Meeting Schedule

Unless otherwise notified, every lecture/workshop takes place at 1:30 p m, in room B-354 of the Montreal Botanical Garden´s main administrative building (4101, Sherbrooke Street East).
Meetings are, unless otherwise stated, free of charge for members and open to non-members for $5.00 only.
The Montreal Botanical Garden is open for free on the days of meeting upon presentation of your membership card at the entrance booth.

 


  PROGRAM – SPARQ/QARGS 2008-2009.

 August 24 /2008             SUNDAY

 Activity: General Assembly & Plant Sale                             Bilingual

 Room Location:  Botanical Garden of Montreal      
 Room: (Boîte à lunch) Multi-purpose B-2 (near Boutique l’Orchidée)  1.00 pm

 September 13/2008        SATURDAY

 Speaker: Linda Rutenberg                                                   Bilingual

 Topic:Plant Photography conference and workshop in Alpine gardens           

 Room location:   Botanical Garden of Montréal        Room: B-354  1.30 pm

 Octobre  19/2008           SUNDAY

 Speaker : Frédéric Coursol                                                 French

 Topic : The flora of Mont-Albert (Gaspésie)  and surroundings                          
 Room Location:  Botanical garden of Montréal.       Room: B-354 1.30 pm

 November / 2008          Day to be determined

 Speaker :Denyse Simpson                                 Bilingual                                                                          
 Topic : Seed cleaning and packaging workshop day

 Room location:    Montreal Botanical Garden.  Room: To be determined 

 November  9/2008          SUNDAY

 Speaker: Robert Leclerc                                                   Bilingual

 Topic: Workshop on propagation by cuttings and growing in tufa                  

 Room location:   Montreal Botanical Garden.      Room: B-354 1.30 pm

 December 14/2008         SUNDAY

 Activity:  Traditional Christmas Brunch

 Room location: Montreal Botanical Garden.
 Room: (Boîte à lunch) Multi-purpose B-2  11.00 am

 January 11/2009            SUNDAY

 Speaker: Robert Leclerc and Denyse Simpson                      Bilingual

 Topic: Workshop : Sowing alpine seeds                                                             

 Room location:   Montreal Botanical Garden.     Room: B 354 1.30 pm

 February 8/2009            SUNDAY

 Speaker: Richard Dionne                                                        French

 Topic: Hellebores                                                                                                

 Room location:  Montreal Botanical Garden.        Room: B-354 1.30 pm

 March 8/2009                 SUNDAY   

 Speaker: Julie Boudreau                                                      French

 Topic:  "All about Rocks" with a mini-course on geology
             and lots of ideas about using stone: rock gardens of all types                                     

 Room location:  Montreal Botanical Garden.      Room: B-354 1.30 pm

 April 6/2009                   SUNDAY

 Speaker: Jean-Pierre Devoyault                                          French

 Topic: The best miniature conifers for rock gardens and small spaces.             

 Room location:   Montreal Botanical Garden.    Room:  B-354 1.30 pm

 May 16/2009                   SATURDAY

 Activity:               Annual Plant Sale for members                                    Bilingual

 Room location:    Montreal Botanical Garden. Room: (Boîte à lunch) Multi-purpose B-2 1:30 pm