Vancouver Island Heather Society
Vancouver Island Heather Society

Vancouver Island Heather Society

Meetings in 2019 will be held on the 2nd Wednesday of the month at the Masonic Hall in Mill Bay unless otherwise stated:  February/March/April/May/June/September/October/November/

December.   Dates may be changed dependent on speaker availability.

Our various activities include visiting members and public gardens

For more details:      Contact: Earl Jenstad, VIHS president

Events in 2019

 

 

 

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Summer break - no meetings July & August - 

Have a great summer gardening and relaxing.

See you in September

 

 

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Wednesday, September 11, 2019

Field Trip. Eurosa Farms. 1304 Greig Ave. Brentwood Bay. Members will meet at noon at a site to be determined for a picnic lunch and short general meeting. This will then be followed by a tour of Eurosa farms. Through the over thirty years of dedication and rose growing expertise of their greenhouse operation, Eurosa Farms mission is to produce high quality flowers for the local market. The facility builds on the three generations family tradition that began in the Netherlands. Their product line includes other cut flowers.

 

 

Saturday, October 12, 2019

Public Presentation. Diane Pierce. “Twenty of the Best Perennials, Shrubs and Small Trees that would be Good Accompaniments to Heathers”.

Masconic Hall. Mill Bay. 2:00-4:00. The speaker is a well-known Victoria Horticulturist. Rather than a digital presentation, the speaker will show large samples of the plants she will be talking about. Samples will be on hand to pass around. A handout on the plants will be available electronically prior to the presentation.

 

 

 

Wednesday November 13, 2019.

Annual General Meeting. Masonic Hall. Mill Bay. Members will meet at noon to enjoy their bag lunches followed by the AGM.

 

Dec 11 - Christmas luncheon

 

 

 

 

Past activities - 2018 - 2019:  

 

Wednesday, June 12, 2019 Field Trip.

Horticulture Centre of the Pacific.   We enjoyed the day under sunny skies.  Picnic lunch and David Wilson gave a most informative talk on the history or the heather garden and those involved.over the years.  Members then had an opportunity to tour other areas of HCP and do a little shopping - plants or items in the gift shop)

 

 

SAT, MAY 25,  MILL BAY GARDEN CLUB'S COMMUNITY FLOWER & GARDEN SHOW    at  Cobble Hill Hall.

Turned out to be a rather rainy day but a surprizing numbers of people braved the weather shopping for plants on their list.  We were under a big tree which helped initially.   Lovely exhibits and silent auction was a definite attraction.  Along with selling heathers had several inquiries - generally chatted with folk - all in all a good day - refuse to let the weather dampen our spirits.  

 

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 MAY 15 - Visit to Ali's garden locally in Cobble Hill.  Beautiful garden and a wonderful tour.  Ali was so good at naming one and all.  Ali is busy propagrating for her next spring's charity sales so some of us have a list of things to look for at those sales.
 
 
April  "field trip" to Comox. Nine people met at Filberg Park, a delightful landmark in Comox, home to many events and interesting gardens. Spring bulbs thread their way amoung the trees, First Nations artwork, totems can also be seen there. It was spitting rain, the irrigation people were testing sprinklers so everything was wet so hapy to have a member's invite to their cottage where  the view of Kye Beach was awe inspiring.  What  wonderful place to eat our picnic lunch.
From there we went to Anderton Nursery and garden centre. (The previous owner was John Prothero's brother) Ellen Presley gave us a warm welcome, staff were made available to answer our queries and help with our purchases. The sales area greenhouse was beautiful. Every area display was a "spring garden. Featured in every section were beautiful trimmed trees, Erica canaliculata in rosy pink, light pink and white.  Needless to say we purchased plants. Most of us became the proud owners of an Australian Mint bush, Prostanthera rotyndifolia "Australian. 
Our next stop Valley Succulents. Jamie Laughinger has been collecting and propagating cacti and succulents for a few years. His business is mainly web-based but Valley Succulents plants can be seen in nurseries here on Vancouver Island. Both of these nurseries were well worth the visit and I overheard a comment "One of the best outings" which made the drive to Comox worthwhile indeed
 
 
March 30 -  Heather Sale - the usual success, a great day with all our members pitching in enthusiastically (albiet 3 ill - get better quick) , lots of happy shoppers.   Surplus heathers we will have available at members' homes and at the Rhodo garden fair on the 27th at the Cowichan Exhibition grounds. 
 
Feb 20 - .   

Both a board meeting and general meeting were held prior to speaker presentation at the Masonic Hall in Mill Bay.    Dustin Carlton:  - craftsman in designing and installing garden statuary spoke to our group focusing on garden designs and manufacture of his sculptures

 

Annual Christmas lunch 

Dec 12 saw a festive gathering for our annual Christmas luncheon.  Survived  Neil's trivia - thanks Neil and thanks to Norma for all the arranging.  Decorations were lovely and some of us went home with candies or a pointsettia.  Collected a goodly sum for the food bank $281.- Well done all. 

 

SATURDAY, October 13 at 1:30
Meeting with the CV Rhododendron Society at the Masonic Hall in Mill Bay.
Fellow members, Dorothy and Randy presented an exciting and interesting talk on native plants, their history, their use and their future.  
 

 

             

 

 

                

 

Welcome to the Vancouver Island Heather Society  website. 

2019 calendar of events

 

 

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Back in September

Enjoy the summer.

 

See Activities Page for details.

 

 

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