An appetite for gardening – incorporating edibles

12mar6:30 pm9:00 pmAn appetite for gardening – incorporating edibles

Event Details

Gardeners of Burlington presents guest speaker Sean James: “An appetite for gardening – incorporating edibles”. Please come and join a friendly group of amateur gardeners interested in learning more about all aspects of gardening.

This talk will focus on adding vegetables throughout your ornamental garden. Many
home
gardeners (but, sadly few professional landscapers/designers) are looking to grow more of

their own food, but why relegate edible plants to the
back corner, punishing them like

they’ve misbehaved? “Go sit in the corner. Think
about what you’ve done!” Many fruits and

veggies are beautiful and offer wonderful texture and
colour; think about eggplant, rhubarb

and kale! Growing vines (beans, squash, tomatoes) on
trellises and espaliering fruit trees can

also be a great way to use vertical surfaces to
embiggen your landscape and fill the pantry at

the same time! We’ll discuss all the options!

 

Sean owns ‘Sean James Consulting & Design’. Named
by Landscape Ontario as 2020 and 2021’s

Garden Communicator of the Year, gardening has been
Sean James’ passion and profession for

over 40 years. A graduate of Niagara Parks School of
Horticulture, a Master Gardener, writer,

and teacher, Sean focuses on eco-gardening
techniques. He has spoken at events from the

Maritimes to Seattle and landscaped from Switzerland
to California. Sean had the honour of

being part of creating the new Ontario Landscape Tree
Planting Guide, the Grow-Me-Instead

guide, the Ontario Horticultural Apprenticeship
Curriculum, the national Red Seal

Occupational Standard, and the Master Gardeners
Reference Manual. He has chaired the

Environmental Stewardship Committee for Landscape
Ontario and the Environmental

Committee for the Perennial Plant Association and
been featured on radio and television,

including filling in for Paul Zammit occasionally on
CBC’s ‘The Gardening Show’.

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Time

March 12, 2025 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm(GMT+00:00)

Location

Burlington Seniors Centre

2285 New Street, Burlington

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