Club Events
View the 2024 calendar of events below. You can also download it as a PDF here.
Stick To Your Roots
Speaker: Mary-Alice Johnson of ALM Farms
Parlour Show; Photo contest entries due.
Tiny Pocket Forests
Speaker: Paula McCormick
• Pumpkin, Squash, Funniest Vegetable & Contest
• Parlour Show
SGC Annual General Meeting
Elections, prizes & awards. A sweet & savoury holiday celebration.
The Garden: Salt Spring
The journey from growing commercial greenhouse lettuce to growing subtropical citrus and avocados on Salt Spring Island.
• Parlour Show
• Contest potatoes for sale
The Importance of Native Plants
Speaker Abbey Hyde will speak on the importance of native plants, and their ability to restore and enhance habitat within the urban context. Her presentation will highlight ways in which individuals can convert their properties into pollinator friendly landscapes. At the end of her speech there will be an opportunity to purchase some of the plants outlined in her presentation.
All About Willows
Rosemary Ishkanian will share her knowledge on growing and making willow items.
Seed saving w/Mary Alice Johnson of ALM Farms
Club meeting includes:
Pumpkin, Squash & Funniest Vegetable Contest
Judging of Photo Contest
Water Conservation - Some what, how and why information
Water is in the news worldwide more than ever before, particularly rain water. We need to understand where our water comes from, how it goes where it goes and how it is stored in nature. How can we conserve water for when we need it now and for future generations and some ways to keep it?
Year-round vegetable gardening w/Kayla Siefried of Compost Education Centre
Club meeting includes Parlour show.
Mother's Day Plant Sale
Our annual plant sale for the public at Evergreen Shopping Centre in Sooke.
Members are invited to donate plants (well-rooted and labelled), seeds, pots, etc., for sale at the annual Spring Plant Sale. The sale is open to the public, and proceeds help fund the monthly educational presentations.
Plants That Earn Their Keep!
Speaker: Jeff de Jong
Club meeting includes Parlour Show; Contest potatoes for sale.
Seedy Saturday
Seeds, plant starts (berries, hops, herbs, flowers, medicinal plants), seed potatoes, mason bees, bee housings, food offerings and more.
Alpine Gardening w/Paul Spriggs
Club meeting includes Parlour Show. Contest potatoes will be for sale.
Victoria Dahlia Society
Speakers include:
Marguerite Casey-Wolnicki, President of the Dahlia Society
Emily Erickson, Vice President
Thomas Wolnicki, Membership Director
Club meeting will include Parlour Show.
SGC Town Hall & Workshop
Speaker: Ron O’Brien
Ron will be running a Town Hall meeting whereby he will ask for your participation and input as to what you like about the Club and what events, etc. you’d like to see in the future.
Call for volunteers to help out at our meetings. There will be some sign-up sheets for volunteers at the next meeting. We are hoping to recruit for each of the following tasks:
A "Lead Person" for each of the following, where we are hoping you will be able to commit to being the Lead for all of our meetings in 2023. The Lead person will be responsible for following up with/recruiting volunteers to help with:
Tea, Coffee Service & Kitchen Clean-up (except 25 January)
Treats (on the 25th, the Executive Committee will be bringing the treats)
Set-up crew. For the 25th, we are looking for 3 volunteers to help.
Clean-up crew. For the 25th, we are looking for 3 volunteers to help.
Medicinal Herbs with Joleen Kraft
Joleen Kraft of Modern Alchemy will talk about growing medicinal herbs.
Colour Harmony with Regina Ternus and Susanne Barker of the Victoria Flower Arrangers Guild
Understanding how to use colour to create an overall look is a complex and evolving area of studying. Knowing how and when to use the first 5 basic colour harmonies; monochromatic, analogous, triadic, complementary, and polychromatic is the starting point.
Birds with Anna Nightingale
The Sooke Garden Club will meet in person to hear Ann’s presentation. Read the article about Bird Communication.
New members are always welcome.
Annual Spring Plant Sale
Keep calm and garden on at our annual plant sale! Browse a selection of plant starts, divided perennials, and more.
The Vancouver Sun has included us in a list of plant sales around B.C. Read it here.
Tomatoes with Mary Alice Johnson of ALM Organic Farm
Presentation will be in person at the farm!
SGC General Meeting - Eating Defensively by Growing Your Own
Carole Christopher will give a presentation which focuses first on the industrial food supply and how it has changed our diet and affected our health. It then looks at how we can take steps to regain control, one of which is to grow food to meet some of our own food needs.
With a doctorate in nutrition, 40 years teaching, promoting local, sustainable and just food, Carole brings an outstanding amount of skill and experience to the gardening world.
New members are always welcome.
Garden Club General Meeting (via Zoom)
Our speaker is Chris Jennings with the Vancouver Shade Garden Society and will give a presentation on shade plants. Garden club members will receive an email with Zoom meeting details. Check out the article for a preview.
50th Anniversary Garden Party
This Garden Party will be a "Finger Food PotLuck", so everyone is encouraged to bring sweet or savoury small snacks.
SGC 50th Anniversary display at the Sooke Region Museum
In honour of the club’s 50th anniversary, the Sooke Region Museum will host an historical display for the club. Members of the club will design six vegetable or floral arrangements for the display, which will also include trophies, pictures, and fun facts about the Club over the last 50 years. There will also be contests with exciting prizes and a colouring contest for kids.
There will be a guest book in the museum and anyone who signs the book during their visit will be entered into a draw at the end of September.
Sooke Region Museum
2070 Phillips Rd, Sooke, BC
How Does Your Garden Grow – Drawing Contest
Spread the word to your children, grandchildren, neighbourhood kids! They can submit a painting or drawing of their garden or imaginary garden to win exciting prizes.
Garden Club Zoom meeting
Guest speaker Laura Caddy, Curator-Horticulturist of the E.H. Lohbrunner Alpine Garden, speaks about what the alpine environment is and how the plants have adapted to live there.
New members welcome!
Regular meetings are held on the fourth Wednesday of each month from January through May, and from September through November, 7:00-9:00 pm.