At this time, events are being scheduled but may change without much notice depending on current covid-19 restrictions. Please check with the organizer for any you are interested in to get the most uptodate information.

CHS October Meeting: Wild Bees & Agriculture

Cannington Baptist Church 60 Cameron St. W., Cannington

How do wild bees feed you? Join us for the October Cannington Horticultural Society Meeting and learn about “Wild Bees & Agricultural” with Susan Willis Chan. Susan is a pollination biologist and agroecologist who focuses on the relationship between wild pollinators and crops. She is engaged in field research, informing government policy on pesticide use, conservation, […]

CHS September Meeting: “HERBS~Creating a Home Garden”

Cannington Baptist Church 60 Cameron St. W., Cannington

Cannington Horticultural Society welcomes Kate and Phil Collins – proud owners of Foggy River Farm. A small-scale regenerative herb farm and forest garden near Uxbridge, Ontario. How does one decide what herbs to plant and where? Come out and learn from our guest speakers. Phil holds a bachelor of landscape architecture from the University of […]

CHS June Meeting: COMPOST

Cannington Baptist Church 60 Cameron St. W., Cannington

Learn how to ‘feed your soil’ with compost! Balanced soil and biology are the key to natural sustainability. Presenters Nicole Brouwer and John Montague will explain the basics on organic compost and why it's so important, drawing from over 30 years of experience and the work done at The Glen Roads Organics. A leader in […]

CHS May Meeting & Flower Show: TREES-Care & Maintenance

Cannington Baptist Church 60 Cameron St. W., Cannington

Learn from experts in their field - Arborists Katrina VanOsch-Saxon and Brian Saxon will lead this presentation on TREES: Care & Maintenance. Katrina is the Coordinator of the Forestry Technician Program at Fleming College and teaches across the Forestry cluster of programs. She holds a BSc from the University of Guelph and is a Certified […]

CHS April Meeting: Indigenously Infused Gardening

Cannington Baptist Church 60 Cameron St. W., Cannington

Meet Robyn Ivory Pierson, a proud Anishinaabe mother of three from the Curve Lake First Nation, who has dedicated her life to promoting and sharing the beauty of Indigenous culture through her business, Indigenously Infused. What began as a personal healing journey has evolved into a full-time career and lifelong learning experience. Robyn has incorporated her […]

CHS March Meeting: ‘Plant Propagation 101’

Cannington Baptist Church 60 Cameron St. W., Cannington

Join us for the start-up meeting of the 2024 season. Get ready to grow with CHS as we bring a wide variety of expert guest speakers and interesting events throughout 2024. To get us started Dan Galea will bring over 50 years of plant growing and propagation experience to the presentation 'Plant Propagation 101'.  Dan brings […]

CHS Annual General Meeting + Awards and Photo Show

Cannington Baptist Church 60 Cameron St. W., Cannington

Calling all CHS Members - join us for a evening of fellowship, year end Awards, Photo Show and of course a review of our 2023 season. Election of our volunteer board and Finanical Review are all part of the evening events. Festive refreshments, live music and more are in the works! Door prizes too! Please […]

CHS Workshop: Winter Birch Wreath

Cannington Baptist Church 60 Cameron St. W., Cannington

Cannington Horticultural Society offers it's annual seasonal workshop - this year featuring Scott Turner as he brings a unique and festive birch branch and greenery wreath workshop to members. Scott will lead you step by step on the creation and designing of a square formatted wreath. All materials supplied. Participants should bring their own clippers […]

$45.

CHS October Meeting: INSECTS-The Good, The Bad & The Beautiful

Cannington Baptist Church 60 Cameron St. W., Cannington

Learn about the insects in and about our gardens! The good, the bad and the beautiful! As Lydia Wong joins us for this informative presentation. Lydia is a PhD candidate working with Dr. Jessica Forrest at the University of Ottawa. Her research explores the impacts of warming and drying climates on wild bees and wasps. […]

CHS September Meeting: “Blooms for Butterflies”

Cannington Baptist Church 60 Cameron St. W., Cannington

'The secret is not to run after the butterflies...if you take care of the garden they will come to you'. You are invited to attend the CHS September Meeting as Anna Mizyn showcases what perennials to plant which will bring the butterflies to your very own gardens in her presentation "Blooms for Butterflies". Anna was […]