站点定位与历史由来
灰点菊花协会（Point Grey Chrysanthemum Association）位于加拿大不列颠哥伦比亚省温哥华市，以社区菊友自发组织的形式，从 1937 年起在低陆平原地区推广菊花栽培与品种交流，是当地持续运作时间最长的业余菊花爱好者团体之一。
月度例会与日常交流
协会常规例会在温哥华著名的丹素花园（VanDusen Gardens）雪松室（Cedar Room）举行，时间为每月第二个星期四晚七点半，四月、六月、七月和十二月休会。会员从低陆平原各地赶来听有经验的栽培者讲解菊花种植的不同环节，并现场交流心得和技艺。
半年菊展与特别销售
协会每年组织两次正式菊展：九月初的早菊展在丹素花园举办，十一月初的晚菊展则在邻近的本那比市 Garden Works 卖场举行，两次展会向公众免费开放。与此同时，协会还会在特殊日期安排菊花插穗销售，方便本地爱好者以扦插方式快速获得协会同好培育的优良品种。
讲座主题与栽培技艺
历年例会的讲座主题包括菊花扦插繁殖、摘心与施肥、光周期对开花的影响、缩短生长季的技术、晚季展览花头培育，以及母株的越冬管理等。这些讲座源自会员内部积累的实操经验，对刚搬进公寓、想用十英寸盆在露台养菊花的家庭尤其实用。
影像档案与菊花文化
协会自 2006 年起每年举办展览，积累下大量影像资料，按年份归档在 Photo Gallery 中，从 2006 到 2017 共十一届早菊展和晚菊展现场都有存档可查阅。菊花本身在亚洲被称为「花中皇后」，名字来自希腊语「金花」二字，中国古代诗文与陶瓷器物上常见它的身影，日本则早在公元八世纪就把它定为皇室纹章，并设立了重阳赏菊的全国节日，更多菊花文化背景可参阅维基百科的 Chrysanthemum 条目。
About the Society
The Point Grey Chrysanthemum Association, based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, is a community-based chrysanthemum hobby group that has been promoting mum cultivation and cultivar exchange across the Lower Mainland since 1937, making it one of the longest-running amateur chrysanthemum societies in the region.
Monthly Meetings and Member Exchange
Regular meetings are held in the Cedar Room at VanDusen Gardens in Vancouver, on the second Thursday of each month at 7:30 pm, with no meetings in April, June, July, or December. Members travel in from across the lower mainland to learn from experienced exhibitors and share their own tips on growing better mums.
Semi-annual Shows and Cutting Sales
The society holds two formal shows each year: an Early Chrysanthemum Show at VanDusen Gardens in early September and a Late Chrysanthemum Show at Garden Works in nearby Burnaby in early November. Both shows are open to the public free of charge, and the society also runs occasional special cutting sales so that local enthusiasts can pick up rooted cuttings of member-grown cultivars.
Talks and Growing Techniques
Past talks at the meetings have covered taking cuttings, stopping and feeding, the photoperiodic response of chrysanthemums, shortening the growing season for late shows, and growing stock plants. These talks draw on hands-on experience from members and are especially useful for newer growers working with ten-inch containers on a patio or deck.
Photo Archive and Mum Culture
The society has been holding shows every year since 2006 and keeps an extensive Photo Gallery archive organized by year, covering eleven seasons of early and late shows from 2006 through 2017. The chrysanthemum itself is known in Asia as the queen of flowers; its name comes from the Greek for gold flower, and the plant has long appeared in Chinese poetry and ceramics, while Japan adopted it as the imperial crest in the eighth century and later made the ninth day of the ninth month a national festival of the chrysanthemum.
Official Site: http://www.chrysanthemumsvancouver.com/
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