Notices and minutes
Baynes Sound Garden Club

The Baynes Sound Garden Club provides a social setting that focuses on gardening and fun social activities. The Club is a great way to meet a group of people with similar interests in gardens and gardening. No need to be an expert gardener; everyone is welcome, including guests.

Upcoming Events/Speakers:

• June 25   6:30 pm   Lessons from the Plants  –  Florence Filberg Centre
  What do the plants tell us when we truly listen?  Join us for an extraordinary storytelling gala, whether you’re a hiker, a gardener, herbalist or a forest dreamer who loves the natural world.  We are bringing together three of the world’s most iconic herbal elders – Rosemary Gladstar, David Winston and Nancy Turner to share the lessons they’ve gathered over lifetimes spent in service to the green world.
  All tickets include a book – signing opportunity and a delicious  herbal mocktail
  Get your tickets at herbconference.com/gala
• June 27   Cumberland Cultural Crawl – Home and Garden Tour
• June 29   Herbal Intensives:                   

Plant Walk: The Energetics of Herbs  9am – noon  $97  with David Winston & Patrick Kooyman. Curious about the plants growing all around you?  Join us for a relaxed and engaging herb walk. We’ll slow down, explore, and experience herbs with our senses – tasting, smelling, and learning as we go. 

The Poison Plants:  Materia Medica and Magic  1:30 – 5:30 p.m.  $127  with Seed Sisters. Step into the mysterious world of the witching herbs – datura, mandrake, belladonna, and henbane. Explore their powerful stories, sensory qualities, and herbal uses in a hands – on half day experience   

Garden Walk:  Edible and Medicinal Uses of Common Garden and Wild Plants   9 am – Noon   $97  with Rosemary Gladstar. Join a slow stroll through the gardens and surrounding untamed areas meeting common plants that are found growing around people and our human landscapes in most parts of the world.  Rosemary will share stories, medicinal and edible uses, and identification features

Vancouver Island HERB GATHERING – ROYSTON BC- GET YOUR TICKETS AT HERBCONFERENCE.COM

• July 9: Summer Garden Tour and Potluck BBQ

The tour will begin at approx. 3:30 PM and we will spend approx. 20 to 30 minutes at each venue.

1. Gini’s garden (3:30 PM)
2. Erna’s garden
3. Kyla’s garden
4. Leanne’s garden

Please bring with you a potluck food item to supplement the provided meat item that Leanne will have prepared for us. It is suggested that members with the surname beginning A to M bring a vegetable or salad dish, those with their surname beginning with N to Z bring a sweet or dessert item.