Point Roberts Garden Club

05/31/2026

05/31/2026

What's blooming in the Garden this June?

Join Associate Director Douglas Justice for an evening walk through UBC Botanical Garden and discover the season's most spectacular flowers while learning the stories behind our living collections.

Date: June 11, 2026
Time: 6:30-8:00PM

🌿 Visit the link to reserve your spot https://botanicalgarden.ubc.ca/news-events/2026-fabulous-flowers-walk-with-associate-director-douglas-justice/

05/30/2026

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05/30/2026

Organic Gardening 101: June 6, 11 am – 12 pm | FREE!

Join us in the Earthwise Garden for this free workshop that introduces the fundamentals of starting your own organic garden. We’ll cover what organic gardening is all about, including soil health, environmental and health benefits, basic garden design, crop selection, and more. To register, email [email protected]

05/28/2026

Tyee Tidy Time!
Please join members of the Point Roberts Garden Club and others for some light work w**ding and adding a few new plants to the beds on the east side of the Point’s gateway boulevard, just south of Benson. Bring garden gloves and light tools. Hope to see you there!
Saturday 6/6/26 12-2-ish. Meet at Tyee & Benson.

05/28/2026

Why do gardeners love arborist wood chips? A good place to start would be to define what true arborist chips are: they are a natural blend of tree branches, twigs, leaves, and needles - basically everything except tree roots.

Gardeners love them for many reasons, including the ability to obtain large amounts for free or at a minimal cost from local tree services.

As the chips break down, they feed beneficial fungi and improve soil structure. The chips also work like a sponge to retain moisture during the heat of the summer.

A thick 4-6 inch layer of chips suppresses w**ds, and will not draw nitrogen from your soil if left on top and not tilled in. It’s always best to choose coarse arborist wood chips over fine chips. Coarse chips promote better water and gas exchange and help prevent w**d seeds from germinating (w**d seeds can lie on top of fine chip mulch and germinate).

Arborist wood chips do not significantly alter soil pH or leach harmful chemicals; they are also rich in good fungi such as mycorrhizae.

Instead of using barriers like cardboard or landscape fabric (which smother the soil and everything else in it), consider arborist wood chips for perennial and vegetable gardens.

✍️&📷 🌱VMG Shannon T.

Very informative video from Dr Linda Chalker-Scott and Get Chip Drop links below:

https://youtu.be/iC7GQHp9-8Q

https://getchipdrop.com/

05/27/2026

Thank you to our hosts of our first Members Garden Visits of 2026. We all had a fabulous time.

05/27/2026

Take this as your sign to thank your local tree today. Or better yet — plant a new one!

05/26/2026

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