BELINDA GALLAGHER
R.R. 3, Phone (905) 877-7523
Georgetown, Ontario Fax (905) 877-9493
L7G 4S6 email:

Belinda is an avid grower of rare, unusual, native and the more common perennial plants, as well as vines, grasses, shrubs, trees and fungus. Gardening in the sometimes Zone 5b, sometimes Zone 5a area in Halton Hills between Georgetown and Milton, she experiments with plants of all hardiness ratings.

In 1998 she officially opened triffids plants and began to sell many of her unusual and rare 'babies", which are predominantly seed raised. The triffids plants 'sales' which are by invitation only, draw customers from Niagara Falls to Ottawa.

Her credentials include several years with Master Gardeners of Ontario (Halton Region group), certified horticulture judge, member of the Georgetown and District Horticultural Society, North American Rock Garden Society and the Ontario Rock Garden Society. Belinda can now be seen weekly on THE WEATHER NETWORK in the gardening season and is serving on the Board of Directors of the Royal Botanical Garden in Burlington/Hamilton. With twenty years as a public speaking instructor, her gardening and flower design talks are both educational AND entertaining. She never forgets that humour is the only thing that sets us above the intelligence level of the Plant Kingdom.

AVAILABLE TOPICS INCLUDE BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO THE FOLLOWING:

• ANNUALS THAT ARE PERENNIAL AND PERENNIALS THAT ARE ANNUAL
• PERENNIALS THROUGH THE SEASONS
• PERENNIALS - FORGET THE TRIED AND TRUE, TRY SOMETHING NEW
• UNUSUAL AND RARE PERENNIALS FOR OUR REGION
• VINES AND PERENNIALS THAT WILL KNOCK YOUR SOCKS OFF
• PONDING - WATER FEATURES FROM THE GROUND UP
• COPING WITH THE UNEXPECTED - extremes in weather, too hot, too dry, too wet!
• GLOBALIZATION AND THE GARDENER - how the world economy impacts us
• IT'S A JUNGLE OUT THERE…..(a short humorous talk on garden tasks)
• YOU HAVE TO HAVE GRASSES!!! Those popular ornamental grasses and sedges.
• GOING NATIVE…USING NATIVE- or NEARLY NATIVE- MATERIAL IN THE GARDEN.
• WHAT'S IN A NAME? LEARNING AND USING PROPER NOMENCLATURE IN GARDENING
  (A humorous review)
• FLOWER ARRANGING 101 - HOW TO START
• FLOWER DESIGN FOR COMPETITION - a jump start for Hort Societies to get members interested
• USING 'END OF SEASON' BITS FOR FALL ARRANGEMENTS
• "OH, THOSE HOLIDAY GREENS!" (Christmas arrangements)

OTHER TOPICS ARE AVAILABLE BY ARRANGEMENT.

REFERENCES ARE AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST. Recent presentations include Mount Hamilton Hort. Society, OHA District 6 Keynote speaker, Toronto Master Gardeners, Flamborough Horticultural Society, Nesbitt Burns Financial Services, Landscape Ontario Congress, and others.