The Peterborough and Area Master Gardeners

 “sharing gardening knowledge with our community”

Save the date:  A Day for Gardeners 2020

Where:  Activity Haven, Barnardo St., Peterborough, ON
When:  Saturday February 29, 2020
What: A day of fun, friendship, food and learning

Choose three of six seminars presented by Master Gardeners on topics of interest to both novice and experienced gardeners.

Cost: $40.00 per person…… or $35.00 early bird price if registration and fee received by February 14, 2020 PMG members $10.00.  Fee includes snacks and lunch.

Registration forms and seminar topics available on line by January 10

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Rachel Burrows demonstrates bulb planting for spring forcing

Peterborough Master Gardeners would like to thank the full house of gardeners at our Bulbs for All Seasons event last weekend. We learned so much from our two expert speakers – Victoria Whitney (Griffins Greenhouse) on 2020: Insight on How To Plant for Spring Bulb Beauty and Dugald Cameron (former owner of GardenImport) on Summer flowering bulbs – exotic flower, foliage and fragrance all summer long. Master Gardener Rachel Burrows also provided a great demonstration of how to plant bulbs for spring forcing.

As promised, here are pdf files about the various types of Tulips (written by Christine Freeburn) and Indoor bulb planters (written by Rachel Burrows).

New resource:  Inviting Bees into Your Garden — published by Garden Task Force of the North American Pollinator Protection Campaign (NAPPC) Canadian Version.

Where were we in 2019?

  • Peterborough Seedy Sunday, Sunday March 10, noon – 5pm, Seeds of Change Peterborough (534 George St. N, Peterborough) at McDonnel St.
  • Peterborough Garden Show, April 26-28, Fleming College Trades & Technology Centre (599 Brealey Drive).
  • Ecology Park Plant Sale on Saturday May 18th from 10am-4pm, Ashburnham Street just north of Lansdowne St.
  • Bulbs for All Seasons, Saturday September 28, Westdale United Church.
  • Gilmour St. Garage Sale at the “Plants for Parkinson’s” setup on Gilmour Street on May 25th, 8am-noon
  • Wednesday Downtown Farmer’s Market, 8:30am-2pm, May and June (Charlotte Street between George St. and Louis/Alymer St.)
  • Our MG Plant Sale set for Saturday June 15, 9-11am at Westdale United Church, 1509 Sherbrooke St — (bring a blue box or bin, and get there early!)
  • Peterborough Horticultural Society (4th Wednesday of the month) Peterborough Lions Centre, 347 Burnham Street, 7pm – 8:30pm.   Guest fee $2.