Newsletters

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2019 Cross Pollination Newsletter March 2019

• March Gardening To-Do List
• The Magic of Moss
• From Seeds to Garden Transplants – Part 2 of 5
• Whats Growing On? – (Community Events)

2019 Cross Pollination Newsletter – February 2019

• February Gardening To Do List
• From Seeds to Garden Transplants – Part 1 of 5
• Garden Design – Plants as Mulch
• What’s Growing On? – Upcoming Halton Master Gardener Events
• What’s Growing On?‘ – In Our Community

2018 Cross Pollination Newsletter December 2018

• December/January Garden ‘To-Do’ List
• Care of House Plants in the Winter
• Amaryllis
• Origin of the Spices
• What’s Growing On – (Community Events)

2018 Cross Pollination Newsletter – November 2018

• November Garden ‘To Do’ List
• Adding Biodiversity In Your Garden
• What’s the Buzz in the Garden
• What’s Growing On? (Community Events)

2018  Cross Pollination Newsletter – October 2018 

• October Garden ‘To Do’ List
• A Tour of the New Rose Garden at the RBG
• The Stinking Rose (aka Garlic) – Start Now to Grow Your Own for Next Year
• What’s Growing On? – Halton Master Gardener Events and Gardening Events in the Community
• Information about our updated website, HaltonMasterGardeners.com & new Facebook account, @HaltonMGs
• Reader’s Challenge Quiz for October

2018   Cross Pollination Newsletter – September 2018

• September Garden ‘To Do’ List
• Canna Lillies
• Getting Burned in the Garden
• Question of the Month – Powdery Mildew
• What’s Growing On – Master Gardener & Community Gardening Events

2018     Cross Pollination Newsletter – August 2018

•           August Garden To Do List
•           Is your tree thirsty?
•           Getting to Know Ferns
•           What’s Growing on?
•           Feature email question –“Why are my zucchini squash only producing male flowers?”

2018       Cross Pollination Newsletter – July 2018

•           Your July garden “to do list”
•           Goldenrod- Prized or Despised?
•           Dog-Scaping
•           What’s Growing on?
•           Feature email question – What’s BUGGING you in the garden?

2018    Cross Pollination Newsletter – June 2018

• Your July garden “to do” list 
• Fireflies
• Creeping Charlie                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
• Mason Bees                                                                                                                        
• How to plant a tree                                                                                                          
• Halton MG events Garden Events in the Halton area

2018   Cross Pollination Newsletter – April 2018

• April / May Garden To Do List
• Hummingbirds are on their way!
• Pest of the Month
• Squash Bugs
• Warm & Welcoming: ‘Halton Master Gardeners’ is a rare find!’
• What’s Growing On?
• Royal Botanical Gardens Speaker Series

2018   Cross Pollination Newsletter March 2018

• 2018 Perennial Plant of the Year
• March / April Garden To Do List
• Soil Basics  from Reference Manual for Ontario Master Gardeners
• What’s Growing on?
• Royal Botanical Gardens Speaker Series   Friday, May 4th at RBG
• Variety Flavour and Fun with Niki Jabbour

2017   Cross Pollination Newsletter November 2017

• How to Honour Our War Dead – As Fertilizer?
• Tears for the departed, but no sentiment for the dead.
• The Poinsettia: From Scrubby Shrub to Designer Darling
• Winterizing Evergreens
• Winter Entertainment in Your Own Back Yard
• Environment Hamilton’s Climate Change Survey

  2017   Cross Pollination Newsletter October 2017

• Monarch Awards 2017 Winner: Amy Taylor’s Garden of Delights
• Are You an Excessive Gardener or a Laid back One?
• Monarch or Viceroy?
• Home-grown Lies at the Farmers’ Market
• Halton Forest Festival
• Hamilton’s 97th Annual Fall Garden & Mum Show
• Halton Environment Network Invasive Species Removal Project
• Urquhart Butterfly Garden 2017 Photography Competition
• Hummingbirds!

2017   Cross Pollination Newsletter September 2017

• The Great Canada 150 Tulip Mystery Solved
• More on tomatoes
• Can  you name this insect
• Dealing with the Japanese beetle
• Ontario Greenway Program needs our help
• September Calendar
• The Wisdom of trees

2017   Cross Pollination Newsletter May 2017

• Canada 150   A celebration of red & white …  and orange?
• Original trees of the Hammer
• French Tarragon and the Russian  Imposter
• Garden Sharing – New Seed and Plant exchange launched
• An Invasive reminder (Garlic Mustard)
• Queen Rhubarb
• Plants Near Water
• A Day on the Bridge    June 11th 2017

2017   Cross Pollination Newsletter April 2017

• Georgia O’Keeffe at AGO – 22 April to 30 July
• April to-do list
• Monarch butterfly has been moved to “Endangered” status
• More butterfly & pollinator resources –  searchable database,
• Book Release: The Greenbelt – Protecting and Cultivating a Great Ontario Treasure

2017  Cross Pollination Newsletter February Edition

• 2017 Perennial Plant of the Year
• Seedy Saturday reminder
• Awesome Herbs for Bees, Benevolence, and Beauty
• February’s TO DO List

2016   Newsletter February Edition 2016

• How to Keep your Herbs Green and Healthy
• Sweet Cicely – Myrrhis Odorata. Culinary and Ornamental
• February  TO DO List

2016  Newsletter – January Edition 2016

• Designing gardens with Native Plants
• January  TO DO List

2015  Newsletter – September Edition 2015

• Road Signs in the Forest: Ancient GPS !
• September TO DO List

2015  Newsletter – June Edition 2015

• Wile E. Coyote (me) Versus the Deer
• June TO DO List
• What’s in a name?

2015  Newsletter – May Edition 2015

• Spring Garden Tips
• May TO DO List
• The Herb Garden – Thyme

2015   Newsletter – April Edition 2015

• Time and Tolerance in the Garden
• April TO DO List
• Dew of Sea or Rosemary

2015   Newsletter – March Edition 2015

• Starting Seeds Indoors
• March TO DO List
• The Wonderful Herb Parsley

2015   Newsletter – February Edition 2015

• Taking Care of your “Hippy” (Amaryllis)
• February TO DO List
• Common Problems with indoor house plants in winter

2014  Newsletter – Winter Edition 2014

• Tip of the Month – How to keep your gifts green
• January TO DO List
• Japanese Geisha Gardens

2014  Newsletter – May Edition 2014

• Replacing Damaged Trees
• May TO DO List
• Tip of the Month – Ten Tips to Successful Planting
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2014   Newsletter – April Edition 2014

• Can You Guess our Mystery Spring Plants ?
• April TO DO List
• Tip of the Month – When and how to use Dormant Oil
• Halton Master Gardeners Speakers List
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2014    Newsletter – March Edition 2014

• Treating Winter Damaged Trees
• March TO DO List
• Tip of the Month – How to start your seeds indoors.
• Halton Master Gardeners Speakers List
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2013      Newsletter – November Edition 2013

• Winter Care for your plants
• Heavenly Herbs
• Spring Bulbs
• Our Halton Master Gardeners Website

 Newsletter – May 2013 Edition      

• Eastern White Pine : Pinus strobus L.
• Come Grow with Us
• Flowering Rosemary Any-one?
• The Opportunist
• Gardening with David
• Pruning Chart

Newsletter – March 2013 Edition

• Meet Kudzu
• Where Lilacs Still Bloom Book Review

Newsletter – February 2013 Edition

• Debate over maple leaf on new $20
• If you go into the woods. today..
• Shelf the salt and shake on the spices
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 2012    Newsletter – November 2012 Edition

• Climate Change & Assisted Migration
• A Jewel in the Crown?
• Hydrangea Fact Sheet

Newsletter – September 2012 Edition

• Touring Dundurn Castle Grounds
• Portulacaceae oderacea or in other words Purslane
• Whistling Gardens
• Plants for the Dry Shade Garden

Newsletter – June 2012 Edition

• Brown Marmorated Stink Bug

Newsletter – May 2012 Edition

• Field and Stream Rescue
• About Hostas! – Hosta Forum at the RBG
• The Hapless Gardener’s Glossary of Terms

Newsletter – April 2012 Edition

• A Word about Peonies
• Philadelphia International Flower Show

Newsletter – March 2012 Edition    ** This issue has the wrong date!

• BOOK REVIEW:  Fifty Plants that Changed the Course of History
• A Bed-time Story – Accountants and their appraisal of beauty

Newsletter – January 2012 Edition

• Weather
• Emerald Ash Borer Update
• Toronto Tech Update, a commentary
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 2011    Newsletter – November 2011 Edition

• Book Review  – How To Make A Garden
• Gardens of Quebec and the Maritimes

September 2011    

• Has gone missing  – if some one has a copy please forward it haltonmastergardeners@gmail.com

Newsletter – June 2011 Edition

• Persicaria japonica (Japanese knotweed)
• Nursery creates an innovative water recapture system
• Arisaema triphyllum   Jack-In the –Pulpit

Newsletter – May 2011 Edition

• Canada Blooms – and a little spark of Hope
• Lettuce Rejoice!

Newsletter – March 2011 Edition

2010     Newsletter – December 2010 Edition

• Book Review – Neotropica : Hawaii Tropical Flower + Plant Guide
• Book Review – Plants for All Seasons
• Christmas Then and Now

Newsletter – November 2010 Edition

• The MGOI website
• Fruiting bodies of three really interesting plants 

Newsletter – October 2010 Edition

• Arkansas Blue Star (Amsonia hubrichtii)
• Garden Quilts of Pennsylvania

Newsletter – September 2010 Edition

• Summer workshop –  Niagara Parks School of Horticulture
• A Garden tour to Ottawa

Newsletter – May 2010 Edition

• Royal Botanical Gardens’ Garden Show
• Stop and Smell the Roses

Newsletter – April 2010 Edition

• Monastic Gardens: a very short history
• An Incrediball Bloomerang of New Plants!
• Book Review – The Passionate Gardener

Newsletter – March 2010 Edition

Newsletter – February 2010 Edition

• Book Review – The Pruning Book
• Book Review – Shelmerdine Plant & Garden Guide
• Book Review – Flower Arranging – The American Way
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 2009     Newsletter – November 2009 Edition

• The Real Reason that Leaves Change Colour in Autumn
• Community Supported Agriculture
• Guelph Technical Update – organic (sustainable) agriculture
• 2009 MGOI Co-Ordinators Conference

Newsletter – October 2009 Edition

• The Stinking Rose aka Garlic
• Karen’s blog on her Butterfly Garden
• Pomona, the Roman goddess of fruiting trees

Newsletter – September 2009 Edition

• What should we know about late blight?

Newsletter – May 2009 Edition

• Please do walk on the Grass!
• Book Review – The Sustainable Vegetable Garden
• How to build a Hens ‘n Chicks Shadow Box

Newsletter – April 2009 Edition

• Pollinators
• Book review – Growing Trees from Seed
• Biological control in your garden using native plants

Newsletter – February 2009 Edition

• Gardens in Northamptonshire and Yorkshire
• The Portable Greenhouse
• Winter Sowing, Outdoors? In Canada

Newsletter – January 2009 Edition

• The Joys of January Gardening
• Historical Garden Literature
• Grow Biointensively
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2008      Newsletter – December 2008 Edition

• Winterizing tips
• Fertilizer Fundamentals 101

Newsletter – November 2008 Edition

• The 3 R’s for Master Gardener Groups: Recruitment, Retention and Recognition
• Kippax Gardens – Royal Botanical Gardens
• Brussels in bloom
• Giant Hogweed Alert
• A Rainforest Garden Adventure

Newsletter – October 2008 Edition

• Solutions to padding a gardener’s knees

Newsletter – September 2008 Edition

• Chicago, Gardens and Much Much More
• Dispelling the Myth – Books on Organic Gardening and Garden Remedies

Newsletter – May 2008 Edition

• Dilemmas in Spring
• Labrador Tea   (Rhododendron groenlandicum Oeder)
• 43rd IPM symposium at Landscape Ontario Congress
• Saskatoon Berry Jam and Saskatoon Berry Pie
• The Dominion Seed House
• Air Pollution Injures Trees
• Alliaria petiolata – garlic mustard

Newsletter – March 2008 Edition

• Photographs from Donna Parker’s trip to China
• Saskatoon Berry (Amelanchier alnifolia)

Newsletter – February 2008 Edition

• Gypsy Moths
• Sugar Maple (Acer saccharum)
• 43rd IPM symposium at Landscape Ontario Congress
• Oakville’s New Pesticide By-Law
• A Gardener’s Journey through China