The cost of membership is $10.00 per person, and it is payable at the March meeting.

All Regular monthly meetings are held in the basement of the Presbyterian Church in Beaverton.

The meetings, held on the last Thursday of most months, begin at 7:30 pm and usually finish before 9:00pm.

Refreshments are then served.

At each meeting, observations will be made on current plants and what is springing up in our gardens.  Questions will also be taken from the floor

Date Event Details Thursday March 27th Monthly Meeting Speaker: David Tomlinson Creator of the renowned garden “Merlin’s Hollow” Topic: A presentation of developing this garden, with information for both the beginning and experienced gardeners Thursday April 24th 2008 Monthly meeting Speakers: Linda and Craig McLeod Topic: “Shade Gardening beyond hostas” Splitting plants, managing compost, using native plants in shade Thursday May 22nd 2008 Monthly Meeting and Plant Auction ANNUAL PLANT AUCTION Contribute your extra plants from the spring clean-up Buy some plants donated by others. Thursday June 26th 2008 Monthly Meeting Speaker: Christine Male Topic: Designing and developing a 4 Season Garden. Planting perennials for a succession of colour and structural interest. Thursday September 25th, 2008 Monthly meeting See your Yearbook pages 32/33 for the categories of flowers,fruit and vegetables eligible for showing. Design Entries have a Fall theme - see page 34. Speaker: Ken Brown Closing the garden, seed collection, mulching for winter. Discussion of judging show vegetables and fruit As Ken is our judge for tonight’s entries, he will give some hands-on examples Thursday October 23rd, 2008 Monthly Meeting Designs: -Spooks Night out -Fall Harvest -A Nutting we will go -Blowing in the Wind See page 35 of yearbook for details Designs to be judged by the membership 3 experienced members of BHS will speak on the topic of “Design” and indicate what judges look for in show entries. Thursday November 27th, 2008 Last meeting of the year Design entries have a Winter/Christmas theme. (See yearbook page 36 for details) All entries will be part of a Silent Auction fund-raiser Dinner - format to be determined - will be followed by Awards and entertainment.