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| Introduction -
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- Calendar - Speakers
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| Issue |
Features |
Author |
| September 2010 |
Mushrooms in the Garden |
Terri Marie Beausejour mikoweb.com |
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| June 2010 |
RhodoFest Review, Cherry Blossom
Festival |
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| May 2010 |
Tree Peonies, Out & About,
Speakers |
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| April 2010 |
Composting |
Dept of Environment New Brunswick |
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| March 2010 |
Gardening for Fitness |
Kimberley Ridout www.gardenfitness.com |
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| February 2010 Note-this issue is 5 pages |
Invasive Plants (pages 1,
2, 4, 5) |
Greater Vancouver Invasive Plant
Council |
| The Garden (poem) |
Andrew Marvell |
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| January 2010 |
How to Landscape with Edible
Plants from "Chicken Soup for the Gardener's Soul" |
Marion Owen |
| Out & About, Future Speakers |
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| December 2009 |
Hippeastrum (Amaryllis) |
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| "Plum Tree Sister" from "Chicken
Soup for the Gardener's Soul" |
Cynthia Brian |
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| November 2009 |
Rhododendron Basics: Diseases |
Harold Greer |
| Ultimate Rhododendron
Conference, RhodoFest |
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| October 2009 |
Maintaining Healthy Rhododendrons |
Univ. of Ohio |
| Greenroof Tour |
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| September 2009 |
Garden Tour 2009 |
Faye Kilpatrick |
| Picnic Recap |
Cheryl Fiddis |
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| Rhododendron Basics: Root Weevil |
Washington State Univ. |
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| June 2009 |
RhodoFest
Wrap-up |
Wendy
Thompson |
| Current Issue |
Spring
Bouquet Competition |
June
Dodson |
| BRAGS
Picnic (Finalized), Out & About |
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| May 2009 |
Rhododendron
Basics: Pinching, Deadheading, Pruning (Part 3) |
Various
sources |
| Cure
for Honeybee Colony Collapse? |
www.sciencedaily.com |
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Picnic, Out & About, etc |
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| April 2009 |
Rhododendron
Basics : Fertilizer (Part 2) |
American
Rhododendron Society |
| Burnaby
Lake Butterfly Garden Gets New Edition |
Diane
Hayward-Meek GVRD Newsletter |
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| BRAGS
Picnic, Plant Sale, RhodoFest |
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| March 2009 |
Rhododendron Basics (Part 1) |
Lanny Hui |
| Plant Sale (Plus insert
"Popular Plant Sale Plants") NOTE if printing the insert it is in 8½ x 14 (legal) size |
Lanny Hui |
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| Attention All Picnickers |
Cheryl Fiddis |
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| February 2009 |
New Year's Resolution |
Cheryl Fiddis |
| Cyclamen-Excerpts from Bill
Bischoff's Notes |
Bill Bischoff |
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| Seeds, TLC Workshops, Nominations |
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| January 2009 |
President's
Annual Report - 2008 |
Susan
Brandl |
| It's
Safe Now (Annual Elections) |
Lois
Brown |
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| December 2008 |
Message
from
the
Editor |
Lanny
Hui |
| Topiary
in
Your
Garden |
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| Christmas
Party,
Christmas
Events
in
Burnaby,
New
Members |
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| November 2008 |
"God Finds Out About Lawn Care |
emmitsburg.net/humor |
| The Roof Top Garden (Burnaby
Hospital) |
Kim Taylor |
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| Nominations |
Cheryl Fiddis Lois Brown |
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| October 2008 |
President's
Report |
Susan
Brandl |
| Canadian
Thanksgiving |
twilightbridge.com |
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| Nominations |
Cheryl
Fiddis Lois Brown |
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| September 2008 |
Garden
Tour
2008
(Wrap-up) |
Faye
Kilpatrick |
| From
My
Garden
(Garden
Tour
Thoughts) |
Peter
Barnsdale |
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| Wonders
&
Woes |
Lois
Brown |
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| FYI,
Garden
Reading,
Out
&
About,
Nominations
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| June 2008 |
Cleaning
Indoor
Air
(with
Plants) |
Toronto
Botanical
Garden |
| Viburnum
Leaf
Beatle |
Diane
Allison |
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| Nominations
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Publicity,
Fundraising,
RhodoFest
Chair |
Cheryl
Fiddis, Lois Brown |
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| May 2008 |
President's
Report - Argentina Trip |
Susan
Brandl |
| Rhododendron
Leafhopper |
Diane
Allison |
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| Nominations
! President, Vice-president, Treasurer |
Cheryl
Fiddis Lois Brown |
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| April 2008 |
Easter...Spring |
Cheryl Fiddis |
| Rhodo Rogues |
Lois Brown |
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| Cypress Tip Moth |
Diane Allison |
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| Nominations! Nominations!
Nominations! |
Cheryl Fiddis & Lois Brown |
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| March 2008 |
Gardening by the Book-Long
Season Gardening (Books to read) |
Susan Brandl |
| Nominations! Nominations!
Nominations! |
Cheryl Fiddis |
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| Plant People-Sweet, Silly Similes |
Cheryl Fiddis |
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| President's Report |
Susan Brandl |
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| February 2008 |
14
Perennials That Will Add
Winter Interest to your Garden |
Hilary
Rinaldi |
| President's
Report |
Susan
Brandl |
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| "Be
My Valentine" Raffle, Plant
Sale Volunteer Form |
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| January 2008 |
President's
Monthly Report & Annual Report for 2007 |
Susan
Brandl |
| Shortened
issue due to Editor vacancy |
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| December 2007 |
Survive
Winter
by
Growing
Houseplants |
Margot
Moser |
| BRAGS
Show
and
Tell
Page |
Various |
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| Presidents
Report |
Susan
Brandl |
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| November 2007 |
BRAGS
Members
Share
Great
Gardening
Tips |
Various |
| The
Little Vine That Could (Dicentra scandens) |
Peter
Barnsdale |
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| A
Freeze to Remember (Nov 11, 1955) |
Margot
Moser |
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| President's
Report |
Susan
Brandl |
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| October 2007 |
Clean-up
Time |
Margot
Moser |
| Please,
please...don't eat
the Rhododendrons |
Margot
Moser,
ed. |
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| President's
Report |
Susan
Brandl |
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| September 2007 |
Garden
Tour
2007 |
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| The
Great Fuchsia Flurry
(Burnaby oil pipeline disaster) |
Lois
Brown |
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| Garden
Quiz,
Editor
needed,
President's
Report |
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| June 2007 |
More on Botanical Names |
Margot Moser |
| My Favorite Plant Today
is...Aquilegia alpina |
Diane Allison |
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| President's Report, New Vista
Report, Burnaby Garden Tour |
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| May 2007 |
My Favorite Plant Today
is...Heuchera |
Diane Allison |
| Carl Linnaeus – Father of
Taxonomy |
Margot Moser |
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| Plant Sale Report |
Susan McDougall |
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| President's Report, Ayuko Inoue |
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| April 2007 |
My Favorite Plant Today
is...Osmanthus heterophyllus 'Goshiki' |
Diane Allison |
| Use Them or Lose Them -
Botanical Names That Is |
Margot Moser |
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| Fairhaven Project, Plant Sale,
President's Report |
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| March 2007 |
From Our President |
Susan Brandl |
| 3.4 MB |
My Favorite Plant Today is . . .
Primula elatior |
Diane Allison |
| IPM - Weed Control &
Prevention |
Margot Moser |
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| February 2007 |
Thinking Spring (Plant Sale
Preparations) |
Susan McDougall |
| 379 KB |
My Favorite Plant Today is . . .
Erica carnea ‘Springwood White’ |
Diane Allison |
| Wrenhaven Nursery Closing |
Margot Moser |
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| January 2007 |
President's 2006 Report |
Cheryl Fiddis |
| 174 KB |
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| December 2006 |
How NOT to Plant Rhododendrons |
Margot Moser |
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My Favorite Plant Today is .
. . Acer griseum (Paperbark maple) |
Diane Allison |
| Use IPM to Tackle Even the Worst
Weeds |
Margot Moser |
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| November 2006 |
An important message from your
Nominations Committee |
Nom. Comm. |
| 396 KB |
My favourite plant today
is...Aster lateriflorus 'Horizontalis' |
Diane Allison |
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| October 2006 |
News from Nanoose (Bad
neighbours) |
Margot Moser |
| 242 KB |
My favourite plant today
is...Aconitum carmichaelli 'Arendsii" |
Diane Allison |
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