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Welcome
to the
Summerland
Ornamental
Gardens. We're
pleased that
you've dropped
in for a visit
to our virtual
garden site.
The
cyber-garden
is a small
taste of the
feast of
scents and
colour that
await your
visit
in-person here
in the heart
of Canada's
Okanagan
Valley in
beautiful
British
Columbia.
2012 Spring Plant Sale - Thank you!
Thanks to everyone who made the 2012 Spring Plant Sale successful! Volunteers, vendors, special guests, and most of all, everyone who came and bought plants!
Coming Events
Annual Planting Day: Thursday, May 24th
Volunteers are needed! Everyone is welcome to join in our fun morning as we plant thousands of flowers for the summer garden beds. All abilities welcome. Participants are rewarded with a delicious lunch and door prizes!
Please leave a message for Head Gardener, Wilma Kruger, to register 250-494-6385, so we have a head count for lunch!
Painting en Plein Air: Saturday, June 9, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Friends of Summerland Ornamental Gardens hosts the Penticton Art Gallery.
Everyone is welcome to wander through the Gardens and watch Okanagan artists paint
outdoors "en plein air" in the Gardens.
21st Anniversary Tea: Saturday, July 14, 12:00 - 2:30 p.m.
plus Legacy Planning Workshop
More details to be announced
Read
our latest
newsletter
--
click here to
view.
Buy
our book:Gardening
in the Dry
Interior of
British
Columbia --
click here to
read more.
Book a
tour:
During the
growing
season, by
appointment,
we offer tours
of the Gardens
for a donation
to our
charitable
Society. Email
us, or leave a
message at
250-494-6385
for more
information.
Weddings
and Group
Events, call
Agriculture
Canada:
250-494-7711.
Note that we
do NOT handle
bookings for
weddings, and
other group
events. Only
Agriculture
Canada can
help you with
inquiries.
Master
Gardeners: Find
out about the
Master Gardeners Association of BC, or, to learn
more about the
Okanagan
Master
Gardeners,
click here.
Local Food Growing Initiatives: Find
out about backyard and community food growing and the "Sharing Land 4 Food" program of Penticton Urban Agriculture Association:
click here.
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