March Meeting: Liz Knowles - Echoes of Wild Places
Mar 11, 2012 - 1:30pm - 4:00pm
Presentation
Echoes of Wild Places
Liz Knowles
The talk Echoes of WIld Places is constantly evolving as we travel to different destinations. It originated some years back when someone commented "please, not another travel talk". Instead I focus on plants that we have seen in the wild that will grow in our gardens in Southern Ontario. Seeing a plant growing in its native habitat often makes it easier to place in the garden. And there is always the challenge of trying to grow something special or exotic that I have seen on one of our trips.
Speaker
Liz Knowles
Liz Knowles has been gardening in the Hockley Valley for 36 years. During that time, she and husband George have developed several perennial beds and rock gardens, two ornamental ponds, a large grass garden, woodland gardens and assorted shrub borders. For the last 15 years she has been travelling to remote places to see and photograph wildflowers, destinations include: Sichuan and Yunnan in China, Bhutan, Western Australia, New Zealand, the Zagros mountains and Golestan in Iran, Israel, Turkey, Greece and Crete, Cyprus, Corsica and the Pyrenees, Argentina and Chile.
Location
Toronto Botanical Gardens
777 Lawrence Ave. E
Toronto, ON
Room: Floral Hall
We'll be meeting in the Floral Hall. The room is wheelchair accessible and air conditioned. TBG's parking lot is undergoing major reconstruction, so arrive a few minutes early to park on nearby sidestreets if necessary.
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