GREEN GUIDE is a weekly
column. If your business or
charity is planning a gar-
dening event, send in your
informa tion as early as posst-
ble to the North Shore
News, 1139 Lonsdale Ave.,
North Vancouver, B.C.
V7M 2H4. Priority is given
to fundraising events and
shows taking place on the
North Shore.

TODAY: SFU is holding its
second annual rose and plant
sale from 12:30 a.m. to 3:30
p.m. at the east side of Strand
Hall on the Burnaby Campus.
Roses, perennials, annuals,
herbs, some house plants,
shrubs and trees will be
offered for sale. Money raised
will go to the SFU
Community Endowment in
support of bursaries for stu-

THE SECOND WEDNES-
DAY OF EACH MONTH:
The Capilano Flower
Arranging Club meets at
7:30 p.m. in the Cedar Room

at the Delbrook recreation
centre once a month until
June. The evenings include
workshons, demonstrations,
and more. Call Donna Sims at
986-9360 for more informa-
tion.

EVERY WEDNESDAY &
SATURDAY: Tours of the
main garden at the UBC
Botanical Garden will be
given by the Friends of the
Garden at 11 a.m. The tour is
included with the price of
admission. To arrange group
tours for the Main Garden
and the Nitobe Garden, call
822-9666. The UBC
Botanical Garden is located at
6804 Southwest Marine Dr.,
Vancouver.

MAY AND JUNE: The West
Vancouver Parks and
Recreation Department is
putting on instructional gar-

dening classes in the coming
weeks: Organic Herb

Gardening — create your own
organic herb garden and ivarn
some medicinal and culinary
uses for these plants, Saturday,
May 23, 9:30 am. to 11:30
a.m. West Vancouver in Bloom
— Stroll through the streets
and alleyways) of West
Vancouver with master gar-
dener — Sheila Watkins,
Wednesday, June 3 from 6:30

m. co 8 p.m. Pre-register at
925-7270.

SATURDAY, MAY 16: The
B.C. Fuchsia and Begonia
Society is holding their annu-
al plant, bake and craft sale
on Saturday, May 16 from 10
a.m. to 2 p.m. at VanDusen
Garden Floral Hall

Breezeway, 37th and Oak St.
in Vancouver. Items for sale
are fuchsias, begonias, gerani-
ums, das lilies, fuchsia trees,
planters and home baking and
crafts. Refreshment will be
available for 50 cents. For
more information, or for

‘table rental, contact Lorna at

929-5382, or Fern at 517-
0444.

MAY 16 AND 17: The
Canadian Geranium — and
Pelargonium Society is hold-
ing its annual plant sale and
show trom 10 a.m. t: 5 p.m.

on Saturday and from 9 am.

to 4 p.m. on Sunday. The _

show, to be held at St. Helen's
Parish auditorium at 387)
Pandora St. in Burnaby, will

feature unusual varietics of

geraniums and pelargoniums,
and many plants for vour gar-
den, baskets and window sill
will be offered fer sale.
Admission is free. For more
information, contact Barbara
at 327-3937,

JUNE 5 to 7: The fifth annu-
al VanDusen Flower and
Garden Show, = North
America’s largest outdoor gar-
den show is cooking from
planter to plate in "98! This
year’s theme is “The Garden is
Cooking” — and celebrity
guests include chefs from
Team BC as wel! as the
Waterfront Centre Hotel’s

herbal cuisine team Daryle
Nagata and Elaine Stevens.
The show is produced by the
VanDusen Botanical Gardens
Association to support the

garden. Tickets are available at
the gate: $8 for adults, S5 for
seniors, children 12 and under
get in free. For more informa-
tion call 878-9274.

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