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Live chat replay with expert gardeners: July 28, 2014

Live chats replay with expert gardeners every Monday all summer

CBC News Posted: Jul 25, 2014 1:38 PM ET Last Updated: Jul 28, 2014 2:24 PM ET A hibiscus flower grows near the entrance of the South Carolina Botanical Garden on Wednesday, July 23, 2014, in Clemson, S.C. The garden is rebuilding after losing thousands of species of plants in a July 2013 flood. (Jeffrey Collins/Associated Press) Ed Lawrence is on holiday, so horticulturalist Paul Zammit will be taking your gardening calls. 27:38


Get your garden growing with a live call-in conversation with Ontario Today's Ed Lawrence at 12:30 p.m. On Monday, July 28, we'll have expert gardeners Donna Parker, Jon Peter, Claudette Simms and joining us for the first time, Master Gardener Tena van Andel ready to help. Join us online or by phone at 1-888-817-8995 or do both.

Live Blog Gardening chat July 28

Meet the gardeners

Our rotating group of online panelists will include Jon Peter, Curator and Manager of Plant Documentation at the Royal Botanical Gardens, Hamilton-area Master Gardeners Claudette Sims, Donna Parker and Tena van Andel as well as Master-Gardener-in-training Marie Clarke.

Jon Peter 

Claudette Sims 

Donna Parker 

Marie Clarke-Davies 

Tena van Andel Tena van Andel is delighted to have been a Toronto Master Gardener since 2003. She enjoys her role as Past Coordinator for Toronto and as Event Coordinator on the board of the Master Gardeners of Ontario Inc. She will talk to anyone about anything horticultural, although orchids, large trees and the exotic bring a special gleam to her eye.



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