Virtual Gardening Series: What's in a Name?

What's in a Name? Find out what plant names are telling you, plus explanations of the binominal system of nomenclature. We will also cover why plant conventions are no longer being followed and what this means. This presentation is filled with lots of fun facts about plants!

ZOOM LINK for this FREE EVENT provided closer to the event date.

ABOUT THE PRESENTER:

Jane Kerr, an accomplished local, Master Gardener, will guide us through the mystery how a plant get its name. What is the binomial system of nomenclature and how is it changing? This is a presentation filled with lots of fun facts about plants and their names.

Jane has found that researching plants brings as much joy as growing them, and her spirit remains optimistic despite some plant failures over these past years, mostly due to our crazy weather.

As a young girl, she fondly recalls many happy visits in her Grandfather’s prairie garden where she would cut flowers for her Mom, pick crab apples for making jelly or dig up some fresh potatoes and carrots for a meal. Many decades later, plants still provide Jane with a sense of well-being, that nourish her body and soul.

Jane is a past Director of the Calgary and Comox Valley Horticultural Societies. She is currently a Director for the Vancouver Island Master Gardeners Association as well as their North Island District Planner and a Mentor for interns at VIU.

ABOUT VIMGA:

The Vancouver Island Master Gardeners Association (VIMGA) is a chapter of the Master Gardeners Association, an international service society of specially trained volunteers who teach science-based sustainable gardening practices to home gardeners. VIMGA is one of the 5 chapters in the British Columbia Association and partnering with the Victoria chapter, specializes in the stewardship of Vancouver Island’s unique environment.