If your garden looks a little tired in November, you are in good company — and you do not have to figure out the next step alone. The Comox Valley Horticultural Society has been the valley’s gathering place for people who grow things, and its monthly meetings are open to guests as well as members.
General meetings are usually held on the third Monday of the month, at 7 p.m., and last about two hours. The 2026 calendar lists a Zoom meeting on November 16. There are no meetings in July, August or December. Guests are always welcome; admission is $5.50, and the society asks visitors to choose the date and pay online, then watch for a Zoom registration email on the weekend before the meeting.
When the society meets in person, it gathers in the Conference Hall on the upper level of the Florence Filberg Centre, 411 Anderton Avenue, Courtenay. Those hybrid evenings start with a 6:30 p.m. meet-and-greet. Master Gardeners attend each in-person meeting to answer questions, and an opportunity table sells plants, seeds, books and magazines. The next in-person dates on the posted calendar are in the spring, beginning March 16, which is also listed as a member plant sale. A larger spring plant sale, with Master Gardeners on hand, is set for May 2 at the Farm Stand.
Even if you only drop in now and then, the society is a useful local filter for advice. Coastal winters here are wet and mild, and what works in a catalogue written for the Interior often does not. A question asked of a Master Gardener in the Filberg hall, or of a neighbour at the plant sale, will usually get you closer to an answer than a generic planting date. For membership, guest tickets and the latest speaker list, see comoxvalleyhortsociety.ca or write to info@comoxvalleyhortsociety.ca.
Good to know
- Next meeting: November 16, 2026, 7 p.m., on Zoom. Guests welcome, $5.50. Details and tickets: comoxvalleyhortsociety.ca/meetings.
- In-person meetings are at the Florence Filberg Centre, 411 Anderton Avenue, Courtenay. Master Gardeners attend those evenings.
- No meetings in July, August or December.
Image: Screenshot of the Comox Valley Horticultural Society Meetings page.
Photo: Comox Valley Horticultural Society, Screenshot of official source page, via source.
