Societies in Ontario
Madawaska Valley Gardening Club
District 2
Now known as the Madawaska Valley Gardening Club, the first general meeting for the Madawaska Valley Horticultural Society was held in Combermere, Ontario on February 15, 1990.
路 On August 22, 1990 the Honourable Davis Ramsey, Minister of Agriculture and Food, approved the incorporation of the Madawaska Valley Horticultural Society under the Agricultural and Horticultural Act.
路 On September 15, 1990, Barbara Commandant, Charter President, received our Charter certificate.
路 Our society's flower is lily-of-the-valley.
路 We are a member of the Ontario Horticultural Association, created in 1906. The objective of the OHA is the advancement of all horticulture through the use of 19 individual districts throughout Ontario. We, as a society, are in District 2 and receive from OHA their quarterly newsletter, awards structure, and an opportunity to attend their annual convention. The OHA newsletters are printed in co-operation with the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture.
On January 17, 2019, our membership voted to adopt a second name, the Madawaska Valley Gardening Club, while retaining our original charter name for legal purposes.
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Opeongo Seniors Centre
19 Stafford Street
Barry's Bay. Ontario K0J 1B0
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Our annual membership fee is only $15.
| Title | First/Last Name | Phone | |
|---|---|---|---|
| President | Maryjka Mychajlowycz | ||
| Past President | Colina Taylor | ||
| 1st Vice President | Colina Taylor | ||
| 2nd Vice President | Ritsuko Honda | ||
| Treasurer | Sharon Kowtecky | ||
| Secretary | Liz Sidor | ||
| Web Administrator | Colina Taylor |
Check our Upcoming Events calendar below for 2024. If we need to change the schedule due to provincial requirements we will email all members.
Our meetings will be held at 7:30 p.m. on the third Thursday of each month with a coffee and tea time social starting at 7:00pm (except for our July BBQ and December). Bring your monthly competition exhibits. Bring your enthusiasm. And please bring your indoor footwear when the weather is wet!
Becoming a member of the Madawaska Valley Gardening Club costs just $15 a year, and lets you participate not just in the meetings but also in all of our competitions, auctions, plant sales, barbeques and pot-lucks. You'll never find a better deal than this for having fun while learning tons.
To join, just bring your $15 to our next monthly meeting. Hope to see you there!
| Event Name | Date/Time | Location | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Annual General Meeting | 16 Jan 2025, 7:30 pm | Opeongo Seniors Centre | Information will be sent to members |
| Trivia | 16 Jan 2025, 8:00 pm | Opeongo Seniors Centre | Liz Woosey will be our gardening trivia host again. |
| Tomatoes From Seed to Table | 20 February 2025, 7:30 pm | Opeongo Seniors Centre | Michele & Greg Parsons own Firefly Meadows Farm where they have an organic food garden. |
| Urban Market Farming | 20 March 2025, 7:30 pm | Opeongo Seniors Centre | Akos Asare is the farm steward and florist of Planted Farm & Floral Studio in Deep River. |
| Reptiles & Amphibians in the Garden | 17 April 2025, 7.30 pm | Opeongo Seniors Centre | Peter Simons has been working in Algonquin Park as the Chief Naturalist. |
| Garden Bugs; Good and Bad | 15 May 2025, 7.30 pm | Opeongo Seniors Centre | Basil Conlin a lifelong naturalist owner of a small native plant nursery Haliburton Micromeadows. |
| Plant Sale | 17 May 2025, 9.00 am to noon | Combermere Craft Cabin Frontyard | Compost for sale $5.00 a bag. Donated by BEI. |
| Strawberry Social | 19 June 2025, 6:00 to 7:30 pm | Opeongo Seniors Centre | Tickets are $5.00 each. |
| Strawberry Social | 19 June 2025, 7:30 pm | Opeongo Seniors Centre | Ikebana and Modern Flower Arranging by Ritsuko Honda who studied for 17 years Japanese Flower Arranging |
| Garden Tour | 6 July 2025, 10 am - 4 pm. | Outdoors, various locations | Tour guides and maps are $5.00 per person. |
| Garden BBQ and Auction | 17 July 20254, 5:00pm | TBA | Location to be announces at the Strawberry Social |
| TBA | 21 August 2025, 7:30 pm | Opeongo Seniors Centre | TBA |
| Flower and Vegetable Show | 23 August 2025, | Royal Canadian Legion, Barry's Bay | Placement 8 -10 am. Judging 10 am - noon. Public viewing 1 - 3 pm. |
| Inez Boehme Dessert Tea | 23 August 2025, 1-3 pm. | Royal Canadian Legion, Barry's Bay | Open 1 - 3 pm. Proceeds from the tea used for bursaries awarded to students pursuing post graduate studies that support ecological care of the environment. |
| Barry's Bay Plant Sale | 13 Sept 2025, 9 am - noon | Zurakowski Park, Barry's Bay | Plants can be brought in the morning of the sale. Please label and price everything. |
| Growing Edible Perennials' | 18 September 2025, 7:30 pm | Opeongo Seniors Centre | Aislinn Caron runs Edible Grove Nursery a perennial foord plant and permaculture nursery in Egansville |
| Ottawa River Watershed | 16 October 2025, 7:30 pm | Opeongo Seniors Centre | Ole Hendrickson president of the Ottawa River Institute promoting clean-up and prevention of radioactive pollution from the nuclear industry. |
| Seed Exchange | 16 October 2025, 7 - 7:30 pm | Opeongo Seniors Centre | Please bring your seeds to share, in small labeled packets. |
| Potluck Dinner | 20 November 2024, 6:00 pm | Opeongo Seniors Centre | Please bring a food dish to share. |
| Elections | 20 November 2025, 7:00 pm | Opeongo Seniors Centre | Bring food donations for the Food Bank. |
| Winter Decorations | 20 November 2025, 7:30 pm | Opeongo Seniors Centre | Shawna Plotz owner of Bloom Wildly a floral boutique in Egansville. |
