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Georgina-Brock Garden Club - Plant Propagation 101
2025-03-10 19:30 - 21:00 (America/Toronto) | Pefferlaw Lions Community Centre, 38 Pete's Lane, Pefferlaw, L0E 1N0
Dan Galea of Plant Pals presents Plant Propagation 101. Dan brings a rich depth of knowledge developed over 50 years working in the commercial nursery growing industry, as well as travelling abroad expanding his horticultural knowledge. Dan will share the seven best methods of plant propagation used today for growing a variety of perennials.

Delhi: Speaker – Jackie Ellefsen – “Native Gardening For Wildlife”
2025-03-10 19:30 - 21:00 | Delhi Friendship Centre, 418 Queen St., Delhi (Parking Lot off of William St), 418 Queen St, Delhi
Please join us for an evening with a knowledgeable guest speaker, fellowship and refreshments.

March 2025 Oakville Hort Society Meeting
2025-03-10 18:30 - 21:00 | C.K. Nicoll Hall (Knox Presbyterian Church), 89 Dunn St., Oakville. (Parking on Robinson.), 89 Dunn St.,, Oakville., L6J 3C8
Please join us for our guest speaker Wayne Wakal! Doors open at 6:30 pm, meeting begins at 7:30 pm at Knox Presbyterian Church, 89 Dunn St, Oakville. (Parking on Robinson St.)
Topic: Practical Espalier Pruning for Trees and Vines

This presentation will explain how to prune trees or vines into an espalier, a decorative way to prune trees flat against the wall in interesting patterns that also encourage flowering and fruiting. It is all based on how trees respond to heading cuts. This type of pruning is especially successful for fruit trees and wisteria vines.

The Importance of Native Plants
2025-03-08 11:30 - 14:30 | New Dundee Community Centre, 1028 Queen ST, New Dundee, N0B 2E0, Canada
This special event features Rick Gray, the author of the popular “The Gardener’s Guide to Native Plants of the Sourthern Great Lakes Region”. Rick will share his knowledge and answer questions.
Doors open at 11:30AM (Lunch at 12:00PM), with Speaker at 1:00PM
Tickets for the event are $25, purchased in advance (and includes a luncheon of soup, sandwich and dessert).

Brampton Seedy Saturday and Garden Show
2025-03-08 10:00 - 15:00 | Century Gardens
It’s time again for our popular annual gardening show! This FREE event is open to attendees of all ages. Even if you have never gardened before, this is a great opportunity to learn! Don’t miss the excellent speakers. Visit our website for full details.
10:30 – 11:30 Sean James – Life Magnet: Creating a Layered Native Garden for Biodiversity
12:00 – 1:00 Bob Wildfong – Growing a Successful Seed Saving Garden
1:30 – 2:30 – Stephen Biggs – Fit Fruit Crops in your Garden

Gardening Classes with Joanne – Spring Series 2025
2025-03-08 10:00 - 11:30, 2025-03-01 10:00 - 11:30 | Niagara on the Lake Community Centre, 14 Anderson Lane, Niagara on the Lake, L0S1J0
Maximize Your Garden Experience this Year

Joanne Young’s Saturday morning gardening classes will equip you with many new skills to tackle your garden this spring and summer.
You can take one class or all of them – They are $20.00 per class

Topics include:
Five Senses of Garden Design- How to plan you garden to incorporate them
Fusion Gardening – is design style that combines colours, textures and eco-friendly features.
Wake Up Your Garden – Get your garden off on the right foot this spring.
Spring Lawn Care- learn how to make your lawn the envy of the block
From Mish-Mash to Magnificent. Clear the chaos and learn how to edit and deliberately plant
Growing Native/Attracting Pollinators – Regardless of garden style incorporating native plants is always a good idea.
Noteworthy Plants – The Over-Achievers in the Garden – learn about the must have plants to make your garden a stand-out.
Designing with Perennials – Well planned perennials can be the backbone of good garden design.
Creative Container Combinations – Tired of your container gardens looking the same year after year?
Pruning Evergreens – Learn how to improve the longevity and health of your evergreens
Tough Plants For Tough Places – We all have spots in our gardens that prove a challenge for even the most experienced gardener. Learn how to overcome those tough areas.
All the details of our classes and links to booking classes can be found on notlhortsociety.com/classes

Plant Propagation with Paul Pietsch
2025-03-06 19:00 - 20:00 | Elgin Community Hall,Elgin
Join us for a special presentation to kick off the 2025 gardening season.
This is a must for any new gardener who would like to learn about propagating plants. Paul Pietsch will show us how to take cuttings from perennials and house plants as well as touching on woody cuttings, seeding.and grafting. Paul is a retired teacher of Botany at Humber College Toronto and is a Master Gardener in the Lanark area.

Paris Hort. Society Monthly Meeting
2025-03-05 19:00 - 21:30 | Paris Fairgrounds, Silver St., Paris
March 5th. meeting quest speaker will be Paul Oliver from the Urban Nature Store on ‘Attracting Wild Bird to Your Backyard Garden’.

March General Meeting: Guest Speaker Patterson Webster
2025-03-04 19:30 - 21:30 | McConaghy Centre, 10100 Yonge Street, Richmond Hill, L4C 1T8
March General Meeting: Guest Speaker Patterson Webster, “Creating a Personal Paradise: The Story of Glen Villa Art Garden”
Tonight’s speaker encourages us to go beyond endeavoring to make our gardens look beautiful to additionally making our garden spaces distinctly our own.
In this inspirational program, Patterson Webster will share the story of how she transformed an attractive but conventional garden into one that uses history, art and horticulture to tell a unique story. Leveraging photographs spanning twenty-five years, we will virtually tour Glen Villa, a 750-acre property in the Eastern Townships of Quebec. During our tour, we’ll visit special garden areas and art installations, and explore ideas that may help us to tell our own distinct garden stories.
Patterson Webster is a passionate garden designer, writer and installation artist who creates personalized landscapes that respond to the history of a site and the people who lived on it. Although retired from leading garden tours to international destinations, she continues to be a popular speaker, lecturing on art, garden history and design. Articles she has authored about gardens and garden design have appeared in numerous publications. And, her book, Autobiography of a Garden, explores the rich history of her Quebec garden, Glen Villa Art Garden, featured on several Canadian television programs. For more information about Patterson and her garden, click here.
Tonight’s guest speaker will participate in our Meeting remotely via Zoom. She and her presentation will be projected onto a large screen in the McConaghy Centre auditorium for our in-person participants.
Seedy Saturday Prep
We are collecting seeds this evening which will be packaged on March 11 in prep for the Seedy Saturday event at the Richmond Hill Central Library on April 5. Please check in with Greta if you have seeds to share or are interested in participating in the packaging and/or the Seedy Saturday event.
Members: Instructions for participation in this virtual and in-person event will be emailed to members twice – once on the Friday prior to the meeting, and again on Monday. Instructions are also available by logging into our site and checking the “members-only” version of this event at https://www.richmondhillgardensociety.org/event-6000974.
Visitors: Guests are welcome to participate in this virtual and in-person event at a nominal fee of $5.00. Instructions for participation will be emailed to non-society members who complete the registration process prior to the event start time.
About In-Person Attendance at the McConaghy Centre:

Doors to the auditorium open at 7:00 pm
The meeting begins promptly at 7:30 pm
Please bring a mug or cup if you would like hot coffee or tea
All attendees are encouraged to register online for inclusion in door prize draws
Masks are not required, but are encouraged

D9 Spring Annual Meeting
2025-03-04 10:00 - 15:00 | Fort Erie, Ontario, St. Paul’s Anglican Church 32 Idylewylde Street, Fort Erie, L2A 2L1
District 9 of the
Ontario Horticultural Association
Spring Annual Meeting
April 5th, 2025
Hosted by the Fort Erie Horticultural Society
At St. Paul’s Anglican Church
32 Idylewylde Street
Fort Erie, ON L2A 2L1
Theme “Spring Flowers”
Doors will open at 8:30 am
Registration starts at 8:30 am
Flower show entry placement closes at 9:45 am
Judging to start 10 am
Meeting to start at 10 am
Tickets will be $20. (in person)
Coffee, tea, drinks, goodies and lunch will be provided.

Regular Monthly In-Person Members Meeting
2025-03-03 19:30 - 21:00 | Anglican Christ Church, Campbellford, 154 Kent St., Campbellford, K0L 1L0
Campbellford & District Horticultural Society…Serving all of Trent Hills, holds its brief business meeting + minishow followed by speaker Silvia Strobl with her “Invasive Worms” presentation to alert us to this threat & instruct us how to minimize the risk of introducing them to our gardens. Mon. Mar. 3rd, 2025 7:30 pm. Members & guests welcome [free 1st in-person meeting & annual membership only $20.00**]. Christ Church (Anglican), 154 Kent St., Campbellford (parking lot & west entrance to Jenkins Hall off of Church Ave. Wheelchair accessible) *Masks optional* Visit: https://www.downthegardenpath.ca or our Facebook Group page. Please join us!

Garden Stratford Meeting - “The Avon Trail: a long walk from Perth County to Woolwich”
2025-03-03 07:15 - 21:00 | Army Navy Airforce261, 151 Lorne Ave E, Stratford, N5A6S4, Canada
Featured Speaker Presentation: “The Avon Trail: a long walk from Perth County to Woolwich”, Bruce Graham, President, Avon Trail
Meeting is open to all; free admission. Interested in joining Garden Stratford? Go to About/Membership at www.gardenstratford.org , or join at the meeting.
Program is subject to change.

Dream Garden presented by Galt Horticultural Society
2025-03-02 09:00 - 15:30 | The Portuguese Club of Cambridge, 870 Townline Road, Cambridge, N1T 2G3
All day event with breakfast and lunch provided. Speakers and Vendors. Enjoy a day or gardening with other gardeners!

32nd Annual Dream Garden Conference
2025-03-02 09:00 - 15:30 | The Portuguese Club of Cambridge, 870 Townline Road, Cambridge, N1T 2G3
Join us for a full day of Speakers, Door Prizes, Continental Breakfast, Hot Luncheon, Swag Bags, Silent Auction and much more! Don’t be disappointed, reserve your tickets now. There will not be ticket sales at the door, this is always a sold out event.

Seedy Saturday
2025-03-01 10:00 - 13:00 | MagnetawanCommunityCentre, 4304 Highway 520, Magnetawan, P0A 1P0
2nd annual Seedy Saturday! Seeds available for free, bring seeds to trade. Seed catalogues. Vendors. Lunch available on site, home made chili, tea and coffee. Free event. Kids craft in the Magnetawan Public Library, right next door.

Guelph Horticultural Society General Meeting
2025-02-25 19:30 - 21:30 | Dublin Street United Church, 68 Suffolk Street, West, Guelph, N1H2J2
We will be screening a showcase of the 2024 Garden Tour.
Speaker is Paul Kelly from the Honey Bee Research Centre presenting “Honey Bee Research Centre Activities Problems and Solutions, Bee Plants and the New Honey Bee Research Centre Building”

BRAMPTON HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY FEBRUARY 2025 SPEAKER EVENT
2025-02-25 19:00 - 21:00 | Flower City Lawn Bowling Facility, 8910 McLaughlin Rd S, Brampton, L6Y 4Z5
Speaker: Elisabeth Burrow, Jewels Under the Kilt
Topic: Nut Growing in Ontario
Elisabeth will share her journey of growing nut trees in Ontario.

Speaker Series - Darryl Cheng
2025-02-25 19:00 - 20:30 | North Runnymede United Church, Toronto, 33 Pritchard Ave, Toronto, M6N 1T4
Join us for our Speaker Series featuring Darryl Cheng. Darryl provides an engineer’s approach to caring for houseplants. Join us at the North Runnymede United Church on 33 Pritchard Ave in Toronto or by Zoom. If you wish to attend virtually, contact roselands1926@gmail.com for details.

Growing organic vegetables: a passion to heal the land and the body
2025-02-25 19:00 - 20:30 | Online meeting
In his presentation, Jonathan will talk about growing organic vegetables from March to December. If you are curious about how this can be accomplished in our Ottawa climate without heated greenhouses, this presentation will inspire
you. Jonathan is passionate about providing people with delicious organic vegetables, but also loves to encourage others to grow great food on their own.
He will share some of the best tips and tricks of the trade, and maybe even some of his best kept secrets.
Jonathan Bruderlein came to Ottawa after years of experience operating an organic farm in the Montreal area followed by a sabbatical where he, his wife Julianne and young son visited and connected with many other organic farmers across North America.
Jonathan came to farming after deciding that medical school wasn’t for him, and that agronomy is where he could have a bigger impact on the lives of other people. He and his family are now in their 5th year operating Ottawa Farm Fresh that they started with the idea of building a community-supported farm, where members benefit from fresh organically grown vegetables, get a chance to be involved in community celebrations and harvesting activities. For Jonathan, farming is more than a career, it’s a lifestyle.

Speaker Series - Mary Mallany
2025-02-25 19:00 - 20:30 | North Runnymede United Church, Toronto, 33 Pritchard Ave, Toronto, M6N 1T4
Join us for our Speaker Series featuring Mary Mallany. Mary will be giving a talk about the food under foot. Eat your weeds! Join us at the North Runnymede United Church on 33 Pritchard Ave in Toronto or by Zoom. If you wish to attend virtually, contact roselands1926@gmail.com for details.

North York Garden Club Presents Sarah Coulber, Gardening for Wildlife Specialist, CWF
2025-02-24 19:30 - 21:00 | Zoom
Mark the date! Our first monthly meeting of 2025 will take place on Monday, February 24th at 7:30 p.m. via Zoom.
Sarah Coulber, Program Coordinator/Education Specialist for the Canadian Wildlife Federation, will be speaking on Gardening for Wildlife: “Garden Power – Creating Beautiful AND Beneficial Spaces.”
Canada is home to remarkable wildlife that are both enjoyable to watch and critical to our well being. But these wild neighbours need our help. Join with Sarah as she explores the key ‘ingredients’ that support birds, bees and other wildlife, right outside your door! You will see that gardening with wildlife in mind is versatile, with options that can suit any lifestyle, budget or garden style.
Sarah Coulber is an accomplished researcher and communicator with over 30 years of experience in gardening organically, with native plants as well as edibles and herbs. She runs the Gardening for Wildlife program at the CWF where she helps Canadians discover, appreciate and support the incredible nature that surrounds us. You can find dozens of Sarah’s pithy, helpful, articles on gardening and nature at:
https://blog.cwf-fcf.org/index.php/en/author/sarah/

Brockville & District Horticultural Society speaker event
2025-02-24 19:00 - 20:30, 2025-02-24 08:00 - 17:00 | Brockville Wesleyan Church, 33 Central Avenue West, Brockville, K6V 4N4
Our February speaker is Jennifer Harvey, widely known for her award-winning floral designs. Jennifer will be entertaining us while showcasing her design skills. After her demonstration, we will be auctioning off her beautiful creations. Come prepared with cash or a cheque to take home one of her lovely arrangements.

Healing Gardens with Jackie Morra
2025-02-24 19:00 - 20:00
To mark the beginning of 2025, our 125th anniversary, we will be hosting a presentation on healing gardens by Jackie Morra.
HEALING GARDENS ARE INTENTIONAL, NATURAL OUTDOOR SPACES WHERE PEOPLE CAN HAVE A MEANINGFUL RESTORATIVE EXPERIENCE.
This event is on Zoom on February 24th at 7 pm. Admission is free
Garden Hespeler is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.
Join Zoom Meeting
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February General Meeting
2025-02-22 10:00 - 12:00 | Grace Mennonite Church, 677 Niagara St., St. Catharines, L2M 3R4
Topic: The Brown Homestead — Past, Present & Future. Victory Garden — Community-based Garden.
Speaker: Sara Nixon, Community Engagement Manager.
Join Sara Nixon to explore many layers of history that together make up The Brown Homestead today, and which have laid the foundations for the community gathering space we’re cultivating on our site for tomorrow.

Monthly Assembly
2025-02-22 10:00 - 12:00 | Foresters Falls Seniors Centre, 2022 Foresters Falls Rd, Foresters Falls, K0J1V0
Whitewater Gardeners invites you to join us on February 22nd 2025 for our monthly assembly!

Victoria grew up on her family farm. For over 25 years, her parents, Dennis and Margaret grew and sold countless annuals, perennials, trees and shrubs to plant lovers across the Ottawa Valley. Dacre Nursery was a hive of activity every season. Victoria spent many hours after school and in the summer transplanting, watering, and helping customers. The farm took a well deserved rest around 2012.
In 2021, her husband Sam and herself moved back to the farm. She had known for years that she wanted to return to agriculture in some form. When she began to learn more about the expanding domestic cut flower industry in Canada, starting a flower farm seemed like a perfect fit. Welcome Mad Valley Flower Farm.

Whether you are a master or new to the gardening world Whitewater Gardeners is for you.
Stick around after our speaker to discuss new and exciting events. Contribute your ideas and opinions and join our growing Society.

Winona Horticultural Society February General Meeting
2025-02-19 19:30 - 21:30 | St. John’s Anglican Church Hall, 1285 Highway 8, Stoney Creek, L8E 5K5
Everyone is welcome at the February meeting of the Winona Horticultural Society, on Wednesday, February 19, 2025 in St. John’s Anglican Church Hall, Winona, at 7:30pm. Our speaker is Alison Ralph on Winter Sowing. It is also our seed exchange meeting, so bring your treasures to share. No guest fee. Wheelchair accessible. Refreshments.

Credit Valley Horticultural Society February Meeting
2025-02-19 19:30 - 21:30 | Erin Mills Twin Arena, Unity Drive 3205, Mississauga, Regional Municipality of Peel, L5L 4L5, Canada
Due to circumstances out of our control, David Galbraith from the Royal Botanical Gardens will not be able to present. Instead, CVHS member Judy Zinni, will do a presentation on houseplants.
Our meeting location has changed! Until further notice we will be at the Erin Mills Twin Arena.
Visitors always welcome. There is a nominal fee of $5 to help offset the cost of speakers.

Elora & Salem – Meeting & Speaker: Gurpreet Gill
2025-02-19 19:00 - 21:30 | Grandway Events Centre, 7445 Wellington Rd 21, Elora, N0B 1S0
Speaker: Gurpreet Gill Topic: “Growing Roses in Our Climate”
Light refreshments
