Next Meeting 1 PM Saturday April 5th, 2025.  
St Andrew's Presbyterian Church
4235 Departure Bay Rd. New location and time. 
Meeting begins  1 pm 
Doors open 12.30 pm

Speaker: Bethany Couture  Special speaker $5 fee for non members which can be applied toward a membership. 

Permaculture can help you transform your edible gardens to be lower maintenance and higher yield by learning to work with nature. This talk will share how to cultivate flourishing, food-yielding ecosystems through techniques like proper plant selection, companion planting, composting, soil management, water conservation, and more. 

Bethany is a sustainable horticulturist, permaculture practitioner, and educator from Victoria, BC. Her desire to find more sustainable ways to work with the land led her down the path of permaculture where she now holds a Permaculture Design Certificate and a Permaculture Teacher Certificate. She is the permaculture instructor at the Pacific Horticulture College and the lead steward of the public permaculture garden at the Horticulture Centre of the Pacific.

Through her business, Garden Alchemist, Bethany designs ecologically functional and beautiful landscapes rich in edible and native plants and offers consulting services to empower individuals and communities to integrate sustainable gardening practices into their landscapes. You can visit her website at www.GardenAlchemist.ca

Short Business meeting following speaker.

Social break with goodies $1
Show What You Grow March-November Visitors welcome $3 drop-in fee($5-$10 for special speakers), which can be applied towards a membership

NHS Annual Spring Plant Sale
Our annual Plant Sale will be held Saturday May 3,  2025 10am -2pm at Nanaimo North Town Centre.

Hope to see you at the Plant Sale

Last year was  a great success. THANK YOU to VOLUNTEERS who donate their time, talents and plants.

The sale supports a bursary for a deserving VIU Student in the Horticultural program.

HELP SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY AND OUR BURSARY FOR A VIU STUDENT

Open to the Public Gardens Tour – No date at this time
Thanks to all our Gardeners who generously opened their gardens to Nanaimo garden lovers.

Thanks for coming to view the gardens and we hope to see you at our monthly meetings.

Join Us First Saturday Afternoon Every Month

NEW MEETING LOCATION

St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian Church 4235 Departure Bay Rd Nanaimo BC V9T 1C9

Saturday Afternoon meetings
12.30 pm Doors open – Displays, Library, and Social
1.00 pm Programme often with Speaker, Short Business meeting, Social break with goodies $1
Show What You Grow March-November Visitors welcome $3 drop-in fee, which can be applied towards a membership

Winter and Spring Planter Beryl's Winter turned Spring Planter[/caption]

Veggies Beryl

Fountain individual

Cannaspillers

Canada Tulips