Brentwood Bay Nurseries - A Gardener's Nursery: News & Events

Brentwood Bay Nurseries Ltd is now " Phytophthera ramorum Certified", which means that we have had our plants on the nursery tested for P. ramorum (Sudden Oak Death - SOD) and at the moment we are free of the disease.

If you were involved in the Camellia Recall program with CFIA a couple of years ago, you will have heard of SOD or P. ramorum. For the time being it is best to purchase plants from Certified Growers to help curb the spread of this disease.

For more information on P. ramorum please visit the CFIA sites:-

http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/plaveg/protect/pestrava/sodmsc/situatione.shtml

http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/plaveg/protect/dir/sodspe.shtml

Sunday May 2nd 2010
UVic Plant Sale - A volunteer opportunity for gardening enthusiasts!

The University Finnerty Garden Friends holds an annual plant sale the first Sunday in May in the McKinnon building at UVic. Volunteers are needed from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., to collect carts from the parking lot and return them to the building during the sale. Volunteers are also required after the sale, from 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m., to move plants from the McKinnon building to the parking lot (for pickup by nurseries). Anyone who volunteers is invited to the pre-sale the day prior.

. For more information call Shirley Lyon at 721-7014, e-mail slyon@uvic.ca or Judith Terry at 477-0747, email jterry@uvic.ca
Visit the UVic Finnerty Gardens website : http://www.external.uvic.ca/gardens/