Back to the Calendar - Spring 2003
RSCAR 2003 Tissue Culture
Advance Sale
(Members only)
The plants will be available for pickup at 5 Sime Court, Halifax. Pickup time will be between 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, 26 April 2003. Plants not picked up on this date will be sold at the public sale. You will be able to purchase any leftover plants. Sime Court is in the Kingswood subdivision off the Hammonds Plains Road. Contact Ken Shannik at (902) 422-2413, or InsigneGdn@aol.com, for more information.
Members' Plant Sale
(Open to Members and Guests)
During Regular Monthly Meeting
Tuesday, 6 May 2003
Members are encouraged to bring plant material to sell at the regular monthly meeting in May. Plants should be rare, unusual or hard to find varieties of perennials, annuals, shrubs, etc., that are not readily available commercially. Rhododendrons, either species or hybrids (seed-grown or rooted cuttings) are especially encouraged. Members are required to price and sell their plants themselves. This is a great way to find homes for those surplus plants while recouping some of your expenses for pots and soil. Please participate, especially as a vendor!
Vendors are encouraged, but not required, to provide information about their plants. You may have great plants, but if the members don't know them, and they don't look particularly spectacular at Sale time, they are apt not to sell.
Anyone who has interesting material that they plan to sell should let Stephen Archibald know in advance (479-3740), so that enough space and tables are provided.
2003 May Plant Sale
(Open to Members and the Public)
Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History
Auditorium (Lower Level)
1747 Summer Street, Halifax
Sunday, 18 May 2003
1:30 - 3:30 p.m.
This Sale is one of our major fundraisers and it relies heavily on donations from our members. In addition to the nursery stock we bring in, we hope to have a good selection of tree and shrub seedlings and rooted cuttings, perennials, annuals, etc., donated by you. Please keep the Sale in mind this Spring when you are seed sowing, transplanting and dividing. Your donations are greatly appreciated. Members are requested to drop off any donations between 10:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m.
Donors and sale volunteers will be able to select two plants prior to the Sale opening. This will not include nursery grown stock. Plants must be selected, paid for and taken to your vehicle a minimum of one hour before the sale opening. This rule will be strictly enforced! No exceptions!
Plan to attend and bring your friends. This event is always popular and the lineup to get in is usually long. For the best selection we recommend that you plan to arrive earlier than the 1:30 p.m. opening time.
Members whose dues are current can pre-order plants from the list of nursery grown rhododendrons, azaleas and companion plants we are bringing in for the sale. Please see the 2003 Advance May Sale article in the February Newsletter.
For more information contact Duff & Donna Evers at (902) 835-2586 or devers1@attcanada.ca
2003 Spring Mini-Show
(Open to Members and the Public)
Nova Scotia Museum of Natural History (Main Level)
1747 Summer Street, Halifax
Saturday, 17 May 2003
10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Sunday, 18 May 2003
1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
The May Mini-Show is a non-competitive exhibition of rhododendrons, azaleas and any other early spring blooming plants. It is held annually in conjunction with our May Sale. Thanks to the generosity of our members who bring in plant material, and especially the Show Chair, Jenny Sandison, the display is always spectacular. This show is an important opportunity to educate the general public and always draws many inquisitive visitors.
Volunteers are needed to help supervise the display. You need not be an expert. If you have not already volunteered and can assist either with your time or by lending plant material, please contact Jenny Sandison at (902) 624-9013.
Plant and Garden Tours
2003
(Open to Members and Guests)
Saturday, 14 June 2003
2:00 to 4:00 p.m. Garden of Wendy and John Cornwall, 479
Purcells Cove Road, Halifax.
Those who visited this great garden last year will remember the
wonderful woodland plantings of rhodos and other shrubs, as well
as interesting herbaceous plants. It is only a few minutes down
the Purcells Cove Road from Boulderwood.
4:00 to 6:00 p.m. Open gardens on Halls Road, Boulderwood,
Halifax.
Halls Road is off the Purcells Cove Road, about five minutes
from the Armdale Rotary.
Hosts: John Brett, the Basketts, Jane Shaw Law, Charlie Fowler,
Robbie Robinson. If you do not know these gardens, check in at
John Brett's, 7 Hall's Road, first. In the early days of the
Rhododendron Society, members gathered annually at Halls Road
for a potluck at Barbara Hall's. She was a neighbour of Captain
Steele's and the Robinsons. Captain Steele had begun his strategic
practice of sharing rhodos with his neighbours. Today the Halls
Road gardens have become a legacy. We appreciate this opportunity
to return to Halls road to amble through this wonderful collection
of mature rhodos and magnolias. Don't miss it.
Saturday, 21 June 2003
1:00 to 5:00 p.m. Mahone Bay and Bridgewater Visits. See Map below.
Jenny Sandison, 1510 Oakland Road, Mahone Bay (902-624-9013).
Half a mile down Oakland Road, on the north side of the harbour.
The Union House, 133 Edgewater Street, Mahone Bay.
Cathy Gregoire's garden contains a large water garden, a great
collection of grasses and all kinds of perennials, grouped around
the old meeting house circa 1832. Just to the east side of the
three churches.
Carnegy Hall, 964 Main Street, Mahone Bay.
Jane Carnegy's garden is situated on the waterside along the
coast road to Lunenburg. The garden has utilized the difficulties
of a slope to great advantage. A rock garden and many different
perennials all lead up to a charming pergola from where one appreciates
the stunning views.
Dr. Fazal Rahman, 87 Aberdeen Road, Bridgewater (902-543-4006).
Take the old road, route 325, from Mahone Bay to Bridgewater.
You will be on Aberdeen Road as you enter town. Dr. Rahman describes
his garden as an eclectic collection of plants, rather than a
showplace garden. Of particular interest are a pendulous Camperdown
elm, a 20 foot Acer palmatum, some Cornus kousas, magnolias,
pieris, rock garden plants and daylilies. Rhododendrons include
'Janet Blair', 'PJM', 'Olga' and 'Scintillation'.
Map for the Mahone Bay and Bridgewater
Visits:
