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2010
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Special Date
Monday January 25
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Todd Boland
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Spring Alpines Of The Aragonian Pyrenees
Todd's presentation will focus on alpine plants of the Aragonian Pyrenees in Spain. Many of the plants found there will grow in Calgary.
Todd Boland is Research Horticulturist for the Memorial University of Newfoundland Botanical Garden in Saint John's.
View the website at:
www.mun.ca/botgarden/home.php
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Lakeview Community Association Hall
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Thursday February 11
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Ken Wright
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Establishing A Wild Environment
Ken and Pam Wright of Bowpoint Nursery have been propagating native plant material by seed and cuttings for 20 years. Besides offering a selection of plant material (mostly woody) from Southern Alberta, they also design habitats and ecosystems for those who wish to recreate a wild place.
For further information on their operation visit: www.bowpointnursery.com
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Lakeview Community Association Hall
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Saturday February 20
10 a.m. - 12 noon
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Cathy Kurio
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Workshop
Seed Starting For Beginners
$20 for CRAGS members, limit of 8. Coffee and a snack will be provided. Sign-up at the February 11 meeting, or email Lindsay Utting, 
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Thursday March 11 Dinner at 6:30 p.m.
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Potluck Dinner & CRAGS Top Ten
The meeting will start with our annual potluck dinner. Hall opens at 6 p.m. for set up. Please bring a dish to share, and your own plates, cutlery, and glasses. Coffee, tea, and punch will be provided.
Cathy is organizing a slide show of members' favorite alpine plants. Please send your pictures to Cathy ASAP ( ).
RSVP to Patrica Domin (403-255-7896) by Sunday, March 7, 2010.
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Lakeview Community Association Hall
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Thursday April 8
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Alan Bradshaw
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Wild Flora Of The American West
An armchair adventure in field botanizing with the proprietor of Alplains. Alan will show photos from his extensive travels in the American West of colorful, rare, and unusual flora from desert to alpine summit.
For more information about Alplains visit: www.alplains.com
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Lakeview Community Association Hall
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Saturday April 10 Sunday April 11 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. each day
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Calgary Horticultural Society Garden Show
Visit us at the CRAGS booth!
Show admission $12 at the door; cash only.
Pre-show for $10 at the Hort Society Office or greengate garden centre.
Show details here.
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Spruce Meadows
West-Bound HWY 22X Spruce Meadows Trail to Tournament Lane
Free parking in Lots 7 and 8.
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Saturday May 8
10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
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Carol Huggler
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Workshop
Making A Fishbox Trough
Back by popular demand!
Cost: $20 for CRAGS members
 
Space is limited, so register now!
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Thursday May 13
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Pam Eveleigh
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Hunting For Primulas In Yunnan & Sichuan
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Lakeview Community Association Hall
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Annual Plant Sale
Saturday May 15
1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
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Annual Plant Sale
Free admission. Alpine plants and advice available from local and BC growers. Rocky Mountain Tufa will have BC tufa for sale.
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Lakeview Community Association Hall
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Saturday June 5
9:30 a.m. to Noon
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Cathy Kurio
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Workshop
Introduction To Rock & Alpine Gardening
$25 for CRAGS Members.
Coffee and a snack will be provided. Topics will include building, planting and maintaining an alpine rock garden with recommendations for easy to grow alpine plants, soil mixtures and planting techniques.
Ideas will also be given on how to provide year long interest in a rock garden. A slideshow and tour of Cathy's garden will be included, along with a comprehensive handout.
To register, Contact Lindsay Utting,
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Special Date
Thursday June 17
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James Reveal
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Hunting Wild Buckwheats
For The Rock Garden
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Lakeview Community Association Hall
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Thursday September 9
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Paige Woodward
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Bulbs
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Lakeview Community Association Hall
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Special Date
Thursday October 7
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John Mitchell
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Curation, Collection & Cultivation:
Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh
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Lakeview Community Association Hall
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Special Date
Thursday November 4
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Peter Korn
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Building For Growing
Peter, a self-professed plant-a-holic from Sweden, will be showing us how he creates different environments for plants. He will include a little bit of everything; crevices, sand beds, peat blocks and woodlands. He will also share plant recommendations for each of these areas, as well as explain how he sows and grows plants in these environments.
Peter lives with his wife, Mirjam, near Gothenburg, Sweden. He runs a nursery where he sells surplus plants from his garden. He gives talks in Scandinavia and throughout northern Europe. He periodically works at the Botanical Garden in Gothenburg where he helps Henrik Zetterlund construct new gardens. He has also built gardens with Ron McBeath in Scotland.
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Lakeview Community Association Hall
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