Dunsmuir Community Garden Group

OH! the bee yard.   When  Dave, Jerry & I captured this swarm in the pine tree to the left of the bee yard yesterday, and we put the naughty girls in a swarm box underneath an empty hive box with frames & honey in it. The naughty girls decided this abode was not up to their standards, and took off up into another tree. Jerry & I made another split of the middle hive that was also preparing to swarm. We caught them just in time. We also took some frames of brood from the super strong hive & placed those into the weakest hive to boost that colony. On saturday I put out 3 swarm boxes for the girls, but they stayed in the tree all night.

2018 Annual General Meeting WHERE?  Ocean Park Community Hall, 1577 128th St, Surrey, BC V4A 3V1 WHEN?  May 12, 2018 9:30AM WHY?  We need YOU to attend! Updates on what is happening at your garden. Volunteer and electing your board :)  2018 AGENDA 1.    Call to Order 2.    Welcome Members – Presidents Remarks 3.    Approval of 2017 AGM Minutes as circulated 4.    Committee Reports: 4.1           Treasurer Report 4.2            Maintenance Report 4.3            Plot Rental Report 4.4            Bee Report 4.5            Outreach Report 4.6            Newsletter Report 4.7            S...

Spring Inspection, City Drainage Project, Request for Ideas, Important Dates Hello Garden Members, I wanted to say HELLO as the sunshine has shown it's lovely face! The gardening season is beginning to bud. We have a few new items and a few old ones to share with you: 1)  Spring Inspection   Will occur around  May 8  this year. Please ensure that you have removed grass and weeds, started cultivation and planting. Your paths should be free and clear of weeds, and debris. All around your fence should also be cleaned up. Trees, shrubs and vines should be located in the southwest corner. Please watch the shading of your neighbours. 2)  Garden Visitors & City Drainage Project We will be hosting a group of artists on Tuesday July 31 for a Plein Air painting day, The artists are from the South Surrey White Rock Art Society.  The City of Surrey will be commencing a Drainage Project in the park starting early May and will be using the...

***2018 Bylaw Revision NOTICE *** The Provincial Government contacted all Societies last Fall to request bylaw revisions. The purpose of this is to have all Society bylaws use consistent language, meaning and interpretation and meet the overall intentions of the Societies Act.    As the Dunsmuir Garden Group is a society incorporated under the BC Societies Act it was incumbent on us to rewrite our bylaws to meet Provincial Government criteria and have them submitted by November 2018. Fortunately, the work of previous Board of Directors laid solid groundwork for our bylaws and the intentions of the Societies policies were well in place. While this work has still been a significant undertaking the Board of Directors has completed the bylaw revisions and wishes to recommend that they be approved as written at the Annual General Meeting on May 12 th . Part 1 – Definitions and Interpretation Definitions 1.1      ...