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Join us on Tuesday, September 2, 2025
7:15pm – 9:00pm: Topic: Permaculture for Ornamental Gardeners
Speaker: Bethany Couture, Garden Alchemist
Be introduced to how permaculture can help you create lower maintenance, lower input and extra beautiful ornamental gardens. I will share how to make more sustainable plant choices, manage soil health, conserve water and attract beneficial wildlife to help turn your garden into an oasis. This talk hopes to inspire you to look at your garden as an ecosystem and to help you cultivate a more harmonious relationship between your garden and the surrounding environment.
Speaker Bio:
Bethany is a sustainable horticulturist, permaculture practitioner, and educator from Victoria, BC. Her desire to find more sustainable ways to work with the land led her down the path of permaculture where she now holds a Permaculture Design Certificate and a Permaculture Teacher Certificate. She is the permaculture instructor at the Pacific Horticulture College and the lead steward of the public permaculture garden at the Horticulture Centre of the Pacific.
Through her business, Garden Alchemist, Bethany designs ecologically functional and beautiful landscapes rich in edible and native plants and offers consulting services to empower individuals and communities to integrate sustainable gardening practices into their landscapes.
We meet on the first Tuesday of the month (except January & August).
There is a $5 drop-in fee at the door for non-members for this event, refundable if you decide to become a Member of the Society.
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