Armstrong and District Garden Club

Armstrong and District Garden Club Love to garden?! The Armstrong and District Garden Club meets the first Tuesday of every month (February to June and September to December). Annual dues are $15.

Meetings are held at St. James Anglican Church, 2315 Patterson Avenue, Armstrong, beginning at 6:30 pm. The Armstrong and District Garden Club meets the first Tuesday of every month (February to June and September to December) at the Odd Fellows Hall, 3005 Wood Avenue, Armstrong, BC, beginning at 7:00 pm. The next scheduled meeting is February 6, 2018. Visitors are always welcome! Established in 1

927, the club is an active, fun group. Besides the monthly meetings, there are garden tours within the club and of other specialty gardens and garden centres. Our main fundraiser is the annual plant sale held each May. The club supports a local community garden and provides a bursary to a student in post-secondary education in horticulture, landscaping or agriculture.

06/24/2026

Want to keep gardening for years to come?

In this episode of The Evergreen Thumb, Sally Bagshaw joins Erin Hoover to discuss practical strategies that help gardeners adapt as their needs change over time.

The conversation covers:
🌱 Making gardening more manageable
🌱 Tools and techniques that reduce strain
🌱 Planning gardens that are easier to maintain
🌱 Building community through gardening
🌱 Mentoring the next generation of gardeners

Listen on your favorite podcast app or at buff.ly/eVe8BYw

06/24/2026

The genius of xeric plants
Create a landscape of plants designed for drought

Get SCHOOLED in this week's column of Gardening with Nature! Sigrie goes into depth about what actually makes a 'tough plant'.

"Many native and non-native xeric species, have evolved a process called CAM photosynthesis. CAM (Crassulacean Acid Metabolism) photosynthesis is a specialized water-saving adaptation found in many drought-tolerant plants." - Sigrie Kendrick, OXA executive director and master gardener

Read in full https://tr.ee/2VQUwTmDk_
'Castanet - Jun 17, 2026: Create a landscape of plants designed for drought'

06/22/2026

GUIDE FOR DISTINGUISHING SEEDLINGS
Just in case the identification tag was lost...!

Chart via theseedsite.co.uk

06/22/2026

INVASIVE W**D : CREEPING BELLFLOWER
Campanula rapunculoides

This pretty plant is actually a horrendously invasive one. Creeping Bellflower is particularly hard to control because it spreads through rhizomes and roots in the soil as well as by seed.

This plant is on the monitor list - it is not a listed noxious w**d in Washington. The flower heads may reach up to 30 inches in height. The blue-purple, 5-petaled, bell-shaped flowers droop along the entire length of the flowering stem, facing downward. It can survive in a variety of habitats, from full shade to sun, in wetlands and dry uplands, in disturbed habitats as well as intact ones.

Control of creeping bellflower takes time and effort. Digging and sifting soil to a depth of 12 inches can remove most lateral roots and taproots. Root materials should be bagged and disposed of properly.

Additional information can be found in the following resource:
https://www.nwcb.wa.gov/w**ds/creeping-bellflower
Image via Alex Katovich, Bugwood.org, Creative Commons License

06/22/2026

Friend of Foe Friday - Have you noticed the difference between these two?

06/22/2026

THE MYTH
“Watering plants on a hot sunny day will scorch their leaves”

THE REALITY
If your plants are showing signs of water stress in the middle of the day, by all means you should water them! Postponing irrigation until the evening (not a good time to water anyway, as this can encourage fungal pathogens) or the following morning could damage your plants and open them up to opportunistic diseases.

THE BOTTOM LINE
• Wet foliage is not susceptible to sunburn
• Analyze site conditions to ensure optimal root and shoot health and prevent drought problems
• Any time plants exhibit drought stress symptoms is the time to water them
• Optimal watering time is in the early morning; watering during the day increases
evaporative losses, and evening watering regimes can encourage establishment of
some fungal pathogens
• Do not overuse fertilizers and pesticides, especially those containing sodium or
chloride salts
• If using recycled or gray water, consider running the water through a filtering
system before applying it to plants

For more information, please visit Dr. Chalker-Scott’s web page at http://www.theinformedgardener.com.
https://wpcdn.web.wsu.edu/.../403/2015/03/leaf-scorch.pdf
Image via Janusz Wlczak, pixabay.com

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Meeting At St. James Anglican Church, 2315 Patterson Avenue
Armstrong, BC
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