Fraser South Rhododendron Society
Our Monthly Meetings are held on the third Wednesday of each month (except June, July and August). Please note that our meeting place is now Langley Mennonite Fellowship Church hall, 20997 40th Avenue, Langley. Doors open shortly after 7:00 pm and meetings start at 7:30 pm. Guests are most welcome to attend.
Meetings this year will be a combination of in-person meetings and zoom meetings.
This Month
Date: Wednesday, January 15th at 7:30 p.m. (Zoom)
Title: My Recommended Pacific Northwest Garden Tree and Shrub Species, other than Rhododendrons, Conifers and Most Native Plants.
Although they have about 200+ planted rhododendrons in their half hectare garden, Dr. Glen Jamieson’s ongoing interest is also in the smaller and more unusual species of shrubs (48) and trees (33) that can be grown in southwestern British Columbia, which they have. Plant criteria for selection here are largely those with significant flowers; unusual seedpods, bark, or leaves, and edible fruit.
Speaker: Dr. Glen Jamieson has a B.SC in Agriculture from McGill University and a M.Sc. and Ph.D. in Zoology from UBC. He worked for Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) as a research scientist for 31 years, both in the Maritimes (5 yr) and at the Pacific Biological Station in Nanaimo, BC (26 yr). He retired from DFO in 2008, and became editor of the Journal of the American Rhododendron Society in 2009. He joined the ARS in 1995, and has explored for plants in Yunnan, China (2005); Borneo (2008); Ecuador and Peru (seven trips between 1998-2014) and in Sikkim, India (2015). He has travelled to over 80 counties and with his wife Dorothy, lives and maintains a garden in Parksville that is periodically on his local chapter’s (Mount Arrowsmith; MARS) garden tour, where he also has an extensive vireya collection, possibly the largest in Canada. He is the editor of the Journal American Rhododendron Society, created the online journal Rhododendrons International, and is the ARS District 1 Director.
Next Month
Date: Wednesday, February 19 at 7:30 p.m. (Via Zoom)
Topic: TBA
Read about our first 10 years Here
