At this time, events are being scheduled but may change without much notice depending on current covid-19 restrictions. Please check with the organizer for any you are interested in to get the most uptodate information.
“Designing a Cottage Yard in your (Sub)Urban Yard” Martin Ford & Judy Roeder “The Pocket Woodlands Design concept was developed by Martin Ford, a third-generation horticulturist, former University of Guelph instructor and co-founcer of Urban Cottage Landscapes in Guelph, ON, with his wife and business partner, Judy Roeder.
APRIL GENERAL MEETING: GUEST SPEAKER SEAN JAMES, "GROWING GRACEFULLY: THE EVOLUTION OF A GARDEN" As many a gardener can visually attest to from photos – gardens evolve, year after year. Some plants over-thrive, while others perish. As trees mature, once-sunny spaces become better suited to shade-loving plants. Sean will guide us through this natural progression […]
Chinguacousy Garden Club's April speaker is David Chapman, who will be presenting Exploring the Birds of Ontario. David is a keynote speaker specializing on nature, birds and weather. For more information please check out his website (https://www.davidtchapman.com/).
The Development of Friendship Gardens, Headwaters Healthcare Orangeville: With a vision that healthcare should include spiritual well-being Lynn Sinclair Smith has single handedly supervised the construction and maintenance of the Friendship Gardens. She is constantly fundraising, recruiting volunteers, involving CVC (when snow removal brine applications started killing our trees and phragmites filled the ditches), campaigned […]
Ashley Gatto - Member of the Toronto Entomologist's Association and the Lake Simcoe South Master Gardeners. It used to be that Monarch Butterflies were abundant in our neck of the woods, but no longer. What Happened? What can we do to bring them back? Ashely Gatto, Master Gardener, will explain it all. We will also […]
Presenter: Jaclyn Topps of Season’s Florals Topic: “ A Container for all Seasons” A mother daughter theme We are not traditional florists. we are artisans, designers and educators, who are inspired by the outdoors, natural materials, elements and the textures that shift with the seasons. We live and design in the moment and that […]
MAY GENERAL MEETING: GUEST SPEAKER HELEN BATTERSBY, "DESIGNING WITH EDIBLE PLANTS" Award-winning TorontoGardens.com blogger Helen Battersby encourages us to turn notions of what “ornamental” means upside-down and meet unusual plants that are also safe to eat. This colourful presentation spurs thinking about gardens and edible plants in exciting new ways, with plenty of inspiration for […]
CHANGE of Speaker: Heinke Thiessen, Perennials that wow. Heinke has been a gardening enthusiast since her early childhood in Quebec. Retired proprietor of Perennial Pleasures Landscape Design, Heinke is currently a horticultural design judge accredited by the Royal Botanical Garden, and President of Credit Valley Horticultural Society in Mississauga. This is an in-person meeting, but […]
Mark Zelinski trained as an artist and designer, and graduated as the top student of OCAD in 1979. His diverse career as a professional photographer has taken him across 80 countries, with clients ranging from The National Film Board of Canada to Panasonic. He is also a publisher, writer, painter, filmmaker, Fellow of Royal Canadian […]
Annual Plant sale of " Treasures from member's gardens, perennials from reputable growers, heirloom tomato and vegetable plants.
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