Throughout the day garden experts will offer presentations in the  Sudbury Living Magazine's Speakers Corner. 10:00 am - Community Gardening 11:00 am - Caring for Fruit Trees in Your Garden 1:00 pm - Selecting and Caring for Your Hostas 2:00 pm - Dealing with Invasive Plants 3:00 pm - Selecting Plants for Your Garden  GARDENING SPEAKERS COMMUNITY GARDENING Saturday - 10:00 am Ty Cumming Food Charter Animator Ty is the new Food Charter Animator who will be working with the Food Connection Network to promote food sustainability and community gardening. Also in her role, Ty will coordinate the Ste. Anne Community Garden, a 55 plot public access community garden in Sudbury’s downtown core and the Community Garden Network. Her experience is based on a practical combination of education, volunteer and work experience in areas such as advocacy, community development, public relations, events planning, fundraising and volunteer management. Ty is also full-time student at Laurentian University. GROWING HARDY FRUIT TREES Saturday - 11:00 am Ron Lewis Lewis's Hardy Fruit Trees Ron is a retired secondary school teacher and owner of Lewis’ Hardy Fruit Trees.  He is a member of the Sudbury Horticultural Society with a wealth of knowledge about growing vegetables and fruit trees.  Ron has been a guest speaker on a variety of topics at Horticultural Society meetings, Foodshed Project workshops and events, and Sudbury Food Connections presentations.  A number of Ron’s on-line videos can be viewed on the Sudbury Food Connections website.  He is very proud of the organic vegetables and giant pumpkins that he grows on his property.  Formerly a resident of New Sudbury,  he now lives in Naughton, and has a garden with a diverse array of early variety garden vegetables.  Ron stresses the importance of soil health, and provides us excellent tips on the growing of fruit trees and vegetables in Northern Ontario. HEAVENLY HOSTAS - Saturday - 1:00 pm - Joanne MacLellan Sudbury Master Gardeners Joanne has been gardening since she was a small child but really turned into a dedicated gardener when she relocated to Sudbury in 1994. Her new home in Sudbury came with southern sun exposure in the summer, northwest winds in the winter, rock fill to provide excellent drainage, and minimal topsoil. Over the past 16 years, her garden microclimate has evolved from hot and dry to shaded and moist(er) as the trees and shrubs in her yard have grown and provided shade and wind breaks, rocks have been hauled from the planting beds and the lack of topsoil has been augmented with peat moss and compost. The plantings in the garden continue to be a work in progress, ensuring many trips to the nurseries to see what is new and unusual. Joanne has been a member of the Sudbury Master Gardeners for over ten years. DEALING WITH INVASIVE PLANTS - Saturday - 2:00 pm - Rachel Gagnon Ontario Invasive Plant Council  Rachel has been working as the Ontario Invasive Plant Council coordinator for the past 3 years. Prior to working with the OIPC she was the Terrestrial Invasive Plant Outreach Liaison with the Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters / Ministry of Natural Resources’ Invading Species Awareness Program.  Rachel has also worked with the City of Peterborough as GIS technician and spent 3 years with the Canadian Food Inspection Agencies Emerald Ash Borer Survey Program.  Rachel is originally from Wawa Ontario and enjoys canoeing, hiking and generally all things outdoors which she does with her husband Pat and her young son Colin. PLANT SELECTION - Saturday - 3:00 pm - James St. John Superintendent of Horticulture - City of Greater Sudbury  Sudbury Master Gardeners James graduated Cambrian College from the Horticulture Technician program and shortly after that I became a member of the Sudbury Master Gardeners.  He have worked in various areas in the horticulture industry including nurseries, local garden centers, landscaping and more. James has been a gardener for the City of Greater Sudbury for the past five years and is currently the Superintendent of Horticulture for the City of Greater Sudbury.  He has written articles for Sudbury Living Magazine and volunteered his time to numerous local non-profit agencies.

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