It may not officially begin until March 20, but I’m already delighting in the unofficial signs of spring, starting with the snowdrops that have sprung up in gardens and continuing with seeds and plants appearing at workshops and other events.

The Okanagan Xeriscape Association organized a day-long workshop to inform people, including those in the nursery industry, of the many ways to conserve water on our landscapes and the importance of water conservation in the Okanagan.

The Creating Climate-Resilient Landscapes workshop sold out and gathered an excited array of gardening enthusiasts, master gardeners, those from the landscape industry and Kelowna and West Kelowna city staff. Most judged it a huge success, which was exhilarating for those of us who worked hard to put it all together.

This past Sunday, the Okanagan Xeriscape Association was part of Seedy Sunday, an annual event put on by the Kelowna Master Gardeners at Parkinson Recreation Centre in........

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