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Communities in Bloom
OPEN HOUSE
January 27, 2018
Castlegar

photo: G. Kildow
Communities in Bloom OPEN HOUSE
Saturday Jan 27, 2018
Castlegar Community Complex
930am to 330pm

Special Guest Speaker Geraldine Kildow, owner of North Field Farm with over 200 varieties of peonies!
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Phone: 250.365.1653
Facebook: Castlegar Peony
Castlegar CIB: darlene@kalawsky. com
Castlegar Peony: castlegarpeony@gmail.com


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PROGRAM
9:30am    Doors Open
10:00am:'Four Seasons of the Peony' Geraldine Kildow, North Field Farm
11:15am: 'Seven Weeks of Peony Bloom' Adriana Work, Dutch Girl Peonies
12 -1pm: Visit Displays, Book swap - bring your books & magazines to trade:
                 garden related, food chain, conservation & local history
1:00pm: 'Peonies in a Vase & In the Landscape' with Geraldine Kildow
2:00pm: 'The Art of Xeriscape' with Chris Murphy, City of Castlegar


Geraldine Kildow, North Field Farm

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Geraldine’s motto is “Every garden is worthy of at least one peony”!  Her favourite saying is “The oxen is slow but the Earth is patient”. Her best ever purchase: a real live tractor!

Please welcome Geraldine Kildow  and her love of peonies to Castlegar! 
Mid-way through her forty year career in nursing, Geraldine Kildow serendipitously added “farmer” to her list of life-work credentials. Her 1994 purchase of five acres became North Field Farm in Ferndale, Washington.
Initially working the ground entirely by hand, she planted her first peonies in 1996. Crop diversification followed with the addition of blueberries, figs, quince and sweet chestnuts - and always more peonies.
Today Geraldine grows sixty-four varieties for the cut flower market plus many single specimen varieties for the pure pleasure of having them. She now tends crops full time, while husband Fred Moberg applies his genius to troubleshooting mechanical and structural problems, and running his sawmills. If ever a dull moment occurs, Beagles Ruben, James and Lucy are sure to dig out of their kennel and set out on a scent trail!
Geraldine's favourite peony is the one blooming closest to hand.
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Castlegar Peony

Castlegar, West Kootenays, British Columbia, Canada
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Show Chair: Holly Pender-Love, 231 Currie Ave., Trail, BC V1R 2L6                           1-250-368-6228
  • Home
  • Contact Us
    • Contact Us
    • Links
  • Peony Plant Info
    • How to enter your Peonies >
      • Classes of Peonies
      • Storing & Shipping Peonies
      • Court of Honour & Trophies
    • About Peonies
    • Planting Peonies
    • How to Grow Fine Peonies Almost Anywhere
    • The Mystery of 'Lady Byng'
  • Photos
    • Peony Photos
    • Peony Arrangements
    • Reford Garden, Quebec
    • Peony Show, Rosemere, Québec
  • Past Shows & Photos
    • 2019 CPS National AGM >
      • 2019 Awards & Trophies
      • 2019 Peony of the Year
      • 2019 Schedule & Tickets >
        • Event Details
      • Accomodations
    • 2018 Peony Show >
      • 2018 Photos & Awards
    • 2018 Open House: Communities in Bloom
    • 2017 Peony Show >
      • 2017 Photos & Judge Blaine Marchand
    • 2016 Peony Show
    • 2015 Peony Show