February 2025 Oakville Hort General Meeting on ZOOM

Please join us for our guest speaker Lorraine Johnson!

The February Meeting will be online via Zoom, sign in starting at 7:15 pm, meeting begins at 7:30 pm

Details will be sent to members before the meeting. There is no charge to members to attend.

Guests are welcome. Please send an e-transfer of $5 to memberpay@oakvillehort.org. Then please email info.ohs@oakvillehort.org to get the ZOOM meeting details. The email address provided for the ZOOM call should be the same as noted in the e-transfer comments so we know who you are. 

Topic: Related to Native Plants, to be determined

We welcome Lorraine Johnson, a writer, editor, community gardening advocate and an activist for legalizing urban hens. When pressed to describe what unifies her work, Lorraine has settled on the term cultivation activist. She is a frequent speaker on a myriad of topics related to gardening, nature, and environmental and social issues. Lorraine has been an OHS guest speaker in the past.

The author of numerous books on growing native plants, gardening for pollinators, restoring habitat, and producing food in cities, Lorraine’s work focuses on people and communities growing plants, ecological health, and the connection to nature and to each other.
Through her books, articles and community projects, she strives to advance the understanding that everything and everyone is connected and that, through our actions, we all have a role to play in making this world a better place for all life.

The founding editor of the magazine Ground: Landscape Architect Quarterly, and also the Canadian editor of the DK books: Garden Plants and Flowers, Canadian Gardener’s Guide, and What Plant Where Encyclopedia. Her most recent book is A Garden for the Rusty-Patched Bumble Bee: Creating Habitat for Native Pollinators, co-authored with Dr. Sheila Colla and published in 2022.

Lorraine is a patron of Toronto Botanical Garden; a former president of the North American Native Plant Society; former Board member of LEAF (Local Enhancement and Appreciation of Forests); former Board member of Wild Ones! The author of over 10 books, among
them are: Green Future: How to Make a World of Difference, 100 Easy-to-Grow Native Plants for Canadian Gardens, Grow Wild!, The New Ontario Naturalized Garden, Tending the Earth, and The Real Dirt.