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.

Brampton Horticultural Society – January 2023 Speaker

Flower City Lawn Bowling Facility 8910 McLaughlin Rd S, Brampton

Speaker: Antonio Valente, owner Antonio Valente Flowers https://antoniovalenteflowers.com/ Topic Growing Cut Flowers Antonio is a market gardener who grows a wide range of specialty and heirloom cut flower varieties and foliage. He employs small-scale/high-output techniques which allow him to grow on nothing more than half an acre. He deals exclusively in wholesale to high end […]

February General Meeting – Creating Spaces that Resonate

McConaghy Centre 10100 Yonge Street, Richmond Hill

FEBRUARY GENERAL MEETING: GUEST SPEAKER WOLFE BONHAM, "CREATING SPACES THAT RESONATE" Have you ever noticed that some garden spaces just feel right, even if they aren't the nicest-looking gardens?  While others that are immaculate, well-designed, and downright spectacular just don't feel right?  This is perhaps because we all have childhood memories of archetypal spaces that […]

Medical Cannabis in Canada

Cheltenham Community Room Cheltenham Firehall 14190 Credit View RD, Cheltenham, ON, Canada

Jeremy Parker has spent over 40 years in the pharmaceutical industry, the last 9 years of which have been spent on educating thousands of health care practitioners on the may uses of medical cannabis and how it can help patients handle many different therapeutic issues. He brings a wealth of knowledge to patients, patient advocacy […]

CHINGUACOUSY The Amazing Chelsea Flower Show’,

Knightsbridge Community Seniors Centre 1A Knightsbridge Road, Brampton, ON, Canada

Chinguacousy Garden Club's February meeting welcomes David Hobson, who will be presenting "The Amazing Chelsea Flower Show’.  David claims to have ink stains on his green thumb and lives in Waterloo, Ontario, where he loves to watch things grow — his children, his garden, his friends and his compost heap (which should eventually shrink). An […]

Free

March General Meeting – An Exploration of Hardscape Plants

McConaghy Centre 10100 Yonge Street, Richmond Hill

MARCH GENERAL MEETING: GUEST SPEAKER JONAS SPRING, "AN EXPLORATION OF HARDSCAPE PLANTS" Following an extensive review of plants that grow on cliffs and alvars around southern Ontario, Jonas Spring has identified a palette of commercially available hardy, local and beautiful plants that thrive in cracks and crevices. He will share insights about these “hardscape plants” […]

CHINGUACOUSY : ‘Soil” with Owen Goltz

Knightsbridge Community Seniors Centre 1A Knightsbridge Road, Brampton, ON, Canada

For March 2023 Chinguacousy Garden Club welcomes Owen Goltz of Riverdale Farm and Forest, who will be presenting on the topic of "Soil". A resident farmer and master arborist Owen Goltz offers consulting services in vegetable gardening and pasture management, as well as in tree and shrub care and forest management.  Check out his website […]

Free

April General Meeting – “Growing Gracefully: The Evolution of a Garden”

McConaghy Centre 10100 Yonge Street, Richmond Hill

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: Exploring the Birds of Ontario

Knightsbridge Community Seniors Centre 1A Knightsbridge Road, Brampton, ON, Canada

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/). 

Free

Friendship Gardens

Cheltenham Community Room Cheltenham Firehall 14190 Credit View RD, Cheltenham, ON, Canada

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 […]

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