Join the Quadra Island Garden Club! Do you have an interest in gardening? Do you want to grow your own flowers, fruits, and veggies? Do you long to get your hands in the dirt? Are you interested in permaculture and food security? Then join the Quadra Island Garden Club! We’re a friendly bunch of gardeners who love to share our love of gardens and gardening. We usually meet on the second Monday of each month (unless changed due to a holiday) at 7:00 p.m. The cost to join is only $20 per individual or $30 per family. Drop-in visitors: $5.00.

We meet at the Quadra Island Community Centre located at 970 West Road.  For more info about our meetings contact us.

ALL CORTES ISLAND & CAMPBELL RIVER GARDEN CLUB MEMBERS ARE FREE TO ATTEND ALL TALKS ON QUADRA & VICE VERSA! Bring your membership card.

Look what’s coming up at our Quadra Island Garden Club!

The Garden Club has a terrific line-up of speakers featuring talks on all aspects of gardening, composting, seed-saving, and soil health. In addition to our monthly speakers, we have two amazing plant sales, full-day workshops, “In-the garden” events, and field trips. There is a lot to interest any level of gardener from novice to expert so join your friends and neighbours; share your questions and knowledge. Everyone is welcome!

MARCH MEETING

March 11th, 7-9pm at the Community Centre

All about Flowering Bulbs with Shauna Lambeth from the Campbell River Garden Centre

Click HERE for more info.

APRIL MEETING

April 8th, 7-9pm at the Community Centre

Soil Fertility with Raelani Kesler from the Faculty of Land & Food Systems at UBC

MAY MEETING

May 13th, 7-9pm at the Community Centre

Fire Smart Your Garden with Bonnie Logan, Wildfire Risk Reduction Coordinator.

ANNUAL SPRING PLANT SALE

Saturday, April 27th, 10am – 12pm at the Community Centre

LEARN Food Security Hands-On Workshops

A Partnership between the Quadra Island Garden Club and ICAN (Island Climate Action Network)

Composting Workshop and DIY Worm Bin Demo

Saturday March 16th, 10am-12pm

Register and pay (donation) by contacting ICAN at quadraicanfoodteam@gmail.com

Winter Gardening Workshops with Ryan Nassichuk

June 30th and October 6th, 10am-12pm

Register and pay (donation) by emailing quadraicanfoodteam@gmail.com

Other Events You Might Be Interested In

We would like our website to be a place to share other gardening workshops and events, both on Quadra Island and nearby.  If you know of an event that Quadra Gardeners might be interested in, please go to the Contact Us page and send us all the info.

Gabbing About Gardening is a radio show/podcast and occasional Zoom gathering hosted by local Quadra and Cortes Island gardener extraordinaire Lucretia Schanfarber.  To find out about upcoming shows or published podcasts, check out the Gabbing About Gardening Facebook page HERE.  You can also find recordings for past shows on YouTube or wherever you find your podcasts.  Just search for “Gabbing About Gardening.”

Denman Island Seedy Saturday 2022 Events this year included “Making the Case for Nuts in an Age of Climate Catastrophe” on January 29th, “Interactive Fruit Tree Pruning Webinar” with Kate Janeway on February 5th, and “Plan B(ean)” on February 12th.

For more information and recordings of the sessions, Click HERE