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Spring is coming, with the assistance of the Gibsons Garden Club. On Wednesday, Feb. 19 at 6:30pm at the Heritage Playhouse in Gibsons, Douglas Justice, of UBC, will discuss the vast variety of ornamental cherries in Vancouver, in time for the Ornamental Cherry Blossom Festival this spring.
Douglas Justice is an indispensable guide to ornamental cherries in the Lower Mainland. As associate director and curator of collections at UBC Botanical Garden, Justice is responsible for day-to-day operations of the garden and interpretation of plant collections.
Doors open at 6:30pm for the garden-themed silent auction (cash only). Presentation begins at 7:30pm.
Tickets are $15 and available online at www.gibsonsgardenclub.ca, by phone at 604-886-9896, in person at Quality Pet and Garden, B&K Gardens, or at the door, if seats are still available.
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