St. Margaret's Bay Gardening Club
Gardeners Helping Gardeners
SMBGC is a member of the Nova Scotia Association of Garden Clubs
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Join the club!!
Memberships available now! (2025-2026)
for $20 single and $30 family.
Steps for joining:
Step One Fill in the form at this link - please read the intro for the info you'll need. https://forms.gle/yhJtkpXigR75s7uv5
Please read the whole "step two." (this info is also on the form)
Step Two Pay by etransfer to smbgardeningclub@gmail.com making sure you put a "message" on your etransfer with some identifying info. If you prefer to pay by cash or cheque, you can do that at the September meeting.
November Meeting!
Our short AGM, Our Holiday Social and
"ASK A MASTER GARDENER"
Join us at 7 pm on November 26th at
St. Luke's United Church
in Upper Tantallon for this event!
Non-members are welcome for $5.00 per person.
Meetin POSTPONED
until Wednesday,
Nov 26th!!
Do you have questions about how to put your garden to bed? What to leave? What should be cleaned up? What other issues are you wondering about in your fall into winter garden? Maybe you have other questions - so bring them along. Ask one of two Master Gardeners - Carolyn Downie and Richelle Gregg who will answer your questions following our brief Annual General Meeting. Hear the President's Report, meet our executive and have some delicious finger food! Door prizes too! See you there.
We support the St. Margaret's Bay Food Bank with cash donations, and we provide envelopes for your donations which are delivered to the Food Bank.
Carolyn Downie says -
"To maintain my Master Gardener status, my main focus is the Newman Rose Garden at the IWK Health Centre. I have volunteered there for over 10 years. It is rewarding as a place of peace and beauty for families of patients and for hospital staff. I have the joy of working in a real garden as I now live in an apartment. As well as being a Master Gardener, I am also a provincial Horticultural Judge. I have judged many flower shows and still find it challenging and sometimes scarey. Challenging because gardeners have become so proficient in growing wonderful plants. It is a tough decision to find the best out of 10 or 12 exhibits. Scarey because how do you politely explain why you didn't award a ribbon to the person who "always" wins a prize. I am amazed at the artistic and creative ability displayed in the composition and arrangement categories. Every flower show has been a learning opportunity for me. My tip for the fall is: Make your garden neat and tidy in the fall and spring will be a success."
Richelle Gregg is a horticulturist and native-plant enthusiast who has been a Master Gardener for three years. She loves helping people discover how simple and joyful gardening can be, especially when we take our cues from the plants themselves. When she’s not volunteering, she’s tending her own wild patch and putting the finishing touches on her book, Florosophy.
The Holiday Decorating Workshop is back!
'MAKING HOLIDAY THEMED OUTDOOR CONTAINERS, DOOR SPRAYS AND INDOOR YULE LOGS'
This is a very popular event offered to members who have paid for their 2025-2026 membership fees.
If you have not yet renewed your 2025-2026 membership or wish to join the club, you can renew your membership or join for the first time by clicking on the 2025-2026 membership registration link here on this page.
Once you have registered and paid for your membership, you can come back to this email and register for the Holiday Decorating Workshop.
The event will take place on Sunday November 30, 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. (Rain or Shine, as we can be inside) at St. Luke’s United Church, Lower Hall, 5374 St. Margaret’s Bay Rd., Upper Tantallon.
The SMBGC will provide many different types of natural evergreen materials, decorative bows, and ribbons. However, if you have enough natural material on your property to share, it would be great if you were able to bring along an assortment of evergreen boughs, decorative branches and holly from your property if you have some to spare but not necessary.
Bring any special ornament(s) you would like to include in your arrangements and of course your container(s), pruners, and extra decor to share and glue guns if you have one. If you’re using a pot with soil, ensure it is not frozen by putting it indoors prior to the workshop. (You could also use a large block of floral foam which is reasonably priced at the Dollar Store in Tantallon.)
Pricing is as follows -
Please remember the event is limited to Members - those who have paid their membership via the link above (or in person at a meeting).
If you are inviting someone, please remember that they need to have a membership and have to register for the event.
And just a reminder that the payment is TWO steps. One for membership, one for registration for the Decor Workshop. Thanks! It became too confusing when people were paying for everything at once.
1 container, 1 spray and a Yule log, $30
2 containers, 1 spray and a Yule log, $45
Bundles
We offer evergreen bundles for members who could not attend the workshop or who wished to decorate at home. This was very popular and we are offering them again this year on a first come first served basis.
Members' cost per bundle is $25.
Non members who wish to only purchase evergreen bundles and not a membership, can purchase them for $30 each.
They will be available at the end of the workshop or by contacting claudylevy@gmail.com to arrange pick up once the workshop is over.
To Register for the Holiday Decorating Workshop OR to purchase an additional bundle of greenery, click on the link below.
Seedy Saturday 2025
We had a very successful Seedy Saturday with over 500 people coming through the door, and about 50 volunteers for organizing, running the event and cleaning up afterwards. We couldn't do it without these willing hands! Thanks again to Niki Jabbour, Elizabeth Peirce, Chris Hall, Chris Radimer and Chris Sanford - our speakers. Our 14 vendors were all enthusiastic and it was great seeing everyone again this year. We had three info tables too, well-attended. With the seeds and plant material we all bought, we look forward to lots of wonderful planting and growing this spring, summer and fall. Thank you! And we wanted to share our list of sponsors again, along with advertisers and supporters! It was a fantastic day all 'round. How about a round of applause for Certainly Cinnamon?
Your SMBGC Executive and Seedy Saturday team
Our Sponsors, Advertisers and Supporters appreciate your patronage year-round!
