水果视频 Horticultural Association celebrating 120 years
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- Published on Saturday, January 20, 2018
By Miranda Leybourne
Neepawa Banner & Press
The 水果视频 Horticultural Association (MHA) is celebrating 120 years of gardening history with its annual general meeting from Jan. 25-27 in Neepawa at the Christian Education Centre of the Neepawa United Church.
The event promises to be bursting with information for gardeners of all skill levels, said Brent Hunter, a member of the MHA鈥檚 board of directors.
鈥淓verything that we鈥檙e going to be learning about is hardy for our area, so it鈥檚 not going to be a lot of work to get things to winter over,鈥� he explained. 鈥淭here鈥檚 just so much plant material out there nowadays, that there鈥檚 something there for everybody.鈥�
There鈥檚 a long list of speakers lined up for the meeting, too, including Duayne Friesen, who will be speaking about vegetable gardening, Shea Doherty, whose area of expertise is succulents, Tom Nagy, who will share tips and tricks for gardening with mushrooms, Colleen Zacharias, who specializes in growing hydrangeas and more. Hunter said he鈥檚 excited to hear from keynote speaker Bob Bors, who will be talking about small fruit gardening and more.
鈥淏ob Bors from the University of Saskatoon has been working on coleus, which we鈥檝e all been growing for year and years -- our grandparent grew them,鈥� he noted. 鈥淭here鈥檚 different leaf patterns coming out all the time.鈥�
Jefferies Nurseries will be holding a talk on trees and shrubs for northern landscapes, and Hugh Skinner will be discussing propagating perennials. There鈥檒l be a discussion on house plants and a question and answer session with a group of gardening experts.
With so many different speakers discussing such a range of different topics, Hunter suspects that there鈥檒l be something for every type of gardener out there.
鈥淚 think everybody will be coming for a different reason,鈥� he explained. 鈥淎 lot of people are going more back to native plants, so I think that will be a drawing card for some people. I鈥檝e heard others say that they鈥檙e interested in the small fruits, because they don鈥檛 have large yards.鈥�
In addition to the speakers, there will also be a flower showcase featuring hardy pincushion cacti, a sweet pea auction, a 鈥淕reat Gardeners鈥� auction, and a seed table.
Hunter said he wants to encourage both seasoned gardeners and those just starting out to come and check the event out.
鈥淚t鈥檒l be a fun time,鈥� he enthused. 鈥淚t always is. And you always come away with having learned something.鈥�
For more information on the AGM, visit www.icangarden.com/clubs/mha
