When you buy a plant at the Bowen Island Garden Club's annual plant sale, you don't just add beauty to your own garden. Monies raised at the sale go towards beautification projects of the entire island.
The plant sale and raffle is the club's annual fundraiser to support projects such as daffodil plantings, invasive plant eradication, and golf course flower beds. In addition, the programs of visiting monthly speakers and open gardens are an important resource for members and non-members alike.
This event is at BICS on Saturday, May 14. The sale opens at 11 a.m. and lasts for one hour only. Be sure to allow yourself plenty of time to get a place in the front of the queue. The better items sell out very quickly.
The club's 200 members have been collecting a wide range of plants and scrubs over the last month or two to ensure that a wide variety will be on display. Prices, as always, will be rock bottom.
Given the ravages of our resident deer population, expect to find a large collection of deer-resistant plants for the unfenced portions of your property. When in doubt about the most serendipitous placing of that must-have beauty, be sure to ask a club member for help and advice.
Through the generosity of our many donors, the raffle will offer a dozen different prizes valued at up to $150. Tickets will be on sale at the General Store over the weekend and at BICS the morning of the sale. The draw will take place at 11.50 a.m.
JOHN LAWRENCE, BI GARDEN CLUB
