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SUMMARY:The New York High Line Park
DESCRIPTION:This presentation will provide a very interesting overview of what Mary Crawford discovered during her visit to New York’s High Line Park.  You will learn about the background of the park\, its design and the creative use of plants and other vegetation in its unique design and beautiful gardens. Mary will share some inspirational photos of the High Line Park and behind the scene information about the construction and development of the park’s very unusual and beautiful gardens. \nAs a member of the Master Gardeners of Ottawa-Carleton since 2020\, Mary Crawford enjoys speaking to groups and writing articles for the Master Gardeners’ Trowel Talk newsletter. She has loved gardening and traveling for as long as she can remember\, likely her father’s doing. When Mary’s like-minded sister started chatting about the High Line Park in New York City\, they hatched an idea for a trip together with some major garden inspiration. They obtained permission to do a photo shoot at the High Line in the fall of 2023 and Mary is very happy to share her findings.  
URL:https://gardenontario.org/event/the-new-york-high-line-park/
LOCATION:Tom Brown Arena\, 141 Bayview Road\, Ottawa\, K1Y 4M3
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SUMMARY:The Art of Photography
DESCRIPTION:In this presentation\, by award-winning photographer\, designer and teacher\, Janice Street\, you will learn about the art of photography and get some valuable tips on photographing flowers.  Come and learn what goes on behind the scenes when a photographer is selecting certain elements of nature and light to turn the image into an outstanding art form. \nThis is an in-person event at Tom Brown Arena. Announcements at 7:00 pm followed by refreshments and social time. Presentation starts at 7:30 pm. \nWhile we are testing new online procedures\, this talk will be shared by Zoom to OHS members only. (To join\, please visit https://ottawahort.org/membership/membership-form/)
URL:https://gardenontario.org/event/the-art-of-photography/
LOCATION:Tom Brown Arena\, 141 Bayview Road\, Ottawa\, K1Y 4M3
CATEGORIES:Guest Speaker,Society Meeting
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SUMMARY:Plant Auction & Sale
DESCRIPTION:Mark your calendars! The OHS Plant Auction & Sale is at Tom Brown Arena (2nd floor)\, on Tuesday\, May 27th! The auction starts at 7:00 pm – but please arrive early to register for a bidding paddle. Auction plants include choice selections and unusual varieties.\nThe plant sale follows\, at 8:00 pm. All plants are donated by OHS members. Includes perennial divisions\, vegetable and annual seedlings\, and houseplants.\nCome on out and bring a friend – or two\, or three! – for this lively and fun event. No admission fee\, everyone welcome\, accessible by elevator. Cash or cards for payment.
URL:https://gardenontario.org/event/plant-auction-sale/
LOCATION:Tom Brown Arena\, 141 Bayview Road\, Ottawa\, K1Y 4M3
CATEGORIES:Plant Sale
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SUMMARY:General meeting - June 17th @ 7pm.
DESCRIPTION:Kevin Long is our June speaker on Gardening in Small Spaces
URL:https://gardenontario.org/event/general-meeting-june-25th-7pm/
LOCATION:Smiths Falls Civitan Hall\, 12468 Hwy 15 North\, Smiths Falls\, K7A 4S4
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SUMMARY:What’s in my garden? Friend or foe?
DESCRIPTION:Nancy McDonald\, Master Gardener\, will shed a new light on important small creatures that visit and sometimes nibble on our plants.  Nancy calls her garden “a happy place” and enjoys checking out the many garden “bugs” who visit while asking herself first if these visitors are welcome guests (which the majority are) or unwelcome pests? It’s important to realize that enticing and keeping beneficial bugs may involve also having a few pests in the garden for them to prey on. In her garden\, Nancy now incorporates plants which will attract\, feed and provide a habitat for beneficial bugs creating an insectary garden to help with those unwelcome guests.
URL:https://gardenontario.org/event/whats-in-my-garden-friend-or-foe/
LOCATION:Tom Brown Arena\, 141 Bayview Road\, Ottawa\, K1Y 4M3
CATEGORIES:Society Meeting
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SUMMARY:How is your garden doing as the gardening season comes to an end? Best tips and lessons learned from the perspective of garden centre owner
DESCRIPTION:Mary Reid\, Master Gardener and owner of the Green Thumb Garden Centre (and regular guest on the CBC weekly noon Garden Show)\, will share her wisdom and lessons learned that she has acquired during her busy and long career in the horticulture industry.  Her unique sense of humor will be sure to entertain you. \nFrom teacher to banker to garden centre owner\, Mary Reid matches the description of a multi-talented person.  She grew up in a family of gardeners\, worked as a gardener during her summers at university\, and still finds time to garden at home. Mary uses her many skills and extensive experience to run a popular and successful garden centre\, the Green Thumb Garden Centre. She is a member of Landscape Ontario\, a CLP (Certified Landscape Professional) and volunteers as a Master Gardener. Mary enjoys speaking to various local groups and can occasionally be heard skillfully answering questions on the CBC Ontario Today noon show on Mondays.
URL:https://gardenontario.org/event/how-is-your-garden-doing-as-the-gardening-season-comes-to-an-end-best-tips-and-lessons-learned-from-the-perspective-of-garden-centre-owner/
LOCATION:St Mark’s Anglican Church\, Ottawa\, 1606 Fisher Ave\, Ottawa\, K2C 1X6
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SUMMARY:Fusion Gardening® with Sean James
DESCRIPTION:Encouraged by many municipalities and regions\, Fusion Gardening® blends LID (rainwater handling) with xeriscaping (drought-tolerant gardening) and enfolds plantings to enhance biodiversity. One of the main foci of this style is to engage the public with beauty. Since it so important that property owners take up this gauntlet\, Sean James will address the backbone of each of these disciplines\, and discuss how to do each artfully. With climate change\, storms are becoming stronger and less predictable. Droughts are getting longer. Many of us seek to use our gardens to do ‘Good’ for biodiversity. Fusion Gardening™ does all these things by minimizing water use\, keeping the water that falls on our property ON our property\, and\, through the favoring of native and wildlife-supporting plant choices\, this method of gardening supports the life that visits our yards. \nSean owns ‘Sean James Consulting & Design’. Named by Landscape Ontario as 2020 and 2021’s Garden Communicator of the Year\, gardening has been Sean James’ passion and profession for over 40 years.  A graduate of Niagara Parks School of Horticulture\, a Master Gardener\, writer\, and teacher\, Sean focuses on eco-gardening techniques. He has spoken at events from the Maritimes to Seattle and landscaped from Switzerland to California. He had the honor of being part of creating many important reference tools for landscapers\, gardeners and educational institutions. He has chaired the Environmental Stewardship Committee for Landscape Ontario and the Environmental Committee for the Perennial Plant Association and has been featured on radio and television\, including filling in for Paul Zammit occasionally on CBC’s ‘The Gardening Show’.”
URL:https://gardenontario.org/event/fusion-gardening-with-sean-james/
LOCATION:St Mark’s Anglican Church\, Ottawa\, 1606 Fisher Ave\, Ottawa\, K2C 1X6
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SUMMARY:The Native Bees in our Backyards: In-person presentation by Dr. Jessica Forrest\, Associate Professor\, Faculty of Science (Biology Department)\, University of Ottawa  
DESCRIPTION:Eastern Canada is home to approximately 400 species of native bees. Many of these species manage to coexist with us in our cities and farmlands\, visiting flowers and pollinating both crops and wild plants. Yet these native bees often labour in obscurity\, while non-native honey bees receive most of the attention and credit. In this talk\, Dr.Forrest will discuss the life histories and floral requirements of wild bees\, highlighting the diversity of bees that occur—often unnoticed—in urban settings. She will end her talk with some tips on how gardeners and homeowners can become better acquainted with—and support—the native bees and other pollinators in our backyards. \nDr. Jessica Forrest is an Associate Professor in the Biology Department at the University of Ottawa\, where her lab (https://forrestlab.wordpress.com/) conducts research on the ecology and evolution of wild pollinators\, especially native bees\, and their interactions with plants. Jessica teaches upper-level ecology courses\, in French and English\, and serves as Co-Director of the Biology Department’s graduate program. She is also a subject-matter editor at the journal Ecology. She and her students (and her dog\, Oscar) do field work in the Colorado Rocky Mountains and in the many green spaces—agricultural\, urban\, and natural—around Ottawa. 
URL:https://gardenontario.org/event/the-native-bees-in-our-backyards-in-person-presentation-by-dr-jessica-forrest-associate-professor-faculty-of-science-biology-department-university-of-ottawa/
LOCATION:St Mark’s Anglican Church\, Ottawa\, 1606 Fisher Ave\, Ottawa\, K2C 1X6
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SUMMARY:Food for Life:  How Some Organizations in Ottawa are Addressing the Food Insecurity Gap 
DESCRIPTION:This panel of community leaders\, experts and speakers from the Ottawa area\,who are actively working to address food insecurity in our community\, will be joining us to share some important and encouraging information. Learn how innovative gardening initiatives\, urban agriculture and special community partnerships are helping to bridge the food gap. Discover how horticulture can play a vital role in creating a more equitable and sustainable food system and how dedication\, commitment and hope can help fill the food insecurity gap. \nSpeaker profiles: \nPeter Tilley: CEO\, Ottawa Mission \nPeter Tilley has been the CEO of The Ottawa Mission since June 2013. The Ottawa \nMission is one of Canada’s largest and most innovative downtown shelters for the \nhomeless\, providing a full range of services to those in its sector. \nPrior to The Mission\, Peter served for 14 years as the Executive Director of the Ottawa \nFood Bank\, leading that organization to become recognized as one of the most visible\, \nprogressive and respected food banks in Canada. \nPeter has served as a part-time professor at Algonquin College\, where he taught Non- \nprofit Management and Strategic Planning & Leadership. Peter was a 2012 and 2017 \nOntario Premier’s Award nominee; in 2017\, he was recognized as one of Algonquin \nCollege’s top Alumnus members at its 50-year celebration ceremony. \nHe currently serves as the Chair of the Board of Ottawa Inner City Health and is \non the board of the Alliance To End Homelessness Ottawa. \nPeter volunteers with several Ottawa-based organizations. He is the Father to an amazing \ndaughter\, Samantha\, and has recently been blessed with a beautiful granddaughter\, Skylar. \n  \nNelson Coyle: Carlington Community Health Centre (Board Director) and Founding Member of the Healthful Food Working Group   \nNelson Coyle is an agricultural economist and a retired professional agrologist. He held policy and communications roles at the Canadian Dairy Commission\, Chicken Farmers of Canada\, the House of Commons office of the federal NDP Agriculture and Food critic and the National Farmers Union. He grew up on a small egg and market garden farm near Roseneath in Eastern Ontario. He has had an allotment garden on Kilborn Avenue for 40 years and began volunteering as a gardener in the community after early retirement in 2011. He is a founding member of the Healthful Food Working Group which is a joint project of the Carlington Community Association and the Carlington Community Health Centre. \n   \nCarla De Ciccio: Director of Marketing\, Growcer   \nCarla De Ciccio leads marketing at Growcer\, where she helps scale purpose-driven initiatives that make local food production more accessible and sustainable. With nearly 15 years of experience across technology\, higher education\, and healthcare\, she has focused her career on growing organizations that drive social impact. Carla holds an MBA in Innovation and Entrepreneurship from the University of Ottawa and believes the most meaningful work happens when communities\, ideas\, and people grow together. \nCecilia Lee:  Ottawa Horticultural Society Board Member and Co-coordinator of the Community Impact Program \nCecilia Lee\, is an Ottawa Horticultural Society Board member who has played a key role in the past year in co-leading the Society’s Community Impact Program\, where financial assistance has been provided to various organizations in Ottawa\, some of which involve community gardens where food is being shared with food banks and those in need. Her interest in gardening stems from childhood where her family had a home garden to grow produce not easily found in the Maritimes\, where she grew up.  \n  \nTom Robson:  Coordinator\, Community Harvest Farm (Ottawa Food Bank) \nTom Robson has played a key role in the Community Harvest Farm coordination the operations for the past 6 growing seasons. The Community Harvest Farm\, one of the Ottawa Food Bank’s active programs\, produces over 150\,000 lbs of mixed produce per season\, to increase the quality and quantity of fresh and healthy food that is being distributed to emergency food programs across Ottawa. Moreover\, the farm is “people-powered”  by engaging over 1\,100 volunteers per season\, who collectively provide over 5\,000 hours of service to support the farm’s goals. Prior to the Community Harvest\, Tom spent many seasons working for vegetable farms in the charitable and education sectors.
URL:https://gardenontario.org/event/food-for-life-how-some-organizations-in-ottawa-are-addressing-the-food-insecurity-gap/
LOCATION:St Mark’s Anglican Church\, Ottawa\, 1606 Fisher Ave\, Ottawa\, K2C 1X6
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SUMMARY:Members Meeting
DESCRIPTION:Our speaker will be Alberto Suarez Esteban\, originally from Spain. \nAlberto operates Nature’s Apprentice Farm\, a small organic farm located in Pakenham\, Ontario. \nHe is very interesting & informative\, & hopes to inspire us to become great stewards of our planet. \nPleas join us. Guests pay only $3.00.
URL:https://gardenontario.org/event/members-meeting/
LOCATION:Smiths Falls Legion\, 7 Main St E\, Smiths Falls\, K7A 1A1
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SUMMARY:A Team Approach to Protecting Canada’s Biosecurity:  how a detector dog and his handler work together on this important  issue
DESCRIPTION:In-person presentation by Matthieu Morin\, Food\, Plant and Animal K9 Officer\, Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA)  \nJoin us for a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at how the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) works to protect Canada’s environment and agriculture.  In this unique presentation\, a CBSA officer– partnered with a highly trained detector dog– will demonstrate how they work together to prevent the introduction of invasive pests\, plant diseases and prohibited soil or plant materials at our borders.  Learn about the critical role these canine teams play in protecting our gardens\, farms and ecosystems from biosecurity threats and discover what you can do to support this vital mission.  \nMatt Morin\, an experienced Food\, Plant and Animal K9 Officer with expertise in the subject of importation of food and plants\, has over 15 years experience sharing his knowledge with various audiences.  Over these past several years\, he has delivered  demonstrations and educational talks to a wide range of audiences\, including the public at universities\, high schools\, fairs and other community events as well as internal stakeholders at CBSA. His experience and engaging presentation style have helped raise awareness about the importance of biosecurity and the role of border services in protecting Canada’s agriculture and environment.  \nIn addition to his border security work\, Matthieu was recently accepted as a Master Gardener-in-Training and loves to garden. \nPlease note that as both dog and handler are Canada Border Services employees\, cameras are not allowed during the talk – no photos\, and no recordings\, so there will not be a livestream via Zoom.
URL:https://gardenontario.org/event/a-team-approach-to-protecting-canadas-biosecurity-how-a-detector-dog-and-his-handler-work-together-on-this-important-issue/
LOCATION:St Mark’s Anglican Church\, Ottawa\, 1606 Fisher Ave\, Ottawa\, K2C 1X6
CATEGORIES:Society Meeting
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