Note the New Location for Monthly Meetings
Events Schedule
2025
In-person Meetings at First Memorial Meeting Room are in March, April, May, June, September, October, November, and December
FIRST MEMORIAL MEETING ROOM
4725 Falaise Drive
VICTORIA, BC
MEETING: Tuesday January 14, 2025
VIRTUAL ZOOM MEETING -- 7:30 NOT AN IN PERSON MEETING
A Zoom invitation will be sent by email the day before the meeting
PROGRAMME: 'A Very Short Story about the Very Long History of Vancouver Island'
AGM & Election of Officers
Speaker -- Dr. Jerome Lessemann, Professor Vancouver Island University
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MEETING: Sunday February 11, 2025
VIRTUAL ZOOM MEETING -- 7:30 NOT AN IN PERSON MEETING
PROGRAMME: 'Rock Garden Microclimates: Experience from Western Canada, Sea to Sky'
Speaker: -- Jay Ackerly
A Zoom invitation will be sent by email the day before the meeting
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MEETING: Tuesday March 11, 2025
IN PERSON and VIRTUAL Zoom MEETING -- 7:30
A Zoom invitation will be sent by email the day before the meeting
PROGRAMME: 'Alpine Plant Adaptations in BC's North
Speaker -- Dr Kenn Marr RBC Museum
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SPRING SHOW -- April 5 to April 6, 2025 at Mary Winspear Community Centre, Sidney BC
More information (Click on link)
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MEETING: Tuesday April 8, 2025
IN PERSON and VIRTUAL ZOOM MEETING -- 7:30
A Zoom invitation will be sent by email the day before the meeting
PROGRAMME: Rock Gardening in Containers'
Speaker -- Dana Crombie, Alpine Garden Club of British Columbia
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MEETING: Tuesday, May 13, 2025
IN PERSON and VIRTUAL ZOOM MEETING -- 7:30
A Zoom invitation will be sent by email the day before the meeting
PROGRAMME: TBA
Speaker: -- Mark Aikmoff, Illahe Nursery, Medford Oregon
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MEETING: June 10, 2025
IN PERSON and VIRTUAL ZOOM MEETING --
A Zoom invitation will be sent by email the day before the meeting
PROGRAMME: Creating a crevice garden for the smallest of spaces
Speaker -- Chris Dixon
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MEETING: Tuesday September 9, 2025 7:30 PM
IN PERSON and VIRTUAL ZOOM MEETING -- 7:30
A Zoom invitation will be sent by email the day before the meeting
PROGRAMME: Plants Above Treeline
Speaker: -- Geir Moen, Norway / Speaker unavailable so Paul Spriggs presented a lively slideshow about David Douglas, Scottish Plant Explorer
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MEETING: Tuesday October 7, 2025
IN PERSON and VIRTUAL ZOOM MEETING -- 7:30
A Zoom invitation will be sent by email the day before the meeting
PROGRAMME: TBA
Speaker: -- Todd Boland, Memorial University Botanic garden, St. Johns Nfld.
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MEETING: Tuesday November 11, 2025
IN PERSON Only -- 7:30
PROGRAMME: 3 round Robin Workshops by Local Experts -- 3 cornerstones of alpine plant propogation: division, cuttings, and seed
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MEETING: Tuesday December 9, 2025
FIRST MEMORIAL MEETING ROOM - 6:30 pm
PROGRAMME: VIRAGS Holiday Potluck, Members slide show, and free plant raffle (Everyone takes home a plant!)
VIRTUAL ZOOM MEETING -- 7:30 NOT AN IN PERSON MEETING
A Zoom invitation will be sent by email the day before the meeting
PROGRAMME: 'A Very Short Story about the Very Long History of Vancouver Island'
AGM & Election of Officers
Speaker -- Dr. Jerome Lessemann, Professor Vancouver Island University
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MEETING: Sunday February 11, 2025
VIRTUAL ZOOM MEETING -- 7:30 NOT AN IN PERSON MEETING
PROGRAMME: 'Rock Garden Microclimates: Experience from Western Canada, Sea to Sky'
Speaker: -- Jay Ackerly
A Zoom invitation will be sent by email the day before the meeting
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MEETING: Tuesday March 11, 2025
IN PERSON and VIRTUAL Zoom MEETING -- 7:30
A Zoom invitation will be sent by email the day before the meeting
PROGRAMME: 'Alpine Plant Adaptations in BC's North
Speaker -- Dr Kenn Marr RBC Museum
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SPRING SHOW -- April 5 to April 6, 2025 at Mary Winspear Community Centre, Sidney BC
More information (Click on link)
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MEETING: Tuesday April 8, 2025
IN PERSON and VIRTUAL ZOOM MEETING -- 7:30
A Zoom invitation will be sent by email the day before the meeting
PROGRAMME: Rock Gardening in Containers'
Speaker -- Dana Crombie, Alpine Garden Club of British Columbia
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MEETING: Tuesday, May 13, 2025
IN PERSON and VIRTUAL ZOOM MEETING -- 7:30
A Zoom invitation will be sent by email the day before the meeting
PROGRAMME: TBA
Speaker: -- Mark Aikmoff, Illahe Nursery, Medford Oregon
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MEETING: June 10, 2025
IN PERSON and VIRTUAL ZOOM MEETING --
A Zoom invitation will be sent by email the day before the meeting
PROGRAMME: Creating a crevice garden for the smallest of spaces
Speaker -- Chris Dixon
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MEETING: Tuesday September 9, 2025 7:30 PM
IN PERSON and VIRTUAL ZOOM MEETING -- 7:30
A Zoom invitation will be sent by email the day before the meeting
PROGRAMME: Plants Above Treeline
Speaker: -- Geir Moen, Norway / Speaker unavailable so Paul Spriggs presented a lively slideshow about David Douglas, Scottish Plant Explorer
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MEETING: Tuesday October 7, 2025
IN PERSON and VIRTUAL ZOOM MEETING -- 7:30
A Zoom invitation will be sent by email the day before the meeting
PROGRAMME: TBA
Speaker: -- Todd Boland, Memorial University Botanic garden, St. Johns Nfld.
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MEETING: Tuesday November 11, 2025
IN PERSON Only -- 7:30
PROGRAMME: 3 round Robin Workshops by Local Experts -- 3 cornerstones of alpine plant propogation: division, cuttings, and seed
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MEETING: Tuesday December 9, 2025
FIRST MEMORIAL MEETING ROOM - 6:30 pm
PROGRAMME: VIRAGS Holiday Potluck, Members slide show, and free plant raffle (Everyone takes home a plant!)