Garden Show, May 4 & 5
Max Bell Centre 1001 Barlow Trail SE
Advance Tickets:$10 Society Members / $12 Non-members
Buy tickets online at calhort.org*
*A service fee applies to online ticket purchases. Advance/online ticket sales close May 3 at midnight
In person:• Society office, at 208 50 Avenue SW• greengate Garden Centres, at 14111 Macleod Trail SW• At the Show
(At the door tickets are $12.50 for Society members and $15.00 for non-members)
Visit calhort.org for Show details!
SPEAKERS | WORKSHOPS | MORE!
Max Bell CTrain Station | Free Parking at Max Bell Centre
Saturday and Sunday Garden Show hours: 9:00 am to 5:00 pm
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2019 EXHIBITORS GARDEN SHOW Booth #
Adair Tree Care Ltd 24Alberta Horticultural Association 103Alberta Regional Lily Society 100ALCLA Native Plant Restoration Inc 43ArborCare Tree Service 30ATS Pond Maintenance 23Bee Kingdom Glass 2Bethany Harris Art 1Bloomfield Garden Centre P7Botanical Gardens of Silver Springs 102Brassard Greenhouses Ltd 33Brothers Two Small Engines P6Calgary Rock and Alpine Garden Society 52,53Calgary Rose Society 54Canadian Peony Society 56City of Calgary Parks 17City of Calgary Waste & Recycling Services 17Yard Smart Garden P1CLS Landscape Supply Ltd 18Countryside Landscapes & Garden Centre 8,27Coutts Centre for Western Heritage 45Creative Ironworks & Design Ltd 5,6Eagle Lake Professional Landscaping Supply 14,21Eco Lighting Solutions 29Friends of Reader Rock Garden Society 57Garden Essentials 51Garden Scents Garden Center 44Haus of Bischoff 11Helgor Marketing Inc 26Hop Compost 20Horticultural Society Garden P2IncrediGrow Garden Centre 46Kate Borovko Art 3Kayben Landscaping 31Lougheed House Conservation Society 104Master Gardener Association 105Norwex 16Olds College 15Pages Books 9,10QR 770 32Redfern Enterprises Ltd 12,13Soil Kings Inc 37Sprung's Western Tent and Awning Ltd 35,36Stampede City African Violet Society 101Sunshine Earth Works 50The Gardener 38The Scottish Gardeners 7The Venturers Society 55The Wild Bird Store outsideTop Spray 49Transat Travel Shaganappi 48Tree Frog Tree Care/Bartlett Tree Experts 28Vegepod 4Western Canada Garden Soil 19Wicker Land Patio 39,42Worldwide Ecotours 25Year Round Landscaping 34,47
• Speakers are in Arena 2 and in the Silver Room in Arena 1.• Workshops are in the Potting Shed and in the Hoop Garden• Container Competition and Photo Contest entries are displayed on the second floor of Arena 1.• Two food trucks and the concession are on site to provide food services.
• Saturday’s Food: Bento Burrito• Sunday’s Food: Happy Fish• Both Days: Ice Scoops
ARENA 1
Demo Stage
A BIG THANK YOU TO OUR GARDEN SHOW SPONSORSMedia Sponsors
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About the Calgary Horticultural Society:
The Society is a not-for-profit, charitable organization that has been bringing Calgarians together to share tips for gardening success for over 110 years. The annual Garden Show is an important part of that tradition. An exciting line-up of speakers will talk about sustainable organic vegetable growing, soil and compost, hardy flowering plants and yard design.
Read about the speakers and their talks, get program details and purchase tickets by visiting the Society’s website at calhort.org. The Garden Show is the Society’s major fundraiser, which supports year-round programming. Be a part of this growing movement and Come Grow With Us at the Show!
Free Children’s Activities
This way to ARENA 2
Show Sponsor
While grabbing your lunch outside or before you leave, be sure to stop by The Wild Bird Store’s Bird Seed Truck.
May 4 May 5
Time Speaker Room Talk
9:30 am Cathy Kurio Arena 2 Steppe Plants for Calgary Gardens
11:00 am Adam Yakabuskie Arena 2 Herbaceous Peonies: For the Love of Peonies!
11:00 am Michelle Edworthy Silver Room Introduction to Garden Journaling
12:30 pm Jane Reksten Silver Room 2019 Perennial Plant of the Year
12:30 pm Mike Dorion Arena 2Why Still Make You Own? Other Ways to Compost
2:00 pm Kath Smyth Arena 2What is Your Garden Style? Do You Have Future Garden Plans?
2:00 pm Verne Williams Silver Room Native Plants and Their Hybrids
3:00 pm Michelle Dias Arena 2Introduction to City Composting: Their Process and Product presented by Waste and Recycling Services, City of Calgary
4:00 pm Adam Yakabuskie Arena 2 Herbaceous Peonies: For the Love of Peonies!
Demo Stage Schedule
Time Speaker Talk
9:15 am Dr. Ken Fry Arena 2Pollinators in the Garden: What to Plant, What to Do and Not Do, and Their Status in Alberta
10:30 am Diane Dalkin Arena 2 Reader Rock Garden: Truly Special
10:30 am Kate Murphy Silver Room Mason Bees
12:00 pm Cathy Kurio Arena 2 Steppe Plants for Calgary Gardens
12:00 pm Kate Murphy Silver Room Mason Bees
1:30 pm Kath Smyth Silver Room Top 10 Vegetables
1:30 pm John Duncan Arena 2 What’s New for 2019?
3:00 pm Carmen Lamoureux Arena 2 Tomato-Growing for the Northern Gardener
3:00 pm Diana Calder Silver Room Growing Antique Varieties of Sweet Peas
Demo Stage ScheduleTime Presenter Topic
9:30 amTracy L Grills, P.Eng, Eco Lighting Solutions
How the right Grow Lighting can help you be a more successful gardener, indoors and out
10:30 amKath Smyth, Winston Goretsky and Joanna Tschudy
Gardening Q&A—Bring your burning gardening questions for our panel of experts to answer
11:30 am CRAGS / Cathy Kurio Homemade Containers for Patio Gardening
12:30 pm Jeremy Zoller, Sunshine Earth Works How to Build an Edible Forest in Your Yard
1:30 pm Kris Brown-Schoepp, Wild Bird Store Hummingbirds
2:30 pm Sami Ladner-Zech, Garden EssentialsContainer Basics (Planting and the Fine Art of Deadheading)
3:30 pm Codie Anderson, ArborCare Pruning
Time Presenter Topic
10:00 am Blake Harris The Vegepod
11:30 am Sami Ladner-Zech, Garden EssentialsContainer Basics (Planting and the Fine Art of Deadheading)
12:30 pm CRAGS / Rob Staniland Homemade Containers for Patio Gardening
1:30 pm Kris Brown-Schoepp, Wild Bird Store Hummingbirds
2:30 pm Matt Davis, Adair Tree Care Tree Care Q&A
Speaker ScheduleSpeaker Schedule
SundaySaturday
WorkshopsMicrogreens and Sprouts: Indoor Edible Gardening9:30 to 10:30 am Cost: $40 members, $50 non-membersWorkshop room: the Potting Shed.Presenter: Janet Melrose, Calgary’s Cottage Gardener
Make a Hypertufa Planter2:00 to 4:00 pm Cost: $40 members, $50 non-members Workshop room: the Potting Shed.Presenter: Lindsay Watkinson, Venturers Society
WorkshopsGrowing Culinary Mushrooms in Your Backyard10:00 to 11:30 am Cost: $15 members, $20 non-members Workshop room: the Potting Shed.Presenter: Fungi Akuafo
Make a Hypertufa Planter2:00 to 4:00 pm Cost: $40 members, $50 non-members Workshop room: the Potting Shed.Presenter: Lindsay Watkinson, Venturers Society
Photographing Flowers with a Smartphone2:00 to 3:00 pm Cost: $25 members, $35 non-members. Workshop room: the Hoop Garden.Presenter: Jillian Logee, Logee Photography
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How to Plant a Bee Garden10:00 to 11:30 am Cost: $45 members, $55 non-members. Workshop room: the Hoop Garden.Presenter: Wendy Zac, Bloomfield Garden Centre
Please see our website calhort.org for program updates.
Please see our website calhort.org for program updates.
