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2018 Cross Pollination November
- November Garden ‘To Do’ List
- Adding Biodiversity In Your Garden
- What’s the Buzz in the Garden
- What’s Growing On? (Community Events)
2018 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 Newsletter – September 2018 Edition
- 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 Newsletter – August 2018 Edition
- 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 Newsletter – July 2018 Edition
- 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 Newsletter – June 2018 Edition
- 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 Newsletter – April 2018 Edition
- 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 Newsletter March 2018 Edition
- 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 Newsletter November 2017 Edition
- 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 Newsletter October 2017 Edition
- 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 Newsletter September 2017 Edition
- 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 Newsletter May 2017 Edition
- 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 Newsletter April 2017 Edition
- 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 Newsletter February Edition 2017
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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?
- 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
- 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
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- 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
