Garden Workshops

We had a very fun and eventful 2024 and want to say thank you to all those who came out and learned with us, food gardened with us, attended our library talks or bought native plants and gardened for nature with us!

Thank you to Birds Canada, Red Fox Farm, South Coast Gardens, Normandale, Shirley and George Pond Nature Reserve and to Brant Public Library, and Bite of Brant for collaborating with us this year.

If you are a business, community group, education group, volunteer group and would like to know more about collaborating together please reach out!

Grand Erie Master Gardeners, once again in collaboration with Birds Canada, is excited to announce our 3rd and final workshop of summer, 2024. We will start the day with two presentations in the beautiful Events Room at Bird’s Canada’s National Headquarters in Port Rowan. The first presentation will highlight native plants that fuel the southward fall bird migration that will be well underway. The 2nd presentation will focus on native plants that thrive in shade, including ferns and other herbaceous understory plants and shrubs. After lunch, we will head to nearby Backus Woods, an outstanding mature Carolinian Forest, for a leisurely, interpretive walk. 

Along the trails we will see a diversity of shade tolerant plants growing beneath a tree canopy of towering tulip trees, black gum, white, red and black oaks, sugar maples and many others. 

We will highlight the conditions under which different shade plants are thriving in their natural setting - information that can help inform gardeners on how to succeed with these shade tolerant species in their home landscape. 

 
Grand Erie Master Gardeners in collaboration with Birds Canada, is excited to announce our 2nd workshop of this summer. Shifting to the lakeside town of Port Rowan, we'll begin with a morning presentation in the beautiful Events Room at Birds Canada National Headquarters on gardening with native plants that thrive in full sun. 

The afternoon session will consist of a hands-on demonstration as we install the first phase of a pollinator and bird friendly garden at Birds Canada featuring a diversity of garden worthy native prairie plants, all perfectly adapted to sun-drenched gardens. The day will conclude with an interpretive tour of some diverse native wildflower gardens at a nearby private home. 

Lunch will be provided- please specify dietary restrictions below in this form!

Registration is capped at 25 people to ensure quality education and instruction*

Directions to Birds Canada here: https://g.co/kgs/CeY3cGq

Join the Long Point Basin Land Trust . Park next door at the beautiful Shirley and George Pond Nature Reserve for an informative workshop with Kevin Kavanaugh his staff and Grand Erie Master Gardeners will teach the workshops at South Coast Gardens.

Learn the benefits of planting native species, garden planning, and establishing plants for various conditions. After the workshop, tour South Coast Gardens  to purchase new native plants for your garden.

Become an active participant in native planting—your local flora and fauna will thank you!

Thank you to our event sponsor Toyotetsu Canada for making this event possible!

* Due to rain forecast the event has been moved from June 23 to JULY 7*

The morning presentation, located in a beautiful historic barn at Red Fox Farm in Port Ryerse, will be led by Kevin Kavanagh, a member of the Grand Erie Master Gardeners and owner of South Coast Gardens. He will address ways to gradually build in more native species to established gardens, and address

challenges with existing invasive or aggressive plants.

The afternoon workshop will have a hands-on demonstration on preparing, creating and maintaining a native plant garden. This will be followed by a visit to an existing restored and expanded native plant garden. 

June 22, 2024 1-3 pm

Extended through the week - SELF SERVE- June 23-29.

Browse at your leisure at the end of the driveway under the beautiful White Pine.

LOCATION: 

180 East River Rd, St George, ON

NOE 1N0

 $4/ seedling pot

Buy 5 plants for $18.00

Buy 10 plants for $34.00

Some mature plants available in larger pots for prices indicated at the KIOSK table.

**e-transfer payment available information at site.

Limited tree seedlings available. 

Redbud - 2 available

Kentucky Coffee Bean- SOLD OUT

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