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SUMMARY:Wildscaping: Naturalistic Planting Design for North of the 49th Parallel
DESCRIPTION:Tony Spencer and Wildscaping: Naturalistic Planting Design for North of the 49th Parallel\n\nThe Alberta Horticultural Association is pleased to present a virtual webinar about new directions in naturalistic garden and planting design. Feel yourself transported by wild-ish garden landscapes with a northern feel\, inspired by nature and the work of international designers like Piet Oudolf. Learn how to bring these ideas home to create and sustain dynamic garden spaces\, filled with beauty and wildlife\, allowing us to rekindle our relationship to the natural world. \nOur speaker Tony Spencer\, aka “The New Perennialist\,” is a writer\, photographer\, podcaster\, speaker and award-winning planting designer inspired by the visionary work of Dutch garden designer\, Piet Oudolf. With 30\,000+ followers on his DutchDreams Facebook and New Perennialist Instagram accounts\, as well as a popular blog (www.thenewperennialist.com)\, Tony’s passion for this evocative “wild-scaping” style has led him to become the “ringleader” for devotees of the naturalistic planting movement. Tony is based in Mono\, Ontario. \nThis webinar will not be recorded\, FYI – don’t miss Tony’s live-only presentation with time for questions! \nTime \nSaturday\, Jan 15\, 2022 10:00 AM- 11:45AM in Mountain Time (Edmonton\, Alberta) \n$27.00/person. \nClick here to register \nHosted by the Alberta Horticultural Association\, in partnership with Lac Ste. Anne County \nFor event updates visit the AHA on Facebook and Instagram \n\n\nWe ask you to respect the $27.00/person registration. Like so many other organizations hosting events these days\, we had hoped this could be an in-person presentation. Perhaps some of you will be able to gather in small groups to see Tony’s presentation- following all your local COVID restrictions.\nQuestions about signing on to Zoom? Would like another option for payment? Contact us by email at ab.hort.association@gmail.com or on our AHA website contact page.\n\n\n\n \n\nAbout the Alberta Horticultural Association\n\nThe Alberta Horticultural Association is an organization of horticultural societies and individuals in Alberta who are involved with horticulture on a professional or amateur basis. \nThe AHA’s Mission is the advancement and promotion of horticulture in Alberta.  We do that by providing information to the gardening public\, supporting horticulture education programs hosted by horticultural societies and clubs across Alberta\, and by recognizing outstanding contributions by individuals in the field of horticulture. \nFor more information visit www.ABHortA.ca
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SUMMARY:15th Annual Gardeners Day - Year of the Garden 2022
DESCRIPTION:Presented by Sangudo & District Horticultural Club \n15th Annual Gardeners Day – Year of the Garden 2022 \n \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \nSaturday\, January 29\, 2022\n9:00 AM – 3:00 PM (MST- Edmonton)\nOnline via Zoom \nRegistration: $25.00/person \nPay by e-transfer to sangudohortclub@gmail.com \nProgram outline: \nPractical Permaculture Strategies for Resilience. Carmen Lamoureux\, founder of Calgary’s Urban Farm School. A practical introduction to the permaculture principles\, helping gardeners gain the freedom\, confidence\, and skills they need to live more abundant and resilient lives. \nFlourish 2022. Heather MacKenzie\, Psychiatric & Mental Health Nurse. Heather will help us consider how nature and gardening can support us mind\, body\, and spirit. \nWhat’s New for 2022. Nadine Stielow\, Thiels Greenhouses and Sharon Wallish Murphy\, Gardening With Sharon. Live from the greenhouse\, see a preview of some of the season’s new plants and learn how to care for them for a beautiful garden. \nThree chances to win a copy of the Sangudo Horticultural Club Cookbook \nDetailed Presentation Descriptions \nPractical Permaculture Strategies for Resilience – Carmen Lamoureux. \nPermaculture\, as a wholesystems approach to meeting our needs\, provides us with a fresh lens through which we can view our relationships with the living world\, using the wisdom of nature\, as well as the permaculture ethics and principles\, as our guides. Join us for a fascinating look at the many practical ways we can emulate some key attributes of healthy ecosystems in the ways we manage our resources and our properties\, while building deeper levels of resilience\, stability\, and abundance. \nFlourish 2022 – Heather MacKenzie. \nWith 2022 designated as the Year of the Garden\, it is time to celebrate the potential of the garden. This session gives us a chance to consider how nature and gardening can support us mind\, body\, and spirit. We will share ways we might plan\, grow\, and maintain our personal and community wellness as we also plan\, grow\, and harvest our gardens in 2022. BRING ON the Year of the Garden! \nWhat’s New for 2022 – Nadine Stielow & Sharon Wallish Murphy. \nGet ready for a high energy\, fun\, and interactive session\, live from the greenhouse. See a preview of some of the season’s new plants – flowers and for food. Once you take them home\, learn great tips to care for these plants and how to best incorporate them into your greenhouse\, vegetable garden\, and flower beds. Nadine and Sharon have a ton of exciting ideas for 2022 and can’t wait to share them. Their prediction – it’s going to be a great gardening year in 2022! \nSpeaker Biographies\nOwner and founder of Calgary’s URBAN FARM SCHOOL\, Carmen Lamoureux is dedicated to helping gardeners and permaculture enthusiasts gain the freedom\, confidence and skills they need to live more abundant and resilient lives. Having worked for the Alberta Government in the fields of sustainable land management\, forestry\, soils and silviculture\, as well as in the horticultural sector\, Carmen’s grounded base in ecosystem dynamics informs her practical approach to meeting our needs while respecting natural systems. \nCarmen believes that gardens speak to us on a visceral level\, fulfilling our fundamental needs for security\, season currency\, and self-reliance. Having grown food organically for almost 5 decades\, Carmen gets excited about helping others cultivate great food\, and in turn\, great selves\, as she believes this is “key to bringing each of us up to a level of responsible maturity and wisdom necessary for creating a more beautiful and connected world”. \nThrough URBAN FARM SCHOOL\, Carmen offers practical workshops and presentations to inspire conscious and creative solutions for regenerative local food production. The lead instructor for the Verge Permaculture Design Certification program\, Carmen is also a regular instructor for Lee Valley\, the Calgary Horticultural Society\, the Master Gardeners Association of Alberta and various other organizations. For more information about URBAN FARM SCHOOL visit www.urbanfarmschool.ca \nHeather MacKenzie is a Registered Nurse who has worked in the field of mental health for over 15 years. She received her RN training in her home province of Nova Scotia where she also developed her love of nature and gardening. She has held a Certification in Psychiatric & Mental Health Nursing for many years and has recently completed a Comprehensive Holistic Nurse & Coaching Certificate Program. She has lived in Cold Lake\, Alberta with her family for the past 8 years. Regardless of where she has lived it is her connection to nature that has allowed her to feel grounded and connected. Her career and her personal interests have led her to a place where she is looking at holistic ways to support herself and others to feel their best and to flourish. \nNadine Stielow is the owner\, grower\, and operations manager of Thiels Greenhouses in Bruderheim\, Alberta\, having purchased the rural\, one-acre facility in 2010. With a decade of experience as a ‘greenhouser’\, Nadine loves everything about the industry and is particularly passionate about plants and happy plant people! Producing two separate crops she is strongly committed to sustainable and clean growing and is on a constant quest to learn\, teach\, share and promote excellence. With the expansion of the business in 2019 to include the hydroponic facility\, Nadine and her team now grow healthy fresh food year ‘round\, in addition to the seasonal spring annuals and perennials. \nNadine has been awarded the AGGA Greenhouse Grower of the Year and the Fort Saskatchewan International Women’s Day award for Entrepreneurship. Her passion for all things green\, healthy living\, educating others\, and community partnerships is forefront in both her business and her life. Nadine lives on her 6th generation farm sharing life’s adventures with her family. She enjoys the outdoors\, running and sometimes singing to her plants! \nSharon Wallish Murphy is a third generation green thumb. Sharon grew up in the family greenhouse at the heels of her father\, Charlie\, where her love for caring for plants and people sprouted. Sharon worked in the greenhouse for 20 years as a perennial grower and marketing manager after having her own tropical cut flower farm and business for 10 years on the island of St. Thomas\, USVI. \nToday\, Sharon is all about being an ambassador and a voice for horticulture\, getting kids growing\, encouraging gardeners to thrive\, and cultivating life giving things. Sharon spreads her joy and knowledge of gardening to children with in-school field trips\, and to adults through social media channels\, workshops\, and public speaking. www.gardeningwithsharon.com \nMore information:\nSangudo and District Horticulture Club – https://www.facebook.com/groups/294052761115998/\nsangudohortclub@gmail.com\nCarolyn *protected email* ~ Heather *protected email* \nCelebrating the Year of the Garden 2022- “Live the garden life!” \nHosted by Sangudo & District Horticultural Club\, in partnership with Lac Ste. Anne Count
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