To apply for membership, contact LethbridgeHortSociety@yahoo.ca or see Yvonne at one of the scheduled meetings at the library.
Contact:
P.O. Box 11, Lethbridge, AB, T1J 3Y3
LethbridgeHortSociety@yahoo.ca or Penny Dodd
Phone 403-380-3809.
Here’s a brief history of the Lethbridge and District Horticultural Society, as presented by BJ Boulton-Gunn to a Commmunities in Bloom luncheon.
2016-2017 Board:
Penny Dodd – President 403-380-3809 p.dodd@telus.net
Yvonne Bruinsma – Treasurer 403-320-8507 yvonnebruinsma@yahoo.com
Beatrice Milner – Secretary 403-320-3154 beatrice.milner@galtmuseum.com
Marion Jankunis – Director at Large 403-381-9118 mariongj@shaw.ca
Judy Matlock-, Newsletter editor 403-329-3920 judy.matlock@shaw.ca
Paul Stevenson-Director at Large 403-327-4103 steypa@telus.net
Dr. Ken Richards – Director at Large 403-394-4123 richardsken@hotmail.com
Barb Mansbridge – Director at Large 587-425-1383. mansbridgebarb@gmail.com
Charles Winchester – Director at Large 403-393-1454 chuckles2000@yahoo.com
Website and FaceBook – Richard Burke 403-317-4006 richburke45@gmail.com
Hi there,
I’m moving to Lethbridge from White Rock BC, in early August. I Love to make my own vegetable and herb garden and am wondering whether there are any of the above, including root vegetables that I can plant in August? Or will a potential frost kill them in Sept.?
Any advice? Would an above ground planter work? Or could I plant ground level?
Thank you so much!
Lara
Hi Lara,
This unbelievably tardy response to your question shows I have not been doing my job. Hope you will eventually see this. If you were hoping for a fall harvest, you could plant annual herbs–chervil seems to be growing all the time in my garden. But August is too late for nearly all veggies. Maybe peas, spinach and kale–crops that can take some cold–would develop before we have a killing frost. Few plantings are done in the fall here. Even daffodils need to be in the ground by mid Sept for them to set enough roots for good spring growth. Garlic planted in the fall grows very successfully, and many people fall seed greens such as spinach, mesclun mix, lettuces and some annual herbs.
Hope you will have successful gardening experiences in 2017. If you come to a Hort Society meeting, please introduce yourself to me.
Penny