Tuesday, April 21, 2026 - The Belle River & District Horticultural Society will be welcoming Laura Foy as our speaker. Laura has a biology degree from the University of Guelph, is the leader of the Windsor-Essex Native Plant Gardening group on Facebook, and will be providing valuable information on native plants and their importance in the urban forest. She will be speaking on "Attracting Birds to your Garden".
The meeting begins at 7:00 p.m. at St. Simon and St. Jude Event Centre, 267 Meunier Street, Belle River. Please remember to bring your own coffee container and bring your spouse or your friend.

Plant Market Volunteers needed

Monday April 20th  with a rain date of April 21st

Thursday, April 23rd with a rain date of  April 24th

Wednesday, April 28th with a rain date of April 29th

Saturday, May 2nd  with a rain date of May 4th

Loading of the trailers and potluck lunch - May 7th

All workshops begin at 10:00 a.m. and are held at Colleen Enright's house,  138 West River Street.
The bagging of the worm castings to be announced shortly.

Members are encouraged to bring their clumps of plants to the workshops for dividing, or if they wish to pick up pots at Colleen’s if they want to pot up their plants in advance. 
Please identify the plants you are donating with as much information as you have. Plants sell much easier if the buyers knows what it is they are buying.

Thank you to all the helpers!
We are preparing for this year's Plant Market. It will be May 9th from 8:30 to noon. We will be on our location at the Optimist Parking Lot with plants, Garden Art, Worm Castings, and good advice from knowledgeable local gardeners.

The Board of Directors meet usually a week before the General Meeting to plan and discuss the society’s business. They are the ambassadors of our organization and will answer questions about it or direct members to the person that will. They need your help and also appreciate it.

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(226) 280-0057

St Simon and St Jude Events Centre
Meunier Street
Belle River N0R 1A0
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$15 /year

The third Tuesday of the month, Sep, Oct, Nov, Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, at 7:00 pm. The meetings are at the St Simon and St Jude Events Centre in Belle River
We plan general meetings with interesting speakers and some dates are saved for celebrations and parties. We will keep you posted.

We always look for new members. They will keep us interesting and moving forward. Bring your family, friends, and neighbours to meet our society.

By joining you will have access to the following benefits:
Ten meetings with tips, speakers and question period not to forget the goodies at every meeting; celebrations throughout the year with many prizes and surprises; a bus trip with friends to neighbouring communities and nurseries; free personalized garden advice from experienced gardeners; discounts at many nurseries; informative newsletters, and many more.
Our Society is not only active in the garden: Our members are also expert bakers!