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Gardenscape 2010 Speaker's Theatre -
Presented by Beachcomber

FRIDAY, MARCH 26 (11am-10pm)

2:00 p.m.

Best Vegetables for the Home Gardener

Doug Waterer, University of Saskatchewan

4:00 p.m.

Early Prairie Lily Breeders

Sara Williams, Horticultural Specialist & Author sponsored by the Canadian Prairie Lily Society

5:00 pm

 

FINDING YOUR GARDEN STYLE - Ken Beattie, Feature Speaker

Presented by Early’s Farm and Garden Centre

6:00 pm

Haskap – The New Prairie Fruit (honey berry)

Bob Bors, University of Saskatchewan,

7:00 pm

Saskatchewan’s Gardening Calendar

Patricia Hanbidge, Saskatoon School of Horticulture

8:00 pm

 

DECORATING YOUR OUTDOOR LIVING ROOM - Ken Beattie, Feature Speaker

Presented by Early’s Farm and Garden Centre

 

 

SATURDAY, MARCH 27 (9am-8pm)

10:00 a.m.

Backyard Bugs…Good or bad?

Jeff Boone, Entomologist, City of Saskatoon. 

11:00 a.m.

Best Trees and Shrubs for the Prairies

Sara Williams, Horticultural Specialist & Author - sponsored by the Canadian Prairie Lily Society

12 noon

Easy Care Native Plants for the Home Garden

Chet Neufeld, Native Plant Society of Saskatchewan,

1:00 p.m.

 

THE AVANT GARDENER “Styles & Trends for Prairie Gardens” - Ken Beattie, Feature Speaker

Presented by Early’s Farm and Garden Centre

2:00 p.m.

Exotic Container Gardening

Jill van Duyvendyk, Dutch Growers Garden Centre

3:00 p.m.

Sour Cherries: The "Romance Series". How to Grow and Use Them

Bob Bors, University of Saskatchewan,

4:00 p.m.

Easy to Grow, Easy to Love Roses

Luke and Rick van Duyvendyk, Dutch Growers Garden Centre

5:00 p.m.

Vegetable Diseases “symptoms and control”

Jill Thomson, University of Saskatchewan

6:00 p.m.

 

FINDING YOUR GARDEN STYLE - Ken Beattie, Feature Speaker

Presented by Early’s Farm and Garden Centre

 

 

SUNDAY, MARCH 28 (11am-5pm)

12 noon

 

DECORATING YOUR OUTDOOR LIVING ROOM - Ken Beattie, Feature Speaker

Presented by Early’s Farm and Garden Centre

1:00 pm

Re-Creating the “White Garden” in a Prairie Landscape

Linda Matthews, University of Saskatchewan

2:00 pm

The Fourth Season - Winter

Patricia Hanbidge, Saskatoon School of Horticulture,

3:00 pm

THE AVANT GARDENER “Styles & Trends for Prairie Gardens”- Ken Beattie, Feature Speaker

Presented by Early’s Farm and Garden Centre

 

DEMONSTRATION THEATRE - HALL D

FRIDAY, MARCH 26

3:00 p.m.

 

Celebrity Flower Arranging

Presented by Dutch Growers Garden Centre

4:00 p.m.

 

Choosing the Right Tree, Site Selection and Planting

Vic Krahn, Lakeshore Garden Centre

5:00 p.m.

 

Pruning Trees & Shrubs

Tony Toews, ISA Certified Arborist - City of Saskatoon

6:00 p.m.

 

All About Grafting

Darrell Fehr, Little Tree Nursery

7:00 p.m.

 

Safely Handling a Chainsaw

James Williams, Lambert Distributing & Husqvarna Canada

8:00 p.m.

 

Wintering the Pond to Spring Wake-up

Jason Courmartin, Laguna & Early’s Farm and Garden Centre

 

SATURDAY, MARCH 27

11:00 a.m.          

 

Weed Management in Horticulture

Linda Matthews, University of Saskatchewan

12 noon

 

Correctly Sharpen That Chainsaw Blade

James Williams, Lambert Distributing & Husqvarna Canada

1:00 p.m.

 

Composting

Laurie Brasnett, Master Composter

2:00 p.m.

 

Ask A Horticulture Expert

Grant Wood (Moderator), U of S Plant Sciences

Spencer Early, Early’s Farm & Garden Centre

Rick vanDuyvendyk, Dutch Growers Garden Centre

Patricia Hanbidge, Saskatoon School of Horticulture

Vic Krahn, Lakeshore Garden Centre

3:00 p.m.

      

An Introduction to Backyard Grapes

Dean Kreutzer, Over the Hill Orchards

4:00 p.m.

 

Herbs

Fran Eldridge, Fran’s House of Herbs

5:00 p.m.

 

Pruning Trees & Shrubs

Rick vanDuyvendyk, Dutch Growers Garden Centre

6:00 p.m.

 

Safely Handling a Chainsaw  

James Williams, Lambert Distributing & Husqvarna Canada    

7:00 p.m.

 

Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Potassium and the Deficiencies They Cause

Jackie Bantle, U of S Plant Sciences

 

SUNDAY, MARCH 28

12 noon

 

Conquering the Perils of Pond Algae

Jason Coumartin, Laguna & Early’s Farm and Garden Centre 

1:00 p.m.

 

Correctly Sharpen That Chainsaw Blade

James Williams, Lambert Distributing & Husqvarna Canada  

2:00 p.m.

Pruning Trees & Shrubs

Tony Toews, ISA Certified Arborist – City of Saskatoon

3:00 p.m.

Working With Dried Flowers

Bonita Lundberg, Saskatoon Horticultural Society