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Increase Biodiversity – Include Native Plants in Your Garden

Submitted by Lynn Lavoie Last month, Sean James’ excellent  Zoom presentation on  “Blooms for Birds, Bees and Butterflies” identified the benefit to biodiversity by replacing non-native invasive plants in our gardens with natives. Invasive plants reduce populations of native plants … Continue reading

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Tea money to lettuce!

A great project in Lakefield that is supported by many including by our guests who attend our meetings. After each meeting we have tea and refreshments. Donations received for these treats goes to support this program!   Lakefield Youth Nurture … Continue reading

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We’re officially a BEE City!

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Exciting news! If you attended the meeting in the spring with Susan Chan as our guest you might remember we also had a representative from Bee City Canada in attendance.  She told us about the Bee City program as the … Continue reading

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Isabel Morris Park

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In October of 1984, the The Village of Lakefield passed a motion to rename the park behind the Community Centre, alongside the marina “The Isabel Morris Park.” So who was Isabel Morris? Isabel Millage (Morris) was Ed Millage and Nettie Watterbury’s daughter. … Continue reading

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Growing your own plants from seed – Pam Chellew

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Growing seeds indoors provides the home gardener with a lot of pleasure over the winter months. It is necessary to have a good source of light (either the the direct sun or a grow light) and for germinating seeds, a … Continue reading

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Read our blog!

Please visit our “blog” page for great gardening information and advice.  We have a lot of great gardeners, master gardeners and gardening business owners in our membership. If you have an article you’d like to share with us, please contact … Continue reading

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Pruning made easy

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How many pruners do you have?  Do you make the annual trek to one of the Big box stores each year and add another $10 pruner to your collection? There’s a reason why it only costs $10.00.  Here the adage … Continue reading

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The Perfect Perennial – Daylilies

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With it being one of the easiest to care for perennials the day lily is one of the best picks for the home and ‘cottage’ landscape, where we like to enjoy our gardens not just work in them.  The day lily, … Continue reading

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Why all the hype over Hosta?

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Start by saying they are the easiest perennial to grow in partial shade.  Really only bothered by slugs and snails and this is a pest you can control.  Just stick with the thicker leaves and not a worry at all.    … Continue reading

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Growing and Dividing Peonies

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Peonies have been referred to as the ‘Queen of the Garden’ and they truly deserve this title. They are available as single, semi-double and huge fully double shapes in numerous colours including white, yellow, pink, red and very dark burgundy. … Continue reading

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