Attention all gardeners!
The Bowen Island Garden Club’s Annual Plant Sale and Raffle will take place on Saturday, May 10th. This event is the Club’s annual fundraiser and all funds support a number of “beautification projects” that benefit the community as a whole.
The Club sold 9000 daffodils in the fall of 2013 to Islanders at cost. Enjoy what remains of them as this little beauty is regrettably on its way out. The Club also commissioned the “Bowen Island welcomes you” sign, which, after months of haggling with various agencies on-island, was installed by the Municipality above our controversial ‘wall.’ It is the first thing visitors see as they leave the ferry dock.
On Wednesday you might have seen a work party clearing out the Library’s garden beds in preparation for the planting of perennial shrubs and smaller plants. The plantings and their subsequent annual maintenance will continue to be sponsored by the Club.
The Plant Sale and Raffle will open at BICS 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 300 members have been busy collecting a wide range of plants and shrubs over the last month or two to ensure that a wide variety will be available. Prices, as always, will be competitive.
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 over a dozen different baskets of prizes. Tickets will be on sale at the General Store starting May 3, Friday May 9 and at BICs on the 10th. The raffle draw will take place at 11:50a.m.just before the conclusion of the sale. Be sure to get your ticket now!
