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| All files below are in PDF format. If you don't have a PDF reader installed on our computer, a free copy can be obtained from the Adobe website |
| BC Council of Garden
Clubs Bulletin |
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| The current
issue of
the BCCGC publication The Bulletin is available for
download here for
the convenience of BRAGS members. These newsletters
contain a
wide variety of gardening related articles. |
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| BRAGS Newsletters |
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Features |
Author |
| February 2012 |
Those Showy Cyclamens |
The Almanac for Farmers
& City Folk, W. Burge |
| Ground Hog Day |
Old Farmer's Almanac |
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| St. Valentine's Day |
Fun fact & trivia |
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| January 2012 |
St. Fiachra's Garden - a
secret
garden near Dublin, Ireland |
Cheryl Fiddis |
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| December 2011 |
Winter Beds & Borders |
Royal Horticultural Society |
| How to Make a Christmas
Wreath |
eHow.com |
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| November 2011 |
Pruning Calendar: Autumn |
Royal Horticultural Society |
| Helping Birds Through the
Winter
Months |
Canadian Wildlife Fed. |
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| AGM...Nominations,
Refreshments
Committee: Help Wanted! |
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| October 2011 |
Autumn Beds &
Borders-Designing with Plants |
Cheryl Fiddis |
| September Meeting Summary
(Members' Summer Gardens 2011) |
Rosemarie Daviduk &
Cheryl
Fiddis |
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| Rhubarb Cake Recipe |
Rosemarie Daviduk |
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| September 2011 |
Meet the Vice-President
(Gardening in BC vs. Ontario) |
Lanny Hui |
| Make Pesticides a Thing of
the
Past |
Canadian Wildlife Fed. |
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| 2011 Picnic Summary |
Cheryl Fiddis |
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| June 2011 |
BRAGS Constitution - Name
Change
Discussion |
BRAGS Executive |
| RhodoFest 2011 Summary |
Wendy Thompson |
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| May 2011 |
Gardening in New Zealand |
Helen Vaughan |
| Thank You, Helen Vaughan |
Cheryl Fiddis |
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| Sage Advice |
Kim Taylor |
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| April 2011 |
Windy Day (poem) |
Frances Wuzinski |
| Meet Our President, Verna
Adamson |
Verna Adamson |
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| Thank You, Anne & David
Forsyth |
Cheryl Fiddis |
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| March 2011 |
Not-So-Secret Gardens -
Botanical Building, Balboa Park, San Diego |
Wendy Thompson |
| Just for the Birds -
Feeding
Hummingbirds |
Cheryl Fiddis |
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| February
2011 |
Getting Ready for
Spring!,
Upcoming Column |
Cheryl FIddis |
| Burnaby Garden Scene on
Twitter |
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| January
2011 |
How to Grow Hoya (Wax
Plant) |
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| Urgent Message from BRAGS
President Judy Wellington |
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| December 2010 |
Which Tree is the Most
Eco-Friendly? (Christmas Trees) |
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| November 2010 |
Native Canadian Orchids |
Canadian Orchid Congress |
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| October 2010 |
Nominations |
Cheryl Fiddis |
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| 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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| BRAGS 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
! 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
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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
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Erica carnea ‘Springwood White’ |
Diane Allison |
| Wrenhaven Nursery Closing |
Margot Moser |
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| January 2007 |
President's 2006 Report |
Cheryl Fiddis |
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| December 2006 |
How NOT to Plant
Rhododendrons |
Margot Moser |
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My Favorite Plant Today is
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. . 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. |
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My favourite plant today
is...Aster lateriflorus 'Horizontalis' |
Diane Allison |
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| October
2006 |
News from Nanoose (Bad
neighbours) |
Margot Moser |
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My favourite plant today
is...Aconitum carmichaelli 'Arendsii" |
Diane Allison |
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