GARDEN EVENTS

Nanaimo meeting. The Nanaimo Horticultural Society will meet tonight at 7 in Unitarian Fellowship Hall, 595 Townsite Rd. A panel will answer gardening questions and there will be a parlour show. Information at 250-758-6783. Floral art. The Mid Island Floral Art Club will meet on Thursday at 2 p.m. in St. Stephen's Church Hall, 150 Village Way in Qualicum Beach. The theme is Mother’s Day All Wrapped Up. Information at 250-752-1858. Plant sales on Saturday: • Compost Education Centre, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at 1216 North Park St. Organically grown vegetable, herb and medicinal transplants, perennial edibles. Heirloom tomatoes. Snacks and music. • Gordon Head Garden Club, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., Gordon Head United Church, 4201 Tyndall Ave. • Garden Babies for Birthright, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., St. Elizabeth Church, 10030 3rd Ave. in Sidney. Cool shade flowers, flowering shrubs, perennials, herbs, vegetables, ground covers. Large tomato transplants. • Ladysmith Saltair Garden Club, 9 a.m. until sold out, Aggie Hall at Symonds and 1st Ave. in Ladysmith. Annuals, perennials, shrubs, vegetables, floral baskets, house plants raised by members. • Morrell Nature Sanctuary, 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., 787 Nanaimo Lakes Rd. in Nanaimo. Native plants. Master gardeners to answer questions. • Nanoose Garden Club, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Nanoose Library Centre on Northwest Bay Rd. Vegetables, heritage tomatoes, perennials. Master gardeners. Book sale, bake sale. • Qualicum Beach Garden Club, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., 234 Crescent Rd. East in Qualicum Beach. Locally raised plants, including vegetables, and garden-related items.

Show and sale. The Nanaimo Rhododendron Society will host a flower show and plant sale on Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Beban Park Centennial Building. View a great variety of blooms and foliage. Visit vendors from all over Vancouver Island who will have alpine and woodland plants, bulbs, seeds and perennials as well as rhododendrons. Admission is free. Details at nanaimorhodos.ca.