{"id":21026,"date":"2021-03-28T21:00:23","date_gmt":"2021-03-29T05:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nirsrhodos.ca\/ws\/?page_id=21026"},"modified":"2026-04-13T12:12:37","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T20:12:37","slug":"events","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.nirsrhodos.ca\/ws\/events\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h1><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Meetings and Activities:<\/span><\/h1>\n<p>Our Next Regular General Meeting is: <strong>14 April 2026<\/strong> at <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">7:00 pm &#8211; doors open at 6:30 pm <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">at Comox United Church hall, 250 Beach Drive, Comox. &nbsp; &nbsp;Presentation speaker will be Barrie Agar, former Head Gardener at Royal Roads University, Victoria, BC, &nbsp;speaking on &#8220;Some Irish Gardens&#8221;. &nbsp; As always, we will have refreshments (delicious) at the break &#8211; so come and enjoy a garden talk, learn, have some fun, and find out more about this interesting group and a shared love of gardening.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">We welcome guests to our meetings &#8211; please come and check us out! &nbsp;<\/span><\/span>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #008000;\">American Rhododendron Society 2026 Spring Convention<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>April 21-25th 2026<\/strong>, &nbsp;Qualicum Beach-Parksville-Nanaimo<\/p>\n<p><strong>Theme:<\/strong> &nbsp; Rhododendrons &amp; Companions in a Changing Climate. &nbsp; More information will be forthcoming in our upcoming Newsletters!<\/p>\n<p>There are some wonderful garden tour opportunities from Victoria through to Parksville as part of this convention &#8211; many are already sold out, but one can check with the <strong>Mount Arrowsmith Rhododendron Society&#8217;s<\/strong> website and newsletter for more information (<a href=\"https:\/\/marsrhodos.ca\">https:\/\/marsrhodos.ca<\/a>)<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #800080;\">Plant Sales &amp; Garden Tours:<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><strong>North Island Rhododendron Society Plant Sale and Truss Show<\/strong>: &nbsp;May 03, 2026 from 10 am to 1 pm at the Comox First Nation Band Hall &#8211; come and check out the bargains and see some amazing rhododendron floral displays!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Denman Island Home and Garden Tour<\/strong> 13th and 14th June (only happens every two years!) &nbsp;More information &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/denmanconservancy.org\/tour\/tour-properties\/\" data-wplink-edit=\"true\">click here<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #993300;\">CVRG Work Parties<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Several members braved the cold wind of March to do some clean-up at the Rhododendron Gardens in Courtenay &#8211; and further work parties are upcoming &#8211; they will be announced at our monthly meetings and we&#8217;ll try and keep a list updated in this space regularly. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Our <strong>next work party<\/strong> will be on <strong><span style=\"color: #339966;\">Thursday April 16th at 10:00 am<\/span><\/strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>&nbsp;at the Rhododendron Garden<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #000000;\">which is located at the Courtenay Marina Park at the north end of the Courtenay Airpark.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Thank-you to all our members and guests who help keep the Comox Valley Rhododendron Garden looking spectacular!&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #993300;\">Milner Gardens and Woodland &#8211; Check their website for new activities&nbsp;<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Vancouver Island University&#8217;s Milner Gardens &amp; Woodland is a seaside garden in Qualicum Beach. &nbsp; &nbsp;On May 02 a Spring Plant sale and Open House will be held, celebrating their 25th Anniversary.<\/p>\n<p>For full event details, check <a href=\"https:\/\/milnergardens.viu.ca\/special-events\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Special Events | Milner Gardens<\/a> &nbsp;or &nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/milnergardens.viu.ca\/hours-admission\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Visitor Hours<\/a> &nbsp;or &nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/milnergardens.viu.ca\/plant-picks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Milner Gardens Plant Pics &nbsp;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meetings and Activities: Our Next Regular General Meeting is: 14 April 2026 at 7:00 pm &#8211; doors open at 6:30 pm at Comox United Church hall, 250 Beach Drive, Comox. &nbsp; &nbsp;Presentation speaker will be Barrie Agar, former Head Gardener<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.nirsrhodos.ca\/ws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21026"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.nirsrhodos.ca\/ws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.nirsrhodos.ca\/ws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.nirsrhodos.ca\/ws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.nirsrhodos.ca\/ws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21026"}],"version-history":[{"count":336,"href":"http:\/\/www.nirsrhodos.ca\/ws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21026\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35810,"href":"http:\/\/www.nirsrhodos.ca\/ws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/21026\/revisions\/35810"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.nirsrhodos.ca\/ws\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21026"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}