Sept 25, 2024 @ 7pm: MJ Pilgrim “The Dirt on Soap and Home Remedies”

Location: Peterborough Lions Centre, Burnham St. Ptbo. Guests are welcome for $5.

This month’s presenter is our very own MJ known to most of you as the one who always had funny cartoons at the end of the meeting. MJ will be showing us her professional side on Sept 25 talking about the impact of the chemicals we use on our gardens – welcome MJ!

Home recipes abound for ridding your garden of every single bug, but do we really think that’s wise? What should we use for bugs that we know are not beneficial? A light-hearted look at frequently used household chemicals and what you may want to use instead.

Mary-Jane Pilgrim joined the Peterborough Hort Society and the Peterborough Master Gardeners over 10 years ago and loves getting out and meeting other gardeners to “talk plants”. The love of gardening is probably hereditary as she grew up in a large farm family with Dutch immigrant parents. She was definitely not a fan in those days of weeding rows and rows of vegetables but loves the colour and fragrance of her garden today. MJ was the president of the society in Peterborough for the last 8 years and now serves as the Past President. She was also an assistant director for OHA District 4 in 2021-2023.

While not too applicable to this talk, MJ enjoys cycling, playing squash and making/fixing stained
glass windows.