Carmen Varcoe, a well known plantswoman in Victoria, will give an illustrated talk on her botanical trip to Bhutan, with slides of the plants, landscapes and people of this remote kingdom in the Himalayas.

Carmen is a retired schoolteacher who is a part-time instructor at the Glendale and Woodlands Horticultural School and a key member of the Finnerty Gardens Advisory Board.

Ask her and Carmen would describe herself as a “total plant geek and member of many garden clubs in Victoria and abroad.” She is a Classroom instructor, lecturer on wide range of garden topics, design and maintenance of Hardy plant garden at Glendale Gardens, Advisory board member for University of Victoria’s Finnerty Gardens, Executive member for Victoria Horticulture Society, Victoria Rock and Alpine Society and the Hardy Plant Group.

She teaches the following courses at the Pacific Horticultural college: Plant Identification LH 104 (Landscape Horticulture Technician program) Plant Identification LH (Apprenticeship Level 3)