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November 10, 2024
Kelly Dodson and Sue Milliken will be speaking at the Esquimalt Gorge Park Pavilion from 3:00pm to 4:30pm on November 10th, followed by refreshments.
Topic: Newer Hardy (and Nearly Hardy) Introductions from the Far Reaches
Sue Milliken and Kelly Dodson of Far Reaches Farm and Far Reaches Botanical Conservancy (in Port Townsend, WA) will share their love of rare and uncommon plants. Many of these are from their own collecting expeditions as there is value to documented wild collections while others are from cultivated sources overseas. Many of these are vulnerable to loss, even more are unprofitable to produce and sell and all are deemed interesting!
We are pleased to offer a limited number of tickets to the lecture to other gardeners via Karelo for $20. If you have any issues or concerns using the system, let Kerry Seifried know (whelank@telus.net). This is the link to the registration form:
https://www.karelo.com/register.php?BID=653&BT=10&Ev=22213
Hope to see you there!
More info on Sue and Kelly:
Kelly and Sue have spent their lives learning and working with plants in nurseries, botanic gardens and on plant hunting expeditions. They are owners of Far Reaches Farm whose extensive collection of plants is spectacularly unfocused. The nursery has been featured in magazines such as Pacific Horticulture, Martha Stewart Living and in 2021, mentioned in the New York Times as “arguably the best nursery in the country for cool-climate perennials” and in Gardens Illustrated as “one of the best nurseries in the world.” In addition, they are contributing editors for Fine Gardening magazine. They are also founding directors of Far Reaches Botanical Conservancy, a non-profit whose mission is the acquisition and conservation of vulnerable plants of wild and cultivated origin that are new or rare in North America. Visit them at www.farreachesfarm.com or www.farreachesbotanicalconservancy.org.