The Gibsons Garden Club’s February speaker event will feature Cass Turnbull, master gardener and ISA-certified arbourist, on Wednesday, Feb. 17 at 7:30 p.m. at Gibsons Heritage Playhouse.
The title of Turnbull’s presentation is: “It’s a Jungle Out There: How to Prune and Renovate the Overgrown Garden.”
Turnbull has been a professional gardener for over 30 years, first as an employee of the Seattle Parks Department and then as owner of a garden maintenance and renovation business. She is also founder and president of a 27-year-old, 1,000-member non-profit group called PlantAmnesty.
PlantAmnesty’s mission is to end bad pruning or, as the mission statement reads, “to end the senseless torture and mutilation of trees and shrubs caused by mal-pruning.”
Turnbull has taught more than 1,000 pruning classes in Seattle and across the country. She is the author of Cass Turnbull’s Guide to Pruning, which is now in its third edition. Using a combination of humour and controversy, PlantAmnesty has reduced the incidence of tree topping in Seattle by 90 per cent. For her work, Turnbull and PlantAmnesty have won many awards including the National Arbor Day Foundation education award, three Gold Leaf Awards from the International Society of Arboriculture and Seattle’s Friend of the Trees Award.
Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. for a silent auction. Food and refreshments will be available.
Tickets can be reserved by phoning 604-886-2446 with payment and pickup at the door.
