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SUMMARY:Workshop - Sea Salt Scrub with Essential Oils
DESCRIPTION:Join Heather Blahut from Purple Heather Natural Skincare and Roselands for a hands-on workshop to learn how to make sea salt scrub with essential oils. Please bring materials fee of $10 and an apron.
URL:https://gardenontario.org/event/workshop-sea-salt-scrub-with-essential-oils/
LOCATION:North Runnymede United Church\, Toronto\, 33 Pritchard Ave\, Toronto\, M6N 1T4
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ORGANIZER;CN="Roselands Horticultural Society":MAILTO:roselands1926@gmail.com
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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:Schomberg Horticultural Society – Container Gardening
DESCRIPTION:“Container Gardening” by Maria Shtemberg:  Maria is a Master Gardener who will take a fresh look at this growing trend with tips and tools to make your containers spectacular and useful year-round. \nDoors open at 7pm. Pizza Party – Refreshments – Baking Competition\, Door Prizes \n7:30 Presentation \nFree to members\, $ 5.00 at the door for guests.
URL:https://gardenontario.org/event/schomberg-horticultural-society-container-gardening/
LOCATION:Schomberg Community Hall\, 325 Main Street\, Schomberg\, L0G 1T0
CATEGORIES:Community Event,Course/Seminar/Workshop,Grow With Us!,Guest Speaker
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SUMMARY:General Meeting and Speaker
DESCRIPTION:Speaker Jersey Allyson Fontz will talk about phragmites.
URL:https://gardenontario.org/event/agm-and-nature-throughout-the-seasons-months/
LOCATION:Dublin Street United Church\, 68 Suffolk Street\, West\, Guelph\, N1H2J2
CATEGORIES:Guest Speaker,Society Meeting
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ORGANIZER;CN="Guelph Horticultural Society":MAILTO:guelphhort@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:Be Pet Aware
DESCRIPTION:Be Pet Aware will help us garden and keep our pets healthy.  Rick Norris\, Pet Valu
URL:https://gardenontario.org/event/open-meeting/
LOCATION:Elmvale Legion\, 7 John Street\, Elmvale
CATEGORIES:Society Meeting
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SUMMARY:Heritage Red Oak -  Stories From Kew Gardens
DESCRIPTION:Birgit Siber\, a retired architect with a passion for sustainability\, will speak to us about the magnificent\, 220-year-old red oak in Kew Gardens\, Toronto. Birgit is a recipient of the 2019 Sustainable Buildings Canada Lifetime Achievement Award. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n 
URL:https://gardenontario.org/event/heritage-red-oak-stories-from-kew-gardens/
LOCATION:Swansea Town Hall\, 95 Lavinia Avenue\, Toronto\, M6S 3H9
CATEGORIES:Society Meeting
ORGANIZER;CN="Swansea Horticultural Society":MAILTO:swanseahorticulturalsociety@gmail.com
GEO:43.647655;-79.4778149
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SUMMARY:March Meeting / Orono Horticultural Society
DESCRIPTION:Guest speaker: Scott Story\, co-owner of The Garden Path … New & Exciting Shrubs for Your Garden
URL:https://gardenontario.org/event/march-meeting-orono-horticultural-society-2/
LOCATION:200 Station Street\, Orono – Durham County Senior’s Complex\, 200 Station Street\, Orono\, L0B 1M0
CATEGORIES:Society Meeting
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SUMMARY:Minden and Area Horticultural Society Seedy Saturday
DESCRIPTION:Enjoy the start of the 2026 growing season by visiting Minden! \n\n\n\n\nMinden and Area Horticultural Association invite you to our first Seedy Saturday. \n\n\nShop with local horticultural and artisan vendors \n\n\nExplore local food and ecological organization displays and activities \n\n\nListen to our speakers interest the gardener in all of us and inspire ideas for our 2026 gardens. \n\n\nFor the seed collector\, we will have a seed exchange with local gardeners (no invasive species please).
URL:https://gardenontario.org/event/minden-and-area-horticultural-society-seedy-saturday/
LOCATION:Minden Community Centre\, 55 Parkside St\, Minden\, ON\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Community Event
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