530pm Doors Open  6.00pm Arrive early to catch up with Friends, make your purcahses from BOGI Seeds, BOGI Books, BOGI Shop, or borrow a book from the Library, or help doing a little maintenance on the gardens at Peace Hall.   7.00pm We welcome Brian Kiepzig, Customer Relationship Manager at Neutrog.  Brian will tell us about their work with biological products and thte role they play in soil health and ultimately plant health.  He will also tell us some fo the work they are doing on disease prevention using biologicals.  Neutrogs R&D program includes world leading experts who share our innate curiosity to explore the capacity of microbes, as a means to providee sustainable, effective solutions that yield results and improve soil health.   After our Speaker, we will have our 2026 AGM, followed by presentations of Bring Along Items, the BOGI Clinic, Raffle Draw (Tickets $1 each) and Supper (bring a plate, and receive 2 raffle tickets too).  $2 admission for members and $4 for non members.   

Drop in for a cuppa, a chat or to restock your garden supplies. BOGI Shop, Seeds, Books and Library will all be open.  Doors open from 11am when you can help tidy the Hall gardens, or help fold newsletters.   The topic of the May Meeting will be Seeds - Saving, Storing, Propagating.   Savings seeds from our own plants saves money and allows us to save seeds from plants that like our climate.  How should we store seeds?  How long can we store them? How do we propagate seeds?  They don't all propagate the same way.  When should we transplant seedlings?  So many more questions.   Along with your questions, bring a plate to share for afternoon tea, and your experiences.  If you have something for the giveaway table, bring that too.