volunteer with both the Canadian and American Peony Society.
My display garden is located on a city lot in west Edmonton and after making the most of every available inch of growing space, the collection now contains about 130 cultivars.
The goal of the garden is to educate and inspire. The cultivars have been selected to represent the diverse forms and colours of the peony and the garden contains historic heirloom varieties, Gold Medal winners, trailblazing new introductions, fragrant wonders, garden novelties, best landscapers, and rare, collector varieties.
My recent focus has been acquiring some of the recently introduced advanced generation hybrids and rare varieties that won’t be found in many gardens elsewhere in Canada. I have also been dedicating a lot of time to hybridizing, and with that comes growing plants from seed.
The Alberta Regional Lily Society will be holding a bulb sale in conjunction with this meeting.

Speaker Series – 2022 March
2022-03-28 18:45 - 21:00 | Central Lions Recreation Centre, 11113 113 ST NW, EDMONTON, AB, T5G 0E9, Canada
Join Edmonton Horticultural Society for our first IN PERSON meeting in a couple of years! The speaker will start at 7:30 pm, but come early to mix and mingle with old and new friends!
Sharon Wallish Murphy, host of Gardening With Sharon, and Nadine Stielow from Thiel’s Greenhouses will talk about the latest trends in gardening for 2022!
About Sharon
Sharon is a passionate 3rd generation horticulturist specializing in annuals and perennials. She has over 30 years of gardening and greenhouse-growing experience both in Alberta and on the tropical island of St. Thomas in the US Virgin Islands. Her family has been in the greenhouse business for over 100 years. She loves gardening, children, family, music, and all things life-giving.

About Nadine
Nadine Stielow grew up in the Bruderheim area, and she frequently visited Thiel’s Greenhouses with her mother and grandmother, starting when she was a little girl. It was there that her passion for horticulture started. While her career took her down other paths to start, it seemed only natural that when the Thiel family were looking to sell after 50 years in business, the Stielow family would jump right in.
The Stielows have introduced new energy to the already established company. Growth and upgrades to the facilities, processes and selection have been priority while also focusing on product quality. With new offerings in the selection of garden supplies, fertilizers and tools, the Stielows are doing their best to be your source for everything in your garden.

AGM and Food Gardening in an Urban Landscape with Steven Biggs
2022-02-28 18:30 - 21:00 | Online Event
The EHS Annual General Meeting (agenda and reports to be published ahead of the meeting) will start at 6:30 pm and followed at 7:00 pm by a talk by Steven Biggs. Steven will be speaking on Food Gardening in an Urban Landscape.
Agenda

Call to Order – ensure quorum
Adoption of the Agenda for February 28th, 2022 meeting
Adoption of the Minutes of the February 22nd, 2021 AGM
Review of the 2021 Annual Report – pre-circulated
Review of the 2021 Financial Reports
Engagement Review for 2022 Financial Reports
Motion to update Edmonton Horticultural Society bylaws, please see link
2022 EHS Slate of Officers
Recognition of Outgoing EHS Board & Committee Chairs
Next Annual General Meeting – February 27th, 2023
Adjournment

Event registration (so we can ensure a quorum of paid EHS members for the AGM part of the evening) is required. Non-EHS members may also register but may not vote on the AGM issues. Click HERE to register.
About the Speaker
Steven Biggs is the coauthor, with his daughter Emma Biggs, of Gardening with Emma. Biggs is a writer specializing in gardening, farming, and food production, and has published articles in magazines including Trellis, Small Farm Canada, Garden Making, and Edible Toronto.

Speaker Series - 2021 November
2021-11-29 19:00 - 20:30 | Online Event
AMARYLLIS

Amaryllis is a holiday favorite, thanks to its tendency to bloom in December. The big, dramatic trumpet-shaped flowers are hard to miss.

When you plant an amaryllis from a bulb, it sprouts quickly and produces bold, beautiful blooms.

Amaryllis is probably one of the easiest plants to grow. This talk will cover:

choosing healthy bulbs
planting techniques
what types of containers to use
how to keep amaryllis blooming from year to year so that you can build a collection.

Speaker: Kath Smyth, Horticulturalist
Calgary Horticultural Society

Zoom link HERE

Speaker Series - 2021 November
2021-11-29 19:00 - 20:30 | Online Event
AMARYLLIS

Amaryllis is a holiday favorite, thanks to its tendency to bloom in December. The big, dramatic trumpet-shaped flowers are hard to miss.

When you plant an amaryllis from a bulb, it sprouts quickly and produces bold, beautiful blooms.

Amaryllis is probably one of the easiest plants to grow. This talk will cover:

choosing healthy bulbs
planting techniques
what types of containers to use
how to keep amaryllis blooming from year to year so that you can build a collection.

Speaker: Kath Smyth, HorticulturalistCalgary Horticultural Society

Zoom link HERE
